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From left: Team manager Jackson Wu, Aedan Using, Sam Adusei, Coach Jean Bain, Ryan Power and David Perez-Miralles From left: Team manager Jackson Wu, Aedan Using, Sam Adusei, Coach Jean Bain, Ryan Power and David Perez-Miralles
From left: Team manager Jackson Wu, Aedan Using, Sam Adusei, Coach Jean Bain, Ryan Power and David Perez-Miralles
Photo Credit: Daniel Oren '27
Aedan Using backing down his opponent Aedan Using backing down his opponent
Aedan Using backing down his opponent
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Ethan Edwards driving down the lane against his defender Ethan Edwards driving down the lane against his defender
Ethan Edwards driving down the lane against his defender
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Ethan Edwards taking a 3-pointer Ethan Edwards taking a 3-pointer
Ethan Edwards taking a 3-pointer
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Jake Bender taking a 3-point shot Jake Bender taking a 3-point shot
Jake Bender taking a 3-point shot
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Matthew dribbling up the court Matthew dribbling up the court
Matthew dribbling up the court
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Gilbert Otoo dribbling the basketball with his left hand. Gilbert Otoo dribbling the basketball with his left hand.
Gilbert Otoo dribbling the basketball with his left hand.
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Ryan Power fights against an opponent with the ball in his hands. Ryan Power fights against an opponent with the ball in his hands.
Ryan Power fights against an opponent with the ball in his hands.
Photo Credit: Daniel Oren '27
From Left: Jackson Wu, Aedan Using, Sam Adusei, coach Jean Bain, Ryan Power and David Perez-Miralles
74
Winner New York U. NYU 20-5, 10-4
68
Brandeis BRANDEIS 14-11, 5-9
Winner
New York U. NYU
20-5, 10-4
74
Final
68
Brandeis BRANDEIS
14-11, 5-9
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
New York U. NYU 45 29 74
Brandeis BRANDEIS 24 44 68

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Adam Levin '94

Men rally but fall short against #14 NYU on Senior Day

WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University men's basketball team cut a 21-point halftime deficit to four with five minutes remaining against #14 NYU, but the Violets hit a pair of clutch 3-pointers to hang on to defeat the Judges, 74-68, and claim a share of the 2024 University Athletic Association title in the process.

TEAM RECORDS
  • Brandeis: 14-11, 5-9 UAA.
  • NYU: 20-5, 10-4 UAA, ranked #14 in Division III by D3hoops.com.
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Violets controlled play in the first half. Both teams got off to a sluggish start, with Brandeis claiming its last lead at 6-5 on a bucket by sophomore Matthew Cadogan (Weston, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas) with 14:24 on the clock.
  • NYU's Quinn Clark answered with a bucket, and after Brandeis's Ethan Edwards (Brooklyn, N.Y./Woodstock Acad.) tied it at 7-all with 1-of-2 from the line, the visitors' Michael Savarino connected from downtown to give them the lead for good.
  • It kicked off a 19-4 that was capped when Savarino hit another 3-pointer to make it 26-11 with 7:12 left.
  • Brandeis clawed back within 10 at 34-24 when Ryan Power (Waltham, Mass./Waltham) hit a trifecta with 3:04 remaining, but NYU remained deadly from long distance, hitting three more 3-pointers with a steal and a lay-up at the buzzer to close on an 11-0 run and take a 45-24 lead into the locker room.
  • Edwards led Brandeis with seven points, all from the line, while Savarino had 12 for NYU, all from beyond the arc. The Violets hit 9-of-16 from downtown (56%) in the first 20 minutes, compared to 1-of-10 for the Judges (10%).
  • The Judges countered NYU's strong finish to the first half with a 10-0 run of their own to start the second. Sophomore Jake Bender (Hope, R.I./St. George's School) hit a 3-pointer with less than two minutes gone to cut the Judges' deficit to 12 at 45-33.
  • The Violets pushed the lead back to 16 on another Savarino 3-ball that made it 53-37 with 14:39 to go.
  • Brandeis had another run, scoring 16 of the next 22 points to close within six, 59-53, on a pair of Edwards free throws with 8:20 to go.
  • The Judges had three 3-pointers in the run, and after NYU answered Edwards' foul shots with two of their own, the Brandeis sophomore dialed long distance to close Brandeis within five at 61-56 with 7:27 on the clock.
  • With just over five minutes left in regulation, Brandeis junior Gilbert Otoo (Baldwinsville, Md./St. Vincent Palotti) scored on a nice feed from senior Aedan Using (Old Lyme, Conn./Old Lyme) that got Brandeis within four at 64-60.
  • The Judges looked to get a stop on their next possession, but NYU came up with the ball on a scramble after a missed lay-up, and Savarino hit a momentum-swinging 3-pointer from the top of the key just as the shot clock expired to put the Violets up by seven, 67-60, with 4:28 to go.
  • After a couple of empty possessions, Bender hit another 3-pointer on a feed from Using to get Brandeis to within four again with 3:16 on the clock at 67-63, but Savairo dialed long distance again, his seventh of the game, from the left corner with 2:27 to go.
  • Both teams had two more empty possessions before an Otoo 3-pointer with 48.9 seconds left got Brandeis back within four, but the Violets hit their foul shots down the stretch to keep the Judges at bay.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Brandeis was paced by Otoo, who scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half, shooting 6-of-13 with a pair of 3-pointers after the break.
  • Edwards added 14 points off the bench, thanks to a 9-of-10 performance from the line.
  • Senior Sam Adusei (Worcester, Mass./St. George's School) added nine points, while Using stuffed the stat sheet with eight points, 10 rebounds, five assists a block and a steal.
  • Power also had five assists in the game.
  • Savarino was the start for the Violets, finishing with 21 points, all from 3-point range, where he shot 7-of-12. He also had 10 rebounds.
  • Clark also recorded a double-double with 13 points and 13 boards, while Zay Freeney added 19 points.
  • Spencer Freedman led the Violets with five assists and two steals.
  • Despite cooling off in the second half, while Brandeis improved, NYU still outshot the Judges, 48% to 37%, including 42% to 38% from 3-point range.
  • NYU outrebounded Brandeis, 42-31, including 9-7, on the offensive glass to earn a 16-10 margin in second-chance points.
SENIOR DAY
  • Before the game, Brandeis recognized their four seniors: Adusei, Using, Power and David Perez-Miralles (Miami, Fla./Riviera Prep). All except Power will return next year as graduate students for the Judges. They also honored team manager Jackson Wu.
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