WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University women's basketball team erased a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter, but visiting Emory scored the game's final three points from the free-throw line as the Eagles won a University Athletic Association contest in Red Auerbach Arena, 65-62.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis: 8-6, 1-2 UAA.
• Emory: 9-6, 1-2 UAA.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• For the second game in a row, the Judges got off to a hot start, outscoring Emory, 28-21, in the first quarter. The Judges hit 10-of-15 from the field in the first, as well as all seven of their free throws.
• Junior forward Katherine Vaughan (Bedford, Mass./Bedford) led the way with nine points, as she connected on all of the Judges' seven foul shots. Junior Abby Kennedy (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay) also netted nine points, hitting 4-of-5 from the field with a 3-pointer.
• Emory's Hannah Malik led the visitors with eight points.
• Brandeis still led by nine points after two more Vaughan free throws made it 34-25 with 3:55 left in the second quarter before Emory closed the half on an 11-5 run to closed within three points at the break, 39-36.
• The Judges cooled off in the second, hitting just 4-of-18 from the field, while Emory was 6-of-14 as they cut into the lead.
• The Eagles took their first lead since 2-0 just 43 seconds into the third on a bucket by Chloe Kreusser.
• The visitors extended the run to 17-1 over the first 5:12 when Malik converted a four-point play that gave EU their largest lead at 13 points, 53-40.
• Brandeis responded with the game's next six points to stem the bleeding, and the Judges closed the third on an 11-3 run of their own to close within 56-51 entering the fourth.
• The big runs continued into the final stanza, as Emory scored six of the first eight points, going back ahead by nine at 62-53 on a McKenzie Carter bucket off a turnover.
• Brandeis quickly responded, as a 3-pointer by first-year Jessica Maina (Bradford, Mass./Brooks School) jump-started the offense. Junior Brooke Reed (Chantilly, Va./Westfield) beat the shot clock with a lay-up, and then senior Lulu Ohm (Waltham, Mass./Waltham) scored the game's next two buckets, tying the game with 1:22 left in the contest.
• On the next Emory possession, the Eagles' Mary Mullinax hit both of her free throws with 1:16 left in what proved to be the winning points.
• Brandeis committed a turnover on their next possession, and even after getting a stop, the Eagles forced another Judge miscue.
• Emory's Malik made just 1-of-2 from the line with just six seconds left, giving Brandeis one last shot to tie, but Ohm's decent look from 3-point range was off the mark, giving the visitors the three-point win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Brandeis had three players score in double figures. Vaughan led the way with 15 points, one shy of her season-best.
• Kennedy added 13 points, while Ohm finished with 12, her second-lowest total of the season.
• Ohm led Brandeis with three assists and a career-high five steals.
• Reed led all players with 13 rebounds, her second-straight game in double figures and fifth overall this season.
• Emory's Malik led all players with 19 points, 11 coming in the second half. Laudick added 13 points and led the Eagles with seven rebounds.
• Daniela Aronsky and Erin Martin each had three assists off the bench.
• Brandeis outshot Emory, 39% (24-61) to 35% (22-59) for the game, but the Eagles' had eight 3-pointers to just three for the Judges. EU also had slight 13-11 scoring edge from the line.
• Brandeis owned the paint, outscoring Emory, 30-18, and had the edge in points off turnovers, 14-11, but Emory offset those advantages with a 9-6 edge in second-chance points and 17-7 in fast-break points.

UP NEXT

• Brandeis starts a four-game UAA road trip next weekend at Case Western Reserve University for a 5:30 tip-off on Friday, January 24.