WALTHAM, Mass. – Four starters scored in double digits, including the first career double-double for junior Elias Rodl (Berlin, Germany/Schulund Leistungssportzentrum Berlin), as the Brandeis University men's basketball team wrapped up its non-conference schedule today with an 84-65 victory over Rivier University.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis, 9-2.
• Rivier, 7-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Judges, who entered the game ranked second in Division III in overall field goal percentage and 3-point percentage, showed why in the first half, connecting on 56.4% overall (22-39) and 50% from beyond the arc (8-16) as they built a 54-32 lead.
• The Raiders hit on just 36.7% overall (11-30) and 40% from downtown (4-10) in the opening stanza.
• Brandeis opened the second half on an 11-3 run thanks to two 3-pointers by grad student Sam Adusei (Worcester, Mass./St. George's School) and another by Rodl that gave Brandeis its largest lead, 65-35, with 16:44 left in the game.
• Brandeis took its feet of the pedal at that point, as Rivier outscored the Judges, 30-19, the rest of the way, but the visitors couldn't get any close than 18 points on a Matt Constant jumper with 7:40 to go that made it 73-55.
• The Judges answered with eight of the next nine points and put the game away from there.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Senior Toby Harris (Durham, N.C./Durham Academy) led all players in scoring with 18 points, 14 of which came in the first half. He hit 7-of-14 overall, 2-of-8 from 3-point range and 2-of-2 from the line. Harris also grabbed eight rebounds.
• Rodl finished with 16 points and 11 boards for his first career double-double. He had 11 points and eight rebounds by halftime, and finished with four assists as well.
• Adusei added 15 points, six rebounds and three assists, while junior Jake Bender (Scituate, R.I./St. George's School) added 12 points and five boards.
• Graduate student Aedan Using (Old Lyme, Conn./Old Lyme) added six points and a game-high six assists, while also blocking three shots.
• After their shots cooled off in the second half, Brandeis finished at 44.6% from the floor (33-74) and 33.3% from deep (12-36).
• The Judges had 19 assists on their 33 baskets, and they dominated the boards, 51-34, including 13-6 on the offensive glass. Brandeis outscored Rivier, 17-6 in second chance points, and 42-36 in the paint.
• Rivier also had four players score in double figures, with Constant leading the way with 13 points. Joey Merrill and Odarius Cade each scored 12 points, while Kyler Bosse had 11.
• Merrill led the Raiders with seven rebound, while he and Constant each had four assists.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• With the win, Brandeis finishes its non-conference schedule at 9-2 for the second-straight year.
• The Judges improve to 3-1 all-time against Rivier, avenging one of their two non-conference losses from 2023-24.

UP NEXT

• The Judges are off until January 11, when they open University Athletic Association play with a road game at 8^th-ranked New York University at 1 p.m.