PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Brandeis University women's basketball team cut a 27-point deficit entering the fourth quarter down to eight, but it was too much to overcome as the Judges dropped a 74-67 decision at 24^th-ranked Carnegie Mellon University in a University Athletic Association contest.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis: 9-7, 2-3 UAA.
• Carnegie Mellon: 13-3, 3-2 UAA, ranked #24 in D3hoops.com national poll

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Judges struggled offensively throughout the game, as CMU outshot the Judges, 49% (28-57) to 38% (24-64) for the game, including 56% (9-16) to 30% (7-23) from 3-point range.
• The Tartans outscored Brandeis in each of the first three quarters. The hosts led 21-12 after one period and 39-25 after two.
• CMU had their best period in the third, outscoring Brandeis, 22-9, as they took their largest lead of the game at 27 points, 51-34, headed into the final 10 minutes.
• The Tartans shot better than 50% from the field in each of the first three quarters, while the Judges only broke 30% in the second.
• The Judges, who came back from 13 down to defeat the Tartans last season, had their best performance in the fourth quarter, when they outscored CMU, 33-13.
• Brandeis shot 55% from the field in the fourth (11-20), including 60% from beyond the arc (6-10), while holding CMU to 33% overall (3-9) and forcing nine turnovers.
• Junior Abby Kennedy (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay) and senior Lulu Ohm (Waltham, Mass./Waltham) combined to score 26 of the team's 33 points in the stanza -14 for Kennedy and 12 for Ohm.
• Twice late in the game the Judges were able to close within single digits, but the deficit was just too much to overcome.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Ohm, the UAA's leading scorer, finished with a game-high 21 points, hitting 8-of-18 from the field, 3-of-7 from beyond the arc and 2-of-3 from the line. She also distributed a team-high three assists.
• Kennedy finished with 16 points, most of which came in her big fourth quarter. She finished 6-for-14 from the floor, 2-for-6 from downtown and 2-for-4 from the line. Kennedy also came within one of the school single-game record for steals, coming away with seven.
• Senior Caitlin Gresko (Howell, N.J./Howell) was the Judges' top scorer through the first three periods, finishing with 12 points.
• Junior Katherine Vaughan (Bedford, Mass./Bedford) had a team-high nine rebounds.
• Brandeis forced 19 Carnegie Mellon turnovers while committing just 14 miscues. The Judges were able to outscore the hosts, 25-13, in points off turnovers.
• CMU had four players score in double figures Payton Baney had 12 points as a starter, while Nicole Timko and Anna Prouty each had 12 off the bench helping the Tartans' reserves outscore the Judges', 33-22.
• Carnegie Mellon's Catherine Or just missed a triple double, with 11 points, a game-high 10 rebounds and eight assists.
• In addition to their bench advantage, the Tartans had a 36-26 scoring edge in points in the paint.

UP NEXT

• The Judges continue a four-game UAA road trip next Friday evening at Washington University in St. Louis at 8:30 p.m. Eastern/7:30 Central.