Hannah Cain was the team's second-leading scorer and tops in rebounding in steals. Kasey Dean led the squad in scoring and assists, while Janelle Rodriguez scored 7.9 points per game in UAA games and had a 22-point performance.
Behind 16 points from senior Erika Higginbottom, the Brandeis women completed their first sweep of the Violets since 2009-10. The Judges finish their season at 10-15, 4-10 UAA.
22 points from junior guard Janelle Rodriguez along with 10 from senior forward Erika Higginbottom and a strong supporting cast gave Brandeis a wire-to-wire win at Red Auerbach Arena
The Judges held Case Western Reserve to 30.6% shooting, but were only able to hit on 19.7% as the they missed their first 12 shots in each half. Senior Angela Miller had 10 points in eight minutes to lead Brandeis.
The Judges got 12 points from Erika Higginbottom and 11 from Hannah Cain, but it wasn't enough to overcome a 10-minute cold stretch to end the first half and a slow start to the second.
The Judges held visiting Rochester to just 27 percent from the field while connecting on 43 percent themselves. Janelle Rodriguez had 11 of her game-high 13 in the second half.
Despite some balanced scoring by guards Hannah Cain, Kasey Dean, and Samantha Mancinelli, the Judges could not overcome a strong Eagles defense and poor first half shooting.
The Brandeis women matched their scoring output from the previous two games in the first half and put three players in double figures, but it wasn't enough to overcome four Rochester player with 10 or more.
Despite strong performances by senior forward Samantha Anderson and sophomore guard Hannah Cain, the Judges could not complete the comeback in the final seconds.
Rookie Niki Laskaris hit three of the Judges' season-high 10 3-pointers, but the Judges could not overcome a 13-point second half deficit and fell 65-60 in UAA action.
Senior Samantha Anderson scored all 12 of her points in the final 6:16 of the contest as the Judges overcame a four-point deficit. Kasey Dean also had a career-high 16 in the effort.
The Judges forced a season-high 34 turnovers, 23 coming on steals, to close the non-conference season at 6-5. Janelle Rodriguez had a career-high seven thefts, including six in the first half.
Jaime Capra ’08, Jessica Chapin ’10, Danielle Fitzpatrick ’04, Caitlin Malcolm ’07 and Racheal Perry ’92 were named the University Athletic Association's 25-Year team.
The Judges missed their first 10 shots in the second half as the Hawks took a 54-47 decision. Nicolina Vitale had a season-high eight points off the bench, trailing only Hannah Cain's 11 for Brandeis.
The Brandeis women held the visiting Gulls to 29% shooting, while improving their own shooting by 20 percentage points in the second half to take the win. Hannah Cain led the Judges with 11 points, six in the second half.
Junior Kasey Dean scored in double figures for the second-straight game with 12 points, but the Brandeis women were held to just one field goal over the final 6:46 in the one-point loss.
Despite 10 points off the bench from sophomore guard Mikaela Garvin, the Judges could not overcome a poor shooting night and fell to their third straight ranked team
The Judges and Beavers saw the lead change hands 13 times. Kasey Dean hit a big late 18-footer, but the Beavers prevailed with one last drive to the hoop.
The Judges look to rebound from a tough 2011-12 campaign behind sophomore point guard Hannah Cain and co-captains senior Courtney Ness and junior Kasey Dean.