WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University men's basketball team was tied at halftime and the end of regulation with #18 Emory, but the Eagles scored the only bucket of overtime to hang on for a 73-71 University Athletic Association victory today in Red Auerbach Arena.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis, 11-5, 3-2 UAA.
• Emory, 13-3, 4-1 UAA, Ranked #18 in Division III by D3hoops.com

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two squads were as even as could be for 45 minutes, as the game featured 13 ties and 11 lead changes.
• The largest lead of the game for either team was six points. Brandeis had a 24-18 lead with 8:48 left in the first half on a 3-pointer by junior Ryan Power (Waltham, Mass./Waltham).
• Emory looked to take a lead into the locker room, but Brandeis sophomore Toby Harris (Durham, N.C./Durham Academy) hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to make it a 36-36 tie.
• Emory scored the first four points of the second half and did not trail in the early going. They took their largest lead with 11:32 to go in regulation on a lay-up by rookie Benjamin Pearce that made it 55-49.
• Brandeis's defense held strong, keeping the Eagles scoreless for the next two minutes, with first-year Ethan Edwards (Brooklyn, N.Y./Woodstock Academy) and Harris hitting 3-pointers to tie the game at 55-all with 9:06 to go.
• Harris added two more 3-pointers, connecting from downtown with 7:51 to give Brandeis its first lead of the second half, 61-60.
• Neither team was able to get any traction, but a Harris dunk with 3:09 to play, followed by an Emory turnover and two Edward free throws put Brandeis ahead, 71-68.
• Those were the last points the Judges would score, despite having a chance to pull ahead even further with another stop.
• Emory's Cale Martins hit a 3-pointer from the left elbow with 1:11 on the clock. Both teams got stops on their next possessions. Despite EU grabbing an offensive rebound with one second to go on the clock, their desperation in-bounds play was off, sending the game into overtime.
• In overtime, both teams got stops on their first two possessions before Emory's Mason Johnson scored what proved to be the winning basket with 3:37 remaining on a driving lay-up.
• Both teams had chances to tie or extend the lead, but the defenses were stout, including a shot-clock violation forced by the Eagles with 2:26 to go.
• Brandeis forced an Emory turnover with 27 seconds to go on the clock when Edwards deflected an Eagle pass off an opponent and out of bounds. After replay confirmed the call, Brandeis had a couple of decent looks from 3-point range, but could not get them to fall.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Harris led all scorers with 26 points. He hit 10-of-18 from the field, including 6-of-11 from downtown, as he played a career-high 43 of the game's 45 minutes.
• Harris scored 18 points in the second half. He also grabbed eight rebounds.
• Edwards added 16 points off the bench, hitting 5-of-14 overall, 2-of-6 from deep, and 4-of-4 from the line. He also had four assists.
• First-year forward Quron Zene (Windsor, Conn./IMG Academy) registered his second career double-double with 10 points and a game-high 11 rebounds, a career-best. He matched Edwards with four assists.
• Emory had four players score in double digits, paced by Johnson's 16. Martens added 15 and Pearce and Jair Knight each had 12 points.
• Martens led the Eagles with nine rebounds, while Max Fried and Knight each had eight. Pearce led all players with eight assists.
• Emory outshot Brandeis from the field, 42% (29-69) to 38.6% (27-70), though the Judges had the edge from 3-point range (32.4%-29%).
• EU forced Brandeis to miss its final 10 shots, including 0-for-8 in overtime.
• The Eagles had a slight advantage on the boards, 43-40, but Brandeis balanced it by forcing 13 turnovers while committing only 10. The Judges converted it into a 15-8 edge in points off miscues.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Brandeis is now 6-2 in overtime under head coach Jean Bain, with both losses coming at the hands of the Eagles in Waltham.
• Emory has won eight of the last nine meetings.
• Through five games, Emory owns a one-game lead in the UAA standings at 4-1, with Brandeis among four teams tied at 3-2.

UP NEXT

• The Judges will take on #19 Case Western Reserve next Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. in their third-straight game against a ranked opponent.