WALTHAM, Mass. – Brandeis University women's basketball senior Hannah Cain of Gloucester, Mass., has been selected to play in the 2015 New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) Senior All-Star Game. She will represent the Judges on March 28 at Ainsworth Gymnasium at Smith College in Northampton, Mass.
Cain was a second-team All-University Athletic Association guard this year for the second time in her career. Her previous selection was as a sophomore before missing her junior campaign to injury.
She came back strong in 2014-15 to lead the Judges in scoring (9.9 ppg), assists (2.4 apg) and steals (1.6 spg), while also finishing third in rebounding (4.7 rpg). In UAA games, Cain averaged 9.9 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.
For the season, she led Brandeis in scoring five times, rebounding three times and assists 16 times. Cain had 16 games scoring in double figures and posted one double-double, with 12 points and 11 rebounds in the second game of the season against Salve Regina on Nov. 16 as she was named to the Brandeis Invitational All-Tournament team. Cain also scored a career-high 18 points in a 60-52 win at the University of Rochester on Feb. 8. Cain started 27 of the team's 28 games this season and 77 of 78 in the three seasons in which she was healthy. She ended the season and her career in style, averaging 12.3 points and 2.7 assists per game to earn ECAC Division III New England Championship Most Outstanding Player honors.
The Brandeis women's basketball team finished the season with a 16-12 record under 28th-year head coach Carol Simon. The Judges earned the sixth seed in the ECAC Division III tournament and knocked off the top three teams - #3 Roger Williams, 63-44; #2 Emmanuel, 91-78; and #1 Westfield State, 75-65 in overtime – to claim the program's third ECAC title.
Cain is a 2011 graduate of Gloucester High School.
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