Women roar past Clark, 72-45, in non-conference finale

Molly James dribbling the ball up the court with a defender guarding her
Mollie James '26 (Photo by Sportspix.com)

WORCESTER, Mass. – All thirteen active players on the roster scored points tonight as the Brandeis University women's basketball team closed out their non-conference schedule with a 72-45 victory at Clark University.

TEAM RECORDS

  • Brandeis, 5-6.
  • Clark, 6-6.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Clark scored the first six points of the game over a span of 80 seconds.
  • The Judges responded by scoring the next 17 in a row, highlighted by a pair of Mollie Obar (North Yarmouth, Maine / Greely) 3-pointers. Brandeis ended the first period with a 19-8 lead.
  • The second period was a tighter affair, with Brandeis outscoring the Cougars, 15-13. Senior Emma Reavis (Miami, Okla./Deerfield Acad., Mass.) paced the visitors with seven points in the quarter as they took a 34-21 lead into the locker room.
  • Brandeis pulled away in the third quarter, scoring the first six points and eventually outscoring the home team, 24-9. Reavis added another six points as the Judges held Clark to just 3-13 from the field with nine turnovers.
  • With a 58-30 lead heading into the fourth, the Judges led by as many as 31 points in the quarter before the final 72-48 margin.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

  • Reavis finished with a team-high 15 points, 13 of which came in the second and third periods. She hit 7-of-13 from the field with a 3-pointer.
  • She also had five rebounds, four steals, and three assists.
  • First-year Molly James (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Upper St. Clair) scored a career-high 11 points off the bench, hitting 2-of-4 from the floor with a 3-pointer and a perfect 6-of-6 from the line.
  • James outscored the entire Clark bench, which finished with just six points. In all, Brandeis's reserves totaled 37 points.
  • Senior guard Tathiana Pierre (Jericho, N.Y. / Sacred Heart Academy) topped the Judges with six rebounds, while classmate Francesca Marchese (Staten Island, N.Y./Staten Island Academy) and sophomore Caitlin Gresko (Howell, N.J./Howell) matched Reavis with three assists.
  • Guard Jacqueline Faulise led all players with 16 points for Clark, while Alana Schatzabel had 11 points for the Cougars.
  • Sarah Zambrano had a game-high 10 rebounds – four on the offensive glass – while Cam Richey dished out a game-high five assists.
  • Brandeis owned a 48-40 advantage on the boards and forced 30 Clark turnovers to 19 of their own.

UP NEXT

  • With the non-conference portion of their schedule complete, the Brandeis women play host to NYU – ranked #1 in the nation in the D3hoops.com poll and #2 in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association poll – on Saturday at 1 p.m.
  • Clark hosts Wheaton in a non-conference matchup on Friday at 6 p.m.