University Athletic Association

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 In case you are wondering, yes, I saw Coach Aaron Roussell's Facebook post this morning.  😉

Time for UAA play now.  It's Gameday!

Time to see if Brandeis can deal with the NYU duo of Kaitlyn Read and Kayla Patterson.

Chicago returns to action at Wash U-- Game of the day on the UAA Women's side.

Rochester at Emory, and Carnegie Mellon at Case.

Action tips off at the Sportsplex in New York at 1 PM Eastern.

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NYU 76, Brandeis 64 Final

For NYU

Kayla Patterson-- 23 pts, 19 rebounds, 13 of them offensive rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocked shots.

Kaitlyn Read-- 21 pts.

Annie Barrett led NYU with 7 assists.

For Brandeis--

Camila Casanueva had 17 pts but no assists.

Noel Hodges led Brandeis with 3 assists.

Just a skinny update, but with Kayla Patterson's improved game and Kaitlyn Read back playing for NYU, the early season pick of NYU to finish in the top half of the league seems very accurate so far.

Brandeis may have to wait until the Emory home game at Auerbach Arena to start picking up league wins, but the Judges battled hard even while down by 20 at one point in the contest.

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Rochester up 44-41 after 3 quarters in the women's game.  No offense to Mark Harmon on the Emory video webcast, but I have to listen to JC DeLass on WYSL1040.com with the PBP for the 4th quarter.

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Rochester and Emory going to OT tied at 59-59 in Atlanta.

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Now heading to double OT in Atlanta, tied at 65 between Rochester and Emory.

Chicago got the road win at Wash U, 82-76.  I will catch that one on full replay later tonight or tomorrow.

Alexandra Leslie has been held in check by Emory's defense so far.

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Alexandra Leslie came up big in the second OT, as Rochester comes from behind to defeat Emory, 72-68, in double OT.  Rochester was down by 5 in the first OT with 1 min left in that OT period.

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As a Brandeis fan, I am trying to search for which UAA games can the Judges pick up 4 wins for a .500 or better record and ECAC selection eligibility.  It is like trying to find a hidden immunity idol on Survivor... 😐

First time this season the Judges gave up 70 pts in a game.  That is like Tufts giving up 60 pts in a game-- it equals defeat.  Brandeis was 0-7 last year when the opponent scored 70.  Tufts did not give up a 60 pt game last year, now they have given up 2, 0-2 in those games. Tufts went 0-3 in the 2015-16 season when the opponent scored 60 or more.

NYU scored 70+ vs Brandeis and did not even have a great game from 3 pt land.  Thanks to Kayla Patterson's rebounding, the Violets did not need a great 3 pt shooting game yesterday.  Next weekend, NYU won't be as fortunate. 

Chicago has the offensive firepower to concede 76 pts to Wash U and still win the game.  Next weekend, both Chicago and Wash U are at home, where the expectation is for both teams to hold serve, but it will be interesting in a few weeks when Rochester plays their 2 weekends against Chicago and Wash U.

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Best individual performances from Week 1

Overall

Scoring

Hillary Hellmann, Case, 25 pts, 8-18, 4-7 from 3 pt land, 5-7 FT.

Rebounding

Kayla Patterson, NYU, 19 rebounds vs Brandeis, 13 offensive rebounds.

Assists

Annie Barrett, NYU, 7 assists vs Brandeis

Steals

Makayla Filiere, Carnegie Mellon, 6 steals vs Case.

Blocks

A. Jackson-Sherrod, Emory, and Hannah Nicholson, Brandeis with 3 blocks each.

A/TO ratio

Lena Ethington, Rochester, and Kayla Patterson, NYU

Each had 4 assists and 1 turnover.

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Best individual performances from Week 1

Rookie Category

Scoring

Camila Casanueva, Brandeis, 17 pts, 5-10, 4-9 from 3 pt land, 3-3 FT.

Rebounding

Blair Ripley, Emory, 9 total rebounds, all defensive.

Emma Cain, Case, 4 offensive rebounds, 8 total.

Assists

Katherine Puda, Brandeis, and Blair Ripley, Emory, 2 assists each.

Steals

Emily Todd, Case, 4 steals

Blocked shots

Victoria Avery, Carnegie Mellon, 1 block.

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Watching former Wash U coach Nancy Fahey now on BTN in her first national televised game with the Illinois women vs Iowa.  Illinois won the first quarter.

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UAA Rookie update

After Week 1

Scoring

1.). Emily Todd, Case-- 8.5 ppg.  12.6 points per 40.
2.). Emma Cain, Case-- 7.6 ppg. 13.0 points per 40.
3.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis-- 7.4 ppg. 13.4 points per 40.
4.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago-- 7.1 ppg. 15.6 points per 40.
5.). Camila Casanueva, Brandeis-- 6.5 ppg. 15.9 points per 40.

Meghan O'Hara-- Chicago-- 5.9 ppg, 21.2 points per 40 (#1 in points per 40 among rookies.)

Rebounding

1.). Blair Ripley, Emory-- 5.6 RPG
2.). Emma Cain, Case-- 4.6 RPG
3.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago-- 4.2 RPG
4.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis-- 3.8 RPG
4.). Rebecca Rowlands, Case-- 3.8 RPG

Assists

1.). Camila Casanueva, Brandeis-- 2.1 APG
2.). Reiko Johnson, NYU-- 1.6 APG
3.). Katherine Puda, Brandeis-- 1.5 APG
4.). Emily Todd, Case-- 1.2 APG
5.). Jasmine Floyd, Case-- 1.1 APG

Steals

1.). Marissa Igunbor, Chicago-- 1.5 SPG
2.). Emma Cain, Case-- 1.3 SPG
3.). Jillian Petrie, Brandeis-- 1.0 SPG
3.). Janean Cuffee, NYU-- 1.0 SPG

Blocked shots

Blair Ripley, Emory-- 1.2 blocks per game.

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Some performances to note--

1.). Kaitlyn Read scored 21 pts on Saturday with 5 rebounds and 1 assist in just 18 min of action due to foul trouble.


2.). Kayla Patterson had 19 rebounds, 13 of them off the offensive glass and scored 23 pts in 34 min of action.  I cannot remember the last time an opposing player vs Brandeis had that outstanding of a rebounding performance in a UAA contest. Brandeis lost the rebounding battle by 27, and I can't remember the last time this happened to the Judges in a UAA contest.   This will be a good indication of what both NYU and Brandeis will face this upcoming weekend in the Midwest because....

3.). Olariche Obi of Chicago had 17 rebounds, 11 of them off the offensive glass, in just 17 min of action vs Wash U.  Obi had foul trouble, collecting 4 personal fouls in the contest, and had to sit for a lot of the game.

Just some of the outstanding performances that the UAA offers...

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UAA Women's Basketball Player of the Week after the first week of UAA play is Kayla Patterson of NYU.

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Here is the link for the women's SOS calculations, thanks to Pat Coleman:

d3hoops.com/seasons/women/2017-18/schedule?tmpl=sos-template

SOS calculations of UAA Women's teams:

1.). Wash U-- .653
2.). Rochester-- .637
3.). NYU-- .603
4.). Chicago-- .573
5.). CWRU-- .561
6.). Brandeis-- .557
7.). Emory-- .537
8.). Carnegie Mellon-- .519

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New d3hoops.com Top 25 poll is out for week 6:

Rochester-- #7
Chicago-- #25

Wash U-- receiving votes.  Bears out of top 25 for first time since 2009.