BRUNSWICK, Maine – A late rally came up just short as the Brandeis men's basketball team escaped Morrell Gymnasium with a 65-62 victory over Bowdoin on Thursday afternoon.
The Judges move to 7-3 with the victory while the Polar Bears fall to 4-5 on the season.
Game Highlights
- After Bowdoin scored the first four points of the contest, Brandeis stormed back with a 15-0 run, sparked by three-pointers from Collin Sawyer and Dylan Lien to take a double-digit advantage just five minutes into the contest.
- The Judges controlled the first half, connecting on 50% of their shots from the field and leading by as many as 16 points.
- Behind nine first-half points from Lien – all on three-pointers – the visitors carried a 42-29 edge into the break.
- Bowdoin slowly began chipping away at the lead, closing the gap to ten points on numerous occasions before an 11-0 run, capped by three-pointers from Zavier Rucker and David Reynolds, trimmed the lead to 52-50 with 6:32 to go.
- Brandeis pushed the lead back to as many as nine points with under three minutes to play, 63-54, and appeared to seal the game on a running lay-in by Chandler Jones with 2:47 to go.
- Scored the next eight points – four from Reynolds and four from Sam Grad – cutting the lead to 63-62 with 31 seconds left.
- Brandeis missed the front end of a pair of one-and-one's in the final 31 seconds, but got the offensive rebound on both occasions. Jones hit 1-2 from the stripe with 22 seconds left to make it 64-62 Brandeis.
- Bowdoin had a chance to win it with a final possession, but turned the ball over with two seconds left on the clock and Lawrence Sabir hit another free throw to seal the victory with 1.6 seconds remaining.
By The Numbers
- Chandler Jones led four Brandeis players in double-digits with 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists for the visitors.
- Collin Sawyer and Eric D'Aguanno had 11 points each while Nolan Hagerty had ten points and ten caroms for the Judges.
- Bowdoin's David Reynolds led all players with 22 points while Sam Grad had 17 points, 13 rebounds and four assists.
- Zavier Rucker finished with ten points for the Polar Bears.
- Both teams finished at 42% shooting for the contest but Brandeis owned a 38-31 edge in rebounding.
- The Polar Bears took advantage of 11 Brandeis turnovers for 14 points.
Up Next
- Bowdoin returns to action at Colby on Sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.
- Brandeis will host Bates in their next game on Tuesday the 7th at 7:00 p.m.
