From University of Rochester Athletics
Loren Wagner scored 20 points and made a career high 12 free
throws to power the University of Rochester to a 74-51 victory over
Brandeis University in women's basketball at the Louis Alexander
Palestra on Friday night.
Danielle McNabb added 15 points and Kelsey Hurley scored 11 for the
Yellowjackets (10-13 overall, 4-8 UAA).
Brandeis did not have a double-figure scorer. Paris Hodges scored
nine points for the Judges. Janelle Rodriguez scored seven, while
Maria Jackson, Nicolina Vitale, and Angela Miller scored six points
apiece. Brandeis is 12-11 overall, 6-6 in the UAA.
Rochester hit 52% from the floor in the second half (12-23) and 44%
for the game (23-52). The Yellowjaackets sank seven 3-point goals
– from five players. Hurley and McNabb made two apiece. Led
by Wagner's 12 of 15 accuracy from the line, Rochester sank 21 of
26 free throw attempts.
Brandeis hit 38% from the floor in the first half (11-29) and 30%
in the second half (7-23). The Judges were 2-10 from outside the
arc and 13 of 21 at the line (62%).
Rochester sscored 22 poitns of 18 Brandeis turnovers and had 11
second-chance points from 10 offensive rebounds. Brandeis scored 14
poins from 17 Rochester giveaways and four second chance
points.
McNabb sank a 3-pointer and later added a free throw in a 10-0 run
over seven minutes that gave Rochester a 24-16 lead with 4:39 left
in the first half. The lead went to 13, 35-22, on Hurley's
3-pointer in the last 36 seconds. Rochester led, 35-24, at the
half.