CHICAGO – The No. 13-ranked College of Chicago ladies’s basketball group gained its ninth-straight dwelling sport with Sunday’s 80-56 victory over Brandeis College.
The No. 13-ranked Maroons improved to 13-1 total and 2-1 within the College Athletic Affiliation (UAA). The Judges fell to 5-9 on the season (0-3 UAA).
A back-and-forth first quarter noticed Brandeis take its last lead of the afternoon at 14-13. As soon as Marissa Powe completed an and-one layup to make it 16-14, the Maroons would maintain the benefit for the ultimate 31 minutes.
Halfway by the second quarter, Grace Hynes and Sophia North mixed for 9 factors as UChicago scored on five-straight possessions to go up 32-18. The Judges discovered some momentum to cut the deficit all the way down to 34-29 by the final minute of the half. However Bella Alfaro swished a 3 from the nook to extend the margin to 37-29 at halftime.
Hynes was a pressure on the offensive finish, persistently backing down her defender into the put up and both scoring or drawing the foul. The senior scored eight of her group’s opening 10 factors of the third quarter to stake the Maroons to a 47-33 benefit. Brandeis couldn’t get any nearer than 10 factors the remainder of the way in which.
UChicago led by 16 at the beginning of the fourth quarter and scored 18 factors within the last 4 minutes to emerge with an 80-56 triumph.
Hynes rolled up a game-high 25 factors to go together with six rebounds and 4 assists. North compiled 12 factors and 6 rebounds. Alfaro got here off the bench to contribute 9 factors, seven rebounds and 5 assists. Powe tallied 9 factors, six rebounds and 4 steals. Mallory Brodnik added eight factors and eight rebounds.
The Maroons shot 40.6 p.c from the sphere, 38.5 p.c on three-pointers (10-26) and 90.0 p.c on free throws (18-20). The Judges had been held to 35.2 p.c on subject objectives, 17.4 p.c on threes (4-23) and 58.3 p.c from the charity stripe (14-24). UChicago dominated the boards 47-32.
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- Friday, Jan. 20 @ 5:30 PM (ET) – UChicago at Carnegie Mellon College
