The end of last season was bittersweet for forward Terrell Hollins '10. The men's basketball team was making a late run into the NCAA Tournament, but due to a broken foot, Hollins was unable to play during that stretch. He was overjoyed by the Judges' late-season run, but admitted he wished he was healthy, especially during the team's 70-67 second-round tournament loss to Rhode Island College.

"They were a smaller team that liked to run, so if I was out there, I might have been able to provide more of an inside presence," he said.

Now fully healthy, Hollins, much like his teammates did for him last season, raised his game to fill in for an injured teammate. With last year's leading scorer, forward Steve DeLuca '08, hobbling with nagging back and hamstring injuries, Hollins came off the bench to score 26 points, leading the Judges to a win over Bridgewater State College in the championship game of the Brandeis Tip-off Tournament last Sunday.

Hollins hasn't had the smoothest road to recovery. After suffering the foot injury in a loss to the University of Chicago last February, Hollins had surgery and was not cleared to play a full-contact game until early July. Soon after that, he suffered a sprained knee, keeping him off the court for the majority of the summer.

"It was weird when I first came back," he said. "I was making all my regular moves, but I was having trouble finishing."

After averaging just over 16 minutes a game in 19 contests last season, Hollins has seen his playing time rise with DeLuca's injury struggles, but he doesn't see his role changing this season, even with DeLuca limited by injury.

"[DeLuca and?I] are different players," he said. "We have depth to pick up the slack, but at the same time, even when he comes back, we have to keep doing the same things we were doing without him.