Down by a point with 1 minute, 58 seconds remaining in last Sunday's game at Emory University, captain and guard Jamie Capra '08 found herself in her familiar spot at the free throw line-where she had made all nine of her shots thus far in the game- attempting to put Brandeis ahead following one of the strangest sequences one will ever see."That was a big point in the game," Capra said. "Luckily, today I felt really good at the foul line and I was very productive from there."

Once again, Capra came through, adding two more points to reach her total of 25 and putting the women's basketball team ahead for good. The 70-66 win marked the fourth straight University Athletic Association victory for the Judges, who also edged Case Western Reserve University 67-65 in overtime last Friday. Brandeis boosted its record to 14-4 overall and 5-2 in UAA play, tying them with Washington University in St. Louis, whom they beat 66-48 at home Jan. 27, for second place in the conference.

"It was definitely a huge weekend for us," Capra said. "If you look at what's going on around the league, by winning, we put ourselves in a great position."

In a game in which the Eagles shot a higher percentage than the Judges from the field, the difference was the Judges' performance at the foul line. Brandeis made 18 of their 21 of their free throws, while the Eagles connected on only 16 of 25 shots from the stripe.

The Judges built themselves a nine-point lead with 13:30 remaining in the first half when reserve guard Carmela Breslin '10 took advantage of a fast break by hitting a three-pointer, capping a 15-6 run that included a combined 12 points from forward Cassidy Dadaos '09 and Capra.

"They were really [concentrating] on [Capra] and on [center Lauren Orlando '09] a lot in the post, so I ended up getting some pretty open shots, which was big," Dadaos said.

Emory countered with a 22-15 run of its own to cut the Judges' lead to 35-33 at halftime. Sophomore forward Whitney Martin kept Emory in the game with 12 points off the bench in the first half.

"The first half, we didn't play very well, so to go into halftime with the lead was kind of a gift," Dadaos said.

The Judges' two leading scorers ensured they would allow the team to start the second half strongly. Orlando scored eight points in less than three minutes to open up the half, and Capra followed with nine points in just over two minutes to give Brandeis a 52-41 lead, their greatest advantage of the game, with 13:32 left.

But Emory rallied again, and with 4:39 remaining, junior guard Kate Corkle hit a pair of free throws to tie the score at 61-61. Forty-four seconds later, senior center Kristen Brown connected on a three-pointer to give the Eagles their first lead after the break.

After each team missed two shots, sophomore point guard LeShonda Lillard fouled Capra, who made the ensuing free throws to put the Judges within one point. In fighting for a rebound on the second free throw in case it missed, however, Capra saw Corkle trying desperately to block her from getting the ball, so she created contact, drawing a second foul that allowed her to go back to the line in a position to regain the lead without any time elapsing.

"I noticed that [Corkle] was trying to box me out, so I thought that I would give a little fall the second time to try to draw another foul, [and] it worked," Capra said.

Guard Jessica Chapin '10 sealed the game when she stole the ball from Lillard with 18 seconds remaining and the Eagles down by one point.

"They needed a three at that point," Chapin said. "Luckily, she threw it right to me, so it wasn't very difficult."

Chapin converted both her free throws to stretch the Judges' lead to three with just 16 seconds left, and Brown missed one last three-pointer with seven seconds remaining.

"For [Chapin] to get a steal and not even allow a shot was big," Dadaos said.

The Judges also won an overtime thriller last Friday at Case Western. Capra led Brandeis with 19 points and Dadaos had her first double-double of her career with 12 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. In the end, however, it was reserve forward Amanda Wells '09 who hit the game-winning layup with five seconds left in overtime.

This weekend the Judges face Emory and Case Western again, this time at home, at 6 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday, respectively.