It certainly is a stretch to compare an NBA player to one in Division III men's college basketball, but if there's anyone at Brandeis who can sympathize with injured Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett, it's outgoing men's basketball forward Steve DeLuca (GRAD).A knee injury has relegated the perennial all-star Garnett to the bench for his team's 2009 postseason run.
Starting at age five, Kevin Olson '09 would make it an after-school ritual to take the short trip across the street from his Rockport, Mass.
Last season, second baseman Melisa Cagar '11 led the softball team with 10 stolen bases in 47 games played.
LANCASTER, Pa.-With less than two seconds left in the men's basketball team's second-round NCAA Tournament game against Franklin & Marshall College, forward Steve DeLuca (GRAD) grabbed a rebound off point guard Andre Roberson's '10 missed jump shot near the free-throw line.
LANCASTER, Pa.-Down by as many as 20 points, 57-37, midway through the second half in its second-round NCAA Tournament against Franklin & Marshall College last Saturday, the men's basketball team was attempting to cap an improbable comeback to propel the team to its second consecutive appearance in the Sweet 16.
With the men's basketball team holding on to a 27-24 lead at New York University last Saturday, forward Terrell Hollins '10 wrestled the ball away from the hands of Violets junior guard Zachary Kuba before converting a layup at the other end of the court with 1 minute remaining in the first half.Thirty seconds later, guard Kenny Small '10 sank a three-point shot to give the Judges an 8-point lead heading into halftime.
After the men's basketball team converted a season-low 34.7 percent of its shots in a 65-54 win over Emory University last Friday at home, the Judges responded with a historic shooting performance in a 108-78 win against Case Western Reserve University last Sunday.Brandeis converted 38 of 52 field goal attempts against Case Western, including going 16 of 22 from three-point range.
After being upset 90-81 by the University of Chicago, who entered the game with a 2-16 record last Friday night, the men's basketball team trailed 45-38 at the end of the first half against No.
Starting guard Andre Roberson '10, starting forwards Terrell Hollins '10 and Christian Yemga '11, reserve guard Kenny Small '10 and reserve forward Napoleon Lherisson '11 did not play in last Sunday's 82-57 road loss against No.
With the men's basketball team leading the University of Chicago 27-12 at halftime in last Sunday's home game, forward Steve DeLuca (GRAD) said, that during the intermission, the team emphasized the need to "come out strong" in the first five minutes of the second half.
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