Women close out 2022 with 77-44 win over Salem State

WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University women’s basketball team cruised in their annual New Year’s Eve day game, defeating Salem State, 77-44, in Red Auerbach Arena. The Judges had a season-high 26 assists on their 31 baskets in the win.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis, 4-6.
• Salem State, 5-8.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Salem State took advantage of a cold start for the Judges. The Vikings were ahead, 10-1, as the Judges missed their first nine shots of the game.
• Brandeis broke through on a 3-pointer at the 3:34 mark by sophomore Lulu Ohm (Waltham, Mass./Waltham).
• The bucket sparked a 13-1 run to close the stanza, as Brandeis took its first lead on a trifecta by senior Tathiana Pierre (Jericho, N.Y. / Sacred Heart Academy) with 19 seconds to go that made it 14-12, Judges, after one quarter.
• Brandeis blew things open in the second, outscoring SSU, 24-8.
• Ohm had as many points as the Vikings in the period, hitting two 3-pointers and one lay-up for eight points as she reached her career scoring high of 11 points by halftime, as the Judges 38-20.
• The third quarter was highlighted by first-year Katherine Vaughan (Bedford, Mass. / Bedford), who nearly repeated Ohm’s feat by scoring 10 points in the stanza as Brandeis outscored the Vikings 21-12 to take a 59-32 lead after 30 minutes.
• Brandeis’s lead swelled to as large as 35 points before the 33-point final margin.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Vaughan led all scorers, finishing with a career-high 19 points in just 21 minutes.
• She hit 9-of-19 from the field, 1-of-2 from the line. Vaughan also pulled down six rebounds, tied for a career-high, with all six coming on the offensive glass.
• Ohm added a career-best 14 points in 20 minutes of action, connecting on 5-of-8 overall and 4-of-5 from 3-point range.
• Two other Judges scored in double digits, sophomore Caitlin Gresko (Howell, N.J./Howell) and senior Francesca Marchese (Staten Island, N.Y./Staten Island Academy), who each had 10 points.
• Gresko led the Brandeis assist brigade, dishing out a career-best eight helpers, while also making three steals.
• Senior Emma Reavis (Miami, Okla./Deerfield Academy, Mass.) added six assists, while five others had two and two more had one.
• Brandeis had their second-best shooting day of the season, connecting on 44.3% (31-70), while holding SSU to the lowest point total by an opponent this season and just 29 percent…