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WALTHAM, Mass. — Five different Brandeis University men's basketball players scored in double figures tonight as the 10th-ranked Judges rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to defeat visiting Emory University, 90-85 in overtime, in a University Athletic Association (UAA) contest played in Red Auerbach Arena tonight.

Brandeis (15-4, 5-3 UAA) was paced by a game-high 23 points by senior guard Joe Coppens (Rockland, Mass.), 20 coming in the second half and overtime. Sophomore forward Terrell Hollins (Springfield, Mass.) had 17 points, while junior guard Kevin Olson (Rockport, Mass.) had 11. Senior Kwame Graves-Fuglham (Amherst, Mass.) and sophomore Andre Roberson (Springfield, Mass.) had 10 points each, with Roberson scoring eight of his points in the final 5:04 of the contest. Senior Stephen Hill (Brighton, Mass.) led the Judges with six rebounds and classmate Florian Rexhepi (Skopje, Macedonia) had five assists.

Emory (10-9, 3-5 UAA) also put five players in double figures, paced by 19 points from senior Spiros Ferderigos (Oldsmar, Fla.), 12 coming in the second half. Rookie Julien Willams (Potomac, Md.) had 13 points, a game-high nine rebounds and five assists. Senior Seth Kramer (Winter Park, Fla.) finished with 14 points, while junior Brian Giometti (San Diego, Calif.) came off the bench with 12 points. Sophomore Anthony Fernandez (Miami, Fla.) rounded out the Eagles' double-figure scorers with 10 points. Junior John Kresse (Charleston, S.C.) led all players with six assists.

After Brandeis scored the first bucket of the game, the Eagles scored the next 11 points, including four each from Ferderigos and Kramer, to take an 11-2 lead after just three minutes of play. The Judges finally climbed within one on a trifecta from Olson at the 10:15 mark that made the score 19-18 and finally pulled back even, 25-25 on a Coppens long ball with 5:18 on the clock. Emory bounced back, however, closing the half on a 13-3 run that was capped when Ferderigos banked home a shot from downtown with the shot clock expiring that gave the visitors a 38-28 lead headed into the locker room. The Eagles shot 56% from the floor in the first (14-25) while holding the Judges to just 40% (10-25). Emory also outrebounded Brandeis, 18-9, in the first half.

A traditional three-point play by Williams to open the second half gave Emory a 13-point lead, their biggest of the game, at 41-28. After the teams traded hoops on the next two possessions, leaving Emory with a 45-32 lead on a Williams hoop 2:35 into the second, the Judges scored 11 unanswered points over the next four minutes. A Coppens back-door lay-up on a Rexhepi assist for Brandeis within 45-43, but Ferderigos connected twice more from long range in the next three Eagle possessions to stay Brandeis's momentum and push the lead back to eight, 53-45, with 11:47 left.

The lead was still eight, 59-51, after a Williams trifecta with 8:28 remaining when the Judges got back in the game again. Thanks a Graves-Fulgham three-ball and four free throws by Hollins and Hill, the lead was back to one, 59-58, with 7:08 left. Brandeis was unable to reclaim the lead until a key exchange with just over three minutes remaining. After Hollins hit two foul shots to knot the game at 68-68, Coppens stole the ensuing in-bounds pass and stepped behind the arc to give Brandeis its first lead since their first hoop of the game at 71-68.

Brandeis was unable to pull away, however, and Ferderigos hit a pair of foul shots with 31 seconds left to make the lead 75-74. The Emory pressure forced a Brandeis turnover, and after working the ball around the perimeter, Giometti looked to be the hero when he connected from downtown with 22 seconds left, giving Emory a 77-75 lead.

As Brandeis tried to get a game-tying or wining shot, the ball found its way into Roberson's hands. He went up for a 3-pointer that looked to be shot, but was fouled by Giometti on the way down with four seconds on the clock. Roberson connected on the first two free throws to tie the game, but an Emory timeout succeeded in icing the sophomore, who missed the third, necessitating overtime.

Brandeis never trailed in the extra session, scoring seven of the first nine points, including a jumper by Olson and a driving bucket to the hoop by Roberson. Those were Brandeis's only two field goals of OT, but they connected on nine-of-12 from the free throw line to put the game away. For the game, Brandeis outscored the Eagles, 32-11 from the charity stripe, shooting 82 percent (32-39) to Emory's 61 percent (11-18).

Press release submitted by Brandeis on Feb 08 2008 at 11:03 PM

Newspaper Box Score:

Emory University vs Brandeis University
02-08-08 8:00 p.m. at Waltham, Mass. (Red Auerbach Arena)
At Waltham, Mass. (Red Auerbach Arena)
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY 90, EMORY UNIVERSITY 85
EMORY UNIVERSITY (10-9, 3-5 UAA)
Ferderigos, Spiros 7-10 2-6 19; Kramer, Seth 6-7 2-4 14; Williams, Julien
5-9 2-3 13; Giometti, Brian 4-8 2-2 12; Fernandez, Anthony 5-15 0-0 10;
Curtin, Dan 3-9 0-0 7; Smith, Dan 1-1 3-3 5; Kresse, John 2-5 0-0 5;
Villiani, Malick 0-0 0-0 0; DeAngelis, Austin 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-65 11-18
85.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY (15-4, 5-3 UAA)
Coppens, Joe 7-10 7-9 23; Hollins, Terrell 6-11 5-6 17; Olson, Kevin 3-8 4-4
11; Roberson, Andre 1-4 8-9 10; Graves-Fulgham,Kwame 3-5 3-4 10; Hill,
Stephen 3-8 3-4 9; Rexhepi, Florian 2-4 2-3 6; Yemga, Christian 2-3 0-0 4;
Magee, Rich 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-54 32-39 90.
Emory University.............. 38 39 8 - 85
Brandeis University........... 28 49 13 - 90
3-point goals--Emory University 8-16 (Ferderigos, Spiros 3-5; Giometti,
Brian 2-4; Kresse, John 1-3; Curtin, Dan 1-3; Williams, Julien 1-1),
Brandeis University 4-12 (Coppens, Joe 2-4; Graves-Fulgham,Kwame 1-2; Olson,
Kevin 1-4; Rexhepi, Florian 0-2). Fouled out--Emory University-Giometti,
Brian, Brandeis University-None. Rebounds--Emory University 35 (Williams,
Julien 9), Brandeis University 29 (Hill, Stephen 6). Assists--Emory
University 22 (Kresse, John 6), Brandeis University 20 (Rexhepi, Florian 5).
Total fouls--Emory University 28, Brandeis University 16. Technical
fouls--Emory University-None, Brandeis University-None. A-800
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