Jordan Rich Nets Career High as WashU Defeats Brandeis
The No. 15/18 Washington University in St. Louis women's basketball team had a big second half en route to a 62-49 win over Brandeis on Sunday afternoon in UAA play. The Bears are now 12-4 on the year with a 3-2 mark in conference action.
Junior Lexy Harris posted her sixth double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Jordan Rich scored a career-high 17 points and recorded four blocks while junior Catherine Goodwin scored 12 points.
The Bears scored the first points of the game as Rich netted a pair of free throws. Brandeis pulled even with a jumper from Saviah Shabazz and junior Catherine Goodwin put in a layup to put WashU ahead 4-2 just over two minutes into play.
Midway through the first quarter, junior Lexy Harris hit a jumper on a pass from junior Sidney Rogers, putting the Bears up 6-4 and a free throw from Rich with 57 seconds remaining in the first put WashU up 7-5 entering the second quarter.
The Bears went ahead 9-7 with 6:43 in the second off a layup from Harris, which would be the last time they held the lead until the end of the third quarter.
Brandeis responded with a 9-0 run to take a 15-9 edge over the Bears with 4:32 on the clock in the second quarter. A pair of free throws from sophomore Amelisa Rosin stopped the run and made it a four-point, 15-11 game.
WashU scored the final four points of the second quarter on a layup from Rosin and a 3-pointer from Rich, sending the Bears into the break trailing 21-18 to the Judges.
It was in the latter half of the third quarter that the Bears got into a scoring groove to eventually take the lead.
Down six points midway through the third, Goodwin put in a layup and Harris had a turnaround jumper. After a Brandeis free throw, Rich his another 3-pointer to tie the game at 32 apiece. Brandeis' Elena Delicado put in a layup and a free throw before Harris netted a pair of free throws. It was sophomore Sydney Starks who gave the Bears their first lead since the second quarter with a 3-pointer to make it a 37-35 game with 39 seconds left in the third.
Rich opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer from the wing, extending WashU's lead to five points, 40-35. Brandeis's Claire Candela netted a layup before the Bears scored five-straight on a jumper from Harris and an and-one play from Rogers for a 45-38 lead at 7:38.
A jumper from Harris followed by a pair of free throws from Rogers extended the Bears' lead to their largest yet, nine points, 49-40, midway through the fourth quarter.
In the final 1:30 of the game, the Bears outscored Brandeis 10-3, starting with a 3-pointer from Rich. Goodwin hit four-straight free throws and Rich followed with one free throw. Rogers closed out the game with two free throws at the 33 second mark for the 62-49.
WashU finished 18-for-57 (31.6%) and 5-for-19 (26.3%) from 3-point range. The Bears had 14 points off Brandeis turnovers.