THE JUSTICE
JUDGES BY THE NUMBERS
● SPORTS ●
TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020
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SWIMMING AND DIVING
MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM STATS
UAA STANDINGS Chicago NYU Emory WashU Rochester Case Carnegie JUDGES
UAA Conf. W L D 11 3 0 10 4 0 10 4 0 7 7 0 6 8 0 5 9 0 4 10 0 3 11 0
UPCOMING GAMES:
Overall W L D Pct. 20 5 0 .800 20 5 0 .800 19 6 0 .760 14 11 0 .560 12 13 0 .480 10 15 0 .400 11 14 0 .440 13 12 0 .520
Season has concluded.
Points Per Game
Collin Sawyer ’20 leads the team with 15.6 points per game. Player PPG Collin Sawyer 15.6 Chandler Jones 13.8 Eric D’Aguanno 11.0
Rebounds Per Game
Chandler Jones ’21 leads the team with 7.5 rebounds per game. Player REB/G Chandler Jones 7.5 Nolan Hagerty 6.8 Matan Zucker 4.0
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM STATS
UAA STANDINGS UAA Conf. W L D Chicago 11 3 0 NYU 10 4 0 Emory 10 4 0 WashU 7 7 0 Rochester 6 8 0 Case 5 9 0 Carnegie 4 10 0 JUDGES 3 11 0
Points Per Game
Overall W L D Pct. 20 3 0 .800 20 4 0 .800 19 8 0 .760 14 4 0 .560 12 8 0 .480 10 6 0 .400 11 9 0 .440 13 11 0 .520
UPCOMING GAMES: Season has concluded.
Camila Casaneuva ’21 leads the team with 12.8 points per game. Player PPG Camila Casaneuva 12.8 Hannah Nicholson 11.4 Jillian Petrie 8.5
Rebounds Per Game
Hannah Nicholson ’20 leads with 9.1 rebounds per game. Player REB/G Hannah Nicholson 9.1 Camila Casaneuva 6.1 Courtney Thrun 5.2
SWIMMING AND DIVING Results from Clark College on Feb. 1.
TOP FINISHERS (Men’s)
TOP FINISHERS (Women’s)
100-yard Freestyle
200-yard Backstroke
SWIMMER TIME Daniel Wohl 48.83 Mathew Arcemont 50.72 Benton Ferebee 54.54
SWIMMER TIME Rebekah Goodfellow 2:21.38 Abbie Etzweiler 2:27.94 Kate Wetzel 2:33.92
UPCOMING MEETS:
Swimming and diving breaks school records ■ Brandeis’ swimming and diving team competed at University of Chicago on Feb. 13 to 15. By EMMA GHALILI JUSTICE STAFF WRITER
Mar. 21 at NCAA Championships
TRACK AND FIELD Results from the UAA Indoor Championships on Feb. 29 to Mar 1.
TOP FINISHERS (Men’s)
TOP FINISHERS (Women’s)
60 Meter Hurdles
800 Meter Run
RUNNER TIME Jack Allen 8.40 Aaron Baublis 8.69 Dio Morris-Evans 8.71
RUNNER TIME Leinni Valdez 2:22.54 Mahala Lahvis 2:33.53 Elizabeth Dunphy 2:33.59
UPCOMING MEETS: Mar. 7 at Tufts Last Chance Meet Mar. 13 at NCAA Championships
NOAH ZEITLIN/Justice File Photo
DIVE IN: The Judges hosted the Colby College Mules, on Nov, 16 where there were many strong individual preformances.
Data Courtesy of THE OFFICIAL SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION and the BRANDEIS ATHLETICS WEBSITE; Images Courtesy of CREATIVE COMMONS.
From Feb. 13 to 15, the Brandeis swimming and diving teams competed at the University of Chicago in the University Athletic Association Championships. On day one, five Brandeis records were broken and on day three, two more records fell. Both teams finished in eighth place, with the women scoring 308 points and the men scoring 423 points. Bailey Gold ’23 was the top finisher in the 200-yard butterfly. In the preliminaries, Gold’s time was 2:08.51, which gave her the 12th seed into the ‘B’ finals. Gold improved on her seeding and an eleventh-place finish with a time of 2:09.49. Her 11th-place finish was the second-best by any Brandeis swimmer and a top finish by
Brandeis women swimmers of all time. Ema Rennie ’23 broke her previous school record on the 50yard free style on day one and broke the University’s oldest school record in the 100-yard freestyle during the preliminaries on day three. She beat Wendy Liwengrub’s ’09 record and became the second woman in the school’s history to break 54 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle. Rennie broke the record with a time of 53.51 seconds. With this time, she swam in the ‘C’ finals and finished in 23rd place. On day one, Audrey Kim ’21, Emily McGovern ’21, Bailey Gole ’23 and Rennie broke the school record in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 4:00.46. On day three, Gold and Rennie were also teamed with Uajda Musaku ’21 and Audrey Kim ’21 in the 400-yard freestyle relay and placed eighth. They also broke a school record with their time of 3:37.73. Abbie Etzweiler ’22 had a great performance — a personal best — in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 18:54.63
which earned her 22nd place. On the men’s side on day one, Tamar Zitelny ’20, Brendon Lu ’22, Matthew Arecmont ’20 and Marcelo Ohno-Machado ’21 broke the University record in the 400yard medley relay with a time of 3:26.37 and a seventh-place finish. Daniel Wohl ’21 had the highest individual freestyle in the 100yard freestyle. He got into the ‘B’ preliminary with a time of 46.12 seconds. This time earned him the 12th seed, and in the finals, he swam with a time of 46.30 and ended up in 13th place. Richard Selznick ’21 swam the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 16:42.53. On day three, Lu won second place in the ‘C’ final in the 200yard backstroke, finishing with a time of 2:08.51. He was only a couple seconds off of the first place winner. In the final relay of the day, Zitelny, Ohno-Machado, Arcemont and Wohl competed in the 400-yard freestyle relay and finished in eighth place with a time of 3:06.68. This time is more than two seconds off their previous school record that they set two years ago.
PRO SPORTS BRIEF
Ball Talk: NBA trade deadline results were quite quiet Hello everybody, and welcome back to Ball Talk with Jon Soc! Sorry for the long delay between writings, but it’s alright because we are back in business. Today we are going to be talking about the NBA Trade Deadline. This is always my favorite segment to write, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it. Even though the trade deadline was incredibly tame this year, there were still some exciting trades. This trade deadline taught us all something that I have been saying for years: if your big man is not able to defend out to the three-point line or shoot threes, your big man is not worth anything. I will explain in more depth, but the Clint Capela and Andre Drummond trades show that there is no more value in bigs who just rebound and rim protect at a below super-elitelevel. By super elite-level, I mean top three in the league type. Think Rudy Gobert and Joel Embiid. Not Steven Adams-level. The first trade I want to talk about is the Capela trade. This is the most confusing trade we’ve seen since the Dwight Howard trade. The Houston Rockets gave up Capela, Nene Hilario, Gerald Green and a first-round pick. In return, they received Robert Covington and a Golden State Warriors second-round pick. The Atlanta Hawks gave up nothing of value and received Clint Capela. The Denver Nuggets gave up Malik Beasley and got Gerald Green and a first-round pick.
The Minnesota Timberwolves gave up a first-round pick and got Beasley. In addition, there were many random, lower-level players that were involved in this trade. This trade showed that big men just are not worth what they used to be. Initially, people thought that the Houston Rockets gave up too much for Capela, but since the trade they have been one of the best teams in the league, although Capela has still yet to play. In my personal opinion, I still think the Rockets gave up way too much to just get Robert Covington, and this move will not help them in the playoffs. The Timberwolves’ side of this deal was strictly to get assets, and they succeeded, but more on that later. The Hawks managed to get a firstround pick, and a starting level center for scraps from their roster. Capela could never play again and this trade would still be an absolute steal for the Hawks. The Nuggets needed to get a return for Beasley before he left for nothing in free agency, and they got a solid pick. In my opinion, everyone won this trade except the Rockets, who probably believe they won the trade. The second trade to discuss is the Drummond trade. Drummond was traded for John Henson, Brandon Knight, a second round pick and a metaphorical bag of potato chips. This trade was the absolute dagger in the heart of the classic-style big man. Drummond, a two-time all-star and former member of the All-NBA Third Team, was traded for two players who
were both already traded as salary dumps in the past, as well as a secondround pick. Unless the Detroit Pistons are absolutely horribly run, which they aren’t, then realistically no one offered more. No one offered a future first, a protected first, or a rotation player. General managers are finally catching on, as rim running bigs are a dime a dozen, and there is no reason to give up assets or cap space for one who is not the absolute best at what he does. Third trade! Referencing my earlier point about the Timberwolves stockpiling assets, they used those assets in this next trade: D’Angelo Russell to the Timberwolves and Andrew Wiggins, along with a first and a second to the Warriors. After trying for years to pair together Karl Anthony-Towns and one of his best buddies, Devin Booker or D’Angelo, they finally did it! And they have no more defense, but whatever. As long as Anthony-Towns is happy. They also finally won a game, which is exciting. The Timberwolves still look pretty hopeless, but maybe I’m being too hard on them. Only time will tell. The Warriors, on the other hand, excite me a lot, and with now two lottery picks in the upcoming draft, they will have lots of chances for a top prospect or lots of capital for a possible trade, maybe for Giannis. Even if they do not trade their new picks for a superstar, Andrew Wiggins looks to be a good member of the Warriors squad, filling in the Harrison Barnes role from the
Warriors’ first title run. Unfortunately, Barnes was a much better defender, but we will see whether Wiggins can grow more as a defender as he learns from a top defender like Draymond Green. Fourth trade! Jordan Clarkson to the Utah Jazz for Dante Exum and two seconds. This trade happened well before the deadline but Clarkson has emerged as one of the key contributors on the Jazz since the trade, helping them in the absolute arms race going on for second in the west. The Cleveland Cavaliers got another reclamation project and some second rounders for their efforts. Fifth trade. Andre Igoudala finally got traded! After wasting away on the Memphis Grizzlies for the entire season, the Grizzlies traded Iggy, Jae Crowder and Solomon Hill to the Miami Heat for Justice Winslow and other rotation pieces. Both teams have fallen off completely since the trade. The Heats will definitely find their footing again. They have too many savvy vets to not at least stay a top-four seed. Meanwhile, the Grizzlies might not find their way again, but that is not a problem. The Grizzlies have already outperformed expectations greatly and are dealing with an injury problem — as even the centerpiece of the trade, Winslow, is injured. The Grizzlies will continue their push for the eighth seed, but if they fall short, this season has already been a vast success and Winslow will be worth a lot more
next year than any piece they traded. Also, just to point out, the Grizzlies took on all three players in this trade as salary dumps with picks attached, then traded them for a great young player. That’s how you use cap space as a rebuilding team. The sixth and final trade worth talking about: The Los Angeles Clippers received Isaiah Thomas (who was immediately waived) and Marcus Morris, New York Knicks receive Moe Harkless, a Clippers first round pick this year, and a Clippers first-round pick swap next year (Knicks get better pick of theirs and Clippers) and a second-round pick. Someone played that Juice World and NBA Young Boy song because the Knicks are the definition of a bandit in this trade. The Clippers get another overrated isolation player who won’t help their playmaking issue, losing a good defensive role player in Moe Harkless. The Knicks got a first-round pick, and a second round pick for a player they signed over the off-season, a rare great move by the New York Knicks. Unfortunately, this year’s trade deadline was very quiet, as was the buyout market. Reggie Jackson signed with the Clippers, once again not moving the needle, and the Lakers signed Markieff Morris, also not moving the needle much, but he is an isolation scorer, something the Los Angeles Lakers bench needed gravelly. —Jonathan Sochaczevski
