After blowing a 55-45 lead against University Athletic Association foe Emory University Sunday afternoon, the men's basketball team found itself tied with the Eagles at 60-60 with 3 minutes, 40 seconds left in the game. But in crunch time it was Emory who came up with the key baskets to win the game.Emory rookie guard Alex Greven hit two straight 3-pointers to put the Eagles up 66-60 as they went on to defeat the Judges 77-64. The Judges led by 10 points with 9:41 left in the game before Emory went on a 32-9 run to close out the game.

With the loss, the Judges fall to 12-3 (3-2 in UAA play) and a second-place tie in the UAA after defeating the University of Rochester Friday night 70-63.

The game went back and forth early on before the Eagles went on a 17-5 run in the the first half to go up 33-24. Brandeis was able to pull within 6 points at the break despite shooting just 37.9 percent from the field in the first half, including 0-9 from 3-point range.

The Judges then went on a bit of a run at the beginning of the second half, tying the game on a layup by forward Rich Magee '10 and then taking the lead on a jumper by guard Andre Roberson '10. It was part of a 25-9 run by the Judges to open the half that put the team up 55-45 with 9:41 left in the game.

But then the Eagles went on a run of their own, outscoring the Judges 32-9 for the rest of the game and taking advantage of continued cold shooting for Brandeis, who finished the game shooting just 38.6 percent, including 1-17 from behind the arc.

Emory tied the game with 4:36 left on a basket scored by senior guard Daniel Curtin and took the lead shortly after on two free throws from senior forward Anthony Fernandez. The Judges were able to come back and tie the game on a jumper by forward Christian Yemga '11 before the two 3-pointers by Greven sealed the Judges' fate.

"I think we all struggled," Coach Brian Meehan said. "We just didn't shoot the ball well from the 3-point line. I think overall we shot the ball well when we were patient, got the [ball] inside. . But I thought we lost our composure a little bit, started settling for some shots that necessarily weren't our best opportunities."

The Judges were led by Roberson and forward Terrell Hollins '10, each of whom scored 15 points. The only other Brandeis player in double figures was guard Kenny Small '10, who added 10 points of his own.

The Eagles' bench outscored the Judges' 37-10, as key reserve guard/forward Vytas Kriskus '12, who came into the game averaging 31.6 percent shooting from 3-point range but finished Sunday's game 0-5 from that distance.

"I think some of the shots were there; we just didn't take them sometimes," Magee said. "It's kind of a hard situation because we have a lot of guys that are really good shooters on the team, and we know that we can make those shots, and sometimes they just don't go in and that's hard. It's frustrating, but we just got to keep taking them."

On Friday night the Judges defeated Rochester 70-63. Brandeis led by as much as 10 in the first half before the Yellowjackets closed to within three before a 3-pointer by Kriskus with 2 seconds left in the half stretched the Brandeis lead back to 6.

Rochester did briefly retake the lead on a layup by rookie forward Marcus Roberson with just over 3 minutes into the second half but the Judges quickly retook the lead on two free throws from guard Tyrone Hughes '12 and never trailed the rest of the way.

Kriskus led the Judges with 18 points off the bench, while Hollins, Hughes and Small all finished in double figures. Hollins added a season-high 13 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.

"I think Hollins did a great job getting some offensive rebounds," Meehan said. "He missed shots but he was there to get some rebounds and putbacks. . We did a good job of not turning the ball over and we turned them over a few times, that gave us some extra possessions and some easy shots. That was a well-played game by both teams. I think the turnovers were the difference."

The Judges will next play UAA opponent Case Western Reserve University at home on Friday at 8 p.m.