In the 2006 to 2007 season, the men's basketball team lost in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament to Rhode Island College 70-67. Three years later, the current team's crop of seniors, who were all rookies at the time, will hope to avenge that loss in the Sweet 16.The Judges defeated St. Lawrence University 76-64 Friday night in the first round and host No. 25 St. John Fisher College 66-52 Saturday night in the second round to advance to their second Sweet 16 in the past three seasons. Up next for the Judges is Rhode Island College, which upset No. 9 Middlebury College in the second round.

Against St. John Fisher, the Judges quickly fell behind 5-0 only to go on a run to take an 8-point lead with 14 minutes, 51 seconds left in the first half.

The highlight of the Brandeis run was a 3-pointer by guard Andre Roberson '10. It tied the game and gave him 1,000 points for his career, the 28th player in school history to do so.

The Cardinals then went on a run of their own, scoring the game's next 8 points to even the score at 13. The game then went back and forth until a layup by forward Terrell Hollins '10 with 8:46 left in the half gave the Judges the lead for good.

The Judges led 35-27 at the half and extended the lead to as much as 17 with 7:48 left in the game on a 3-pointer from forward Vytas Kriskus '12. St. John Fisher went on a run at the end of the game to pull within eight at two separate occasions, but the Judges were able to hold on for the win.

Kriskus led all scorers with 17 points as one of four Judges in double figures.

Hollins was just behind him with 16 points to go along with a career-high 21 rebounds for his 13th double-double of the season.

Coach Brian Meehan was pleased with how Hollins performed over the weekend, especially against St. John Fisher.

"[Hollins] had 21 rebounds yesterday and was just absolutely by far the best player on the court of all four teams," he said. "He's playing like a first-team All-American right now, so that can't be understated."

The Judges shot 43.7 percent from the floor in the game despite facing a Cardinals team that allowed just 37.4 percent per game, sixth best in Division III. They allowed just 59.0 points per game.

"When you start looking at statistics, you also have to kind of watch who they've played. . Their league is not a particularly strong league," Meehan said. "So although you have to respect the fact that they had good stats defensively, when we watched them on tape we felt we were still going to be able to score."

On Friday the Judges defeated St. Lawrence University despite not taking the lead until over 10 minutes into the first half.

The Saints led 12-9 when Kriskus was fouled while shooting a 3-pointer and made his free throws to tie the game.

St. Lawrence retook the lead twice before a 3-pointer from guard Kenny Small '10 tied the game at 17 and a layup from Hollins gave the Judges the lead for good with 9:33 left in the first half.

The Judges led by as much as 25 in the second half, but in the second game, allowed their opponent to chip away at the lead late, as the Saints eventually got within 12 by the end of the game.

With the Saints triple-teaming Hollins often throughout the night, the defense left Small and Kriskus open for 3-point opportunities.

Kriskus started the game 6-for-6 from the field and finished with a career-high 29 points in just 30 minutes of action.

Small ended up with 16 points, including 4-4 from 3-point range.

And despite all the attention from the St. Lawrence players, Hollins still finished with a solid 12 points and five rebounds.

Many of the women's basketball players made the trip to see their male counterparts play, which Meehan and the team appreciated.

"It's a long distance from school, so to have any sort of fans there is really important to help the guys on," Meehan said. "The men and women travel together all year, and they support each other, and we're cheering for them in their games on the road and vice versa.

Meehan also noted how his team supported the women when they were in the NCAA Tournament last year.

"I know last year when the women made their run in the tournament our guys were right there really trying to help any way they could," Meehan said.

The Judges are next in action Friday night versus Rhode Island College at Williams College.

The winner of that game will then play the winner of the Williams-State University of New York Institute of Technology game Saturday night.