Emory Women's Basketball Drops Road Game At Sewanee

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Emory senior Keenan Whitesides scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds but it wasn't enough as the Eagles dropped a road decision to the University of the South. South raised its record to 2-3 following a 97-87 win over the Eagles who slipped to 2-4.

Whitesides scored 16 of her 22 points during the second half of play and ended the evening hitting 11-of-15 from the floor en route to her fifth double-figure scoring performance of the season. Sophomore Becca Feldman totaled a personal-best 15 points, converting five-of-11 from the field including four-of-eight from three-point range. Rounding out the team's double-figure scorers were senior Whitney Martin (12 pts.), freshman Danielle Landry (11 pts.) and sophomore Sally Peterson (10 pts.).

Emory concluded the game shooting 46.6 percent (34-of-73) while the host Tigers hit on 43.1 percent (31-of-72). The Eagles enjoyed a 47-42 advantage on the glass but suffered 26 turnovers while South had 16 miscues.

Trailing by a 41-40 margin at halftime, the Eagles opened the second half on a 13-6 run, keyed by five points by Feldman and four by Whitesides to take a 53-47 lead with 16:05 left. Emory still held a 65-63 margin with 10:37 on the clock following a bucket by Liz Brandt but a 9-0 sprint by the Tigers put Emory in a 72-65 hole. The Eagles stayed within striking distance and moved to within one point, 82-81, with 3:16 remaining when Whitesides culminated a streak of scoring six straight Emory points. South countered with a triple from Lauren Gulley to go ahead by four points and another trey by Juliene Joyner with 1:46 left gave South a 90-85 edge. Dani Kabbes led the Tigers with 18 points.

Emory fell behind by a 10-2 margin early in the first half, but regrouped to take its first lead of the game at 18-17 with 12:49 left following a basketball by freshman Linsday Beers. A three-pointer by sophomore Becca Feldman, one of three that she knocked down in the opening stanza, pushed the Eagles to a 24-21 edge with 9:40 on the clock. The Tigers rattled off the game's next five points to take a two-point edge, but Emory responded with a 14-6 burst, keyed by four points from Landry and another triple by Feldman, to take its biggest lead of the half, 38-32, with 2:47 left. However, the Tigers scored nine of the next 11 points to take a 41-40 into the intermission. Emory outshot the host Tigers (43.2 percent vs.34.1 percent) and held a 28-19 edge in rebounding. The Eagles were hampered by 18 turnovers in the first while Sewanee had just eight. Feldman totaled nine first half points while Landry chipped in seven.