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Case Western Reserve freshman Evy Iacono scored 15 of her game-high 18 points in the second half in helping the Spartans rally for a win over the Emory Sunday afternoon.  The Spartans of Case raised their overall record to 10-3, 1-1 in the University Athletic Association, following a 64-55 decision over the Eagles who slipped to 6-6, 1-2 in the league.

Emory outshot the visitors from the floor, 45.5 percent (20-of-44) to 32.0 percent (16-of-50), but Case made negated that by knocking down nine-of-23 three-point field goal attempts while Emory converted just one of nine opportunities from beyond the arc.  CWRU also enjoyed a decided edge at the foul line, sinking 23-of-32 while Emory finished with 14 makes in 19 attempts.

Leading Emory in scoring was junior Courtney Von Stein with a season-high 12 points.  Von Stein hit six-of-eight from the floor and also contributed five rebounds.  Sophomore Becca Feldman was the other Eagle to notch double digits with 11 points.  Freshman Danielle Landry tied for game honors with seven rebounds.

Emory got off to a quick start, using a 15-2 run early in the contest to stake itself to a 15-4 lead with a little under 14 minutes left in the first half.  Shooting 52.4 percent from the field during the first 20 minutes of play, and using seven points from Feldman and five from junior Liz Brandt, Emory posted a 31-24 edge at the intermission.

Case stayed within striking distance early in the second half and snuck ahead, 41-37, with 10:32 on the clock as it capitalized on some cold field goal shooting by the Eagles that saw them hit just one of their first 10 field goal attempts while turning the ball over on nine occasions.  Emory fought back to knot the contest, 43-43, with 6:56 remaining.  However, back-to-back treys by Iacono gave the Spartans a six-point cushion and they would not surrender the lead the rest of the afternoon. A bucket by Von Stein narrowed the gap to two points with 5:05 on the clock but a 6-0 Case spurt pushed its advantage to eight points with 3:12 remaining.  Down by 10 points, 59-49, Emory mounted one last comeback bid when Von Stein hit back-to-back baskets to make the score 59-53 in Case's favor with just over a minute left.  But that was as close as Emory would get the rest of the day.

Emory returns to action on Thursday (Jan. 14) when it plays host to Piedmont College in a 6:00 p.m. tip.