Emory Women's Basketball Hosts Pair Of Top-10 Ranked Foes

GAME FACTS – The Emory women’s basketball team faces a formidable this task this weekend when it plays host to a pair of top-10 University Athletic Association opponents.  On Friday (Feb. 11), the Eagles battle Washington University in a 6:00 p.m. start before taking on the University of Chicago on Sunday at 2:00 p.m.  The game against Chicago will be the annual “Think Pink” Game with the Emory athletic department taking part in the battle against breast cancer.

THE COACHES – Emory Head Coach Christy Thomaskutty (Tulane, ’96) is in her eighth season at the helm of the program.  She assumed her current duties prior to the start of the 2003-04 campaign. 

In her 25th campaign at the helm of the Washington U. program is Nancy Fahey (Wisconsin, 1981).  During her tenure with the Bears, she has manufactured a school and career record of 588-103. She has five national titles to her credit.

Aaron Roussell (Iowa, 2001) is in his seventh year in calling the shots at Chicago. Heading into a Friday affair at the University of Rochester, Roussell has chalked a school and career mark of 126-48.

Emory's Top Defensive Scoring Efforts Under Thomaskutty

2010-11 RECORDS – Emory starts the weekend with an overall record of 9-11 (2-7 UAA).  Last Friday, Emory turned in a stellar effort in subduing Brandeis, 72-55, with junior Becca Feldman pacing the team’s scoring attack with 14 points.  On Sunday, the Eagles came out on the short end of an 81-76 decision to New York University with sophomore Misha Jackson putting up 17 points and classmate Danielle Landry pulling down 11 boards in that affair.

WU , ranked No. 6 in the nation among Division III programs in both the D3hoops.com and USA Today ESPN DTop 25 Coaches Poll, stands 17-3 in overall play and 8-1 in UAA outings, one game behind league-leading Chicago.  The Bears are riding an eight-game winning streak including a 73-37 decision at Carnegie Mellon last Friday and a 69-47 triumph at Case Western on Sunday. During its eight-game streak, WU has held six foes to 55 or fewer points.

Chicago heads to Rochester with an overall slate of 17-3 and owns a perfect 9-0 mark in league contests.  The Maroons, ranked No. 7 in the USA Today ESPN Top 25 Coaches Poll and No. 10 by D3hoops.com, came through with a pair of road wins last weekend, 65-55 at Case Western and 76-43 at Carnegie Mellon.

SERIES RECORDS – In a series that dates from February of 1989, WU has captured 39 of 44 meetings.  The Bears won the first meeting of 2011, 94-55, in Saint Louis.

Chicago posts an all-time mark of 29-15 against Emory.  UC earned a win in the first meeting of this year when it came away with a 92-75 decision on its home floor.  In games played in Atlanta, Chicago is 14-8 against Emory.   

Emory's Top Offensive Scoring Efforts Under Thomaskutty 

NOTES –  After being outrebounded in its previous seven games, the Eagles finished with an edge on the glass in contests vs. Brandeis (35-30) and NYU (40-36) last weekend ... Emory shot 471. percent from the floor against Brandeis, the team's best percentage in a league game this year, and the 55 points allowed to the Judges was Emory's best defensive in that category in a conference game this year ... Sophomore Danielle Landry topped the team in rebounding in both games over the weekend, picking off eight boards vs. Brandies and 11 against NYU which represented her fifth effort of double-digits in that department in '10-11 ...  Landry is No. 3 in the UAA in rebounding (7.3 rpg) while Misha Jackson is No. 5 (6.8 rpg) … Freshman Savannah Morgan's 15 points vs. NYU tied her second-highest scoring performance of the year ... Morgan has came through nine games of double-figure scoring and is 22^nd among UAA players in scoring (8.4 ppg) … Morgan is tied for fifth on the conference chart in assists (4.3) while her assist/ratio turnover of 1.7 is good for a fourth-place tie …  Freshman Hannah Lilly registered 16 points against NYU, her 11th double-figure scoring game of the year ... Lilly’s 11.5 per-game scoring average tops the squad and is 11^th in the UAA … Misha Jackson is averaging 16.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in her last three contests … Jackson, a double-figure scorer on eight occasions this year, is 16^th in the UAA in scoring (10.0 ppg) and tied for 11^th in field goal percentage (.454) … Emory holds down the No. 2 spot and ranks 18^th nationally in scoring (74.9 ppg) … Emory came up back-to-back games of double-figure steals with 13 and 11 thefts last weekend against Brandeis and NYU, respectively, and now has 13 performances of 10 or more steals … The Eagles pace the UAA and rank 48^th nationally in steals (12.4 spg) … Emory’s 247 steals this year ties for the seventh-highest mark in school history …  Emory also tops the UAA with a +5.30 turnover margin, good for 36^th place on the national scene … The Eagles are 18-3 during Thomaskutty’s tenure as head coach when scoring 80 or more points … Emory has outshot 10 opponents from the floor this season and stands 9-1 in those contests … The Eagles have enjoyed an edge in the  rebounding department in eight games and post a 7-1 mark in those outings … Emory has outscored the opposition in 22 of 40 halves.