ATLANTA (Nov. 29, 2016) – A quick start to start each half led host Emory to a 64-49 victory over the Sewanee women's basketball team, Tuesday, inside the Woodruff PE Center.

With the win, Emory, who received votes in the d3hoops.com top-25 poll Tuesday, improved to 5-0 this season while the Tigers fell to 2-4 after their first six road games.

Sewanee played well early. After five points from Savannah Rose and four from Bella Taylor, Sewanee tied the game at 9-9 with 4:30 left in the first quarter. Unfortunately, for the Tigers, Emory answered back. The Eagles outscored Sewanee 15-2 the rest of the quarter. That gave the Eagles a 24-11 advantage heading into the second quarter.

From there, Emory stretched its lead to 19 before Sewanee rallied the final 3:10 of the second quarter. A jumper by Taylor opened 7-5 run by the purple and gold.

Sewanee cut its deficit to 10, 39-29, early in the third quarter before Emory answered back. Sewanee pulled to within 10 again with 2:44 left after a three by Corey Caulder. However, like they did previously, Emory responded. The Eagles went inside to Ashley Oldshue, who scored the next four points. From there, Emory held on despite Sewanee outscoring the home team by one, 13-12, the final 10 minutes.

Overall, Emory limited Sewanee to a 39.3 field goal percentage. The Tigers were also undone by 22 turnovers, which led to 13 Emory points.

Individually, Taylor led Sewanee with 22 points on 10-of-18 shooting. Rose finished with seven points and a team-high seven rebounds.

Shellie Kaniut and Oldshue both led Emory with 16 points.

Sewanee will close out its seven-game road trip to open the season with a 1:00 p.m. Southern Athletic Association (SAA) contest at Centre, Saturday.

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