From Emory University Athletics

Sophomore Jonathan Terry led three double-figure scorers with a career-high 18 points in leading the Emory men's basketball team to a Friday evening win on the road at Brandeis University.  The No. 12-ranked Eagles notched their third straight win and raised their overall record to 14-3, 4-2 in the University Athletic Association, following a 65-51 decision over the Judges who fell to 7-10 overall, 2-4 in the league.

Terry concluded the evening knocking down eight-of-12 from the floor, including two three pointers in four attempts en route to his third double-figure scoring performance of the season.  Terry also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds, the third time that he finished as the Eagles' top performer on the glass.  The senior tandem of Michael Florin and Josh Schattie each contributed 10 points in the victory with Schattie accounting for all of his offensive production in the second half while finishing with six rebounds.

Emory shot 52.9 percent from the floor, its second-highest mark of the season, hitting 27-of-51 from the field while Brandeis finished with an effort of 38.6 percent (17-of-44), the ninth time this season that the Eagles held an opponent to less than 40 percent from the field.  Emory was successful on 40 percent (6-of-15) from beyond the arc and posted a healthy 35-22 advantage in rebounding.  The Eagles have outrebounded 12 opponents on the year and show a 12-0 record in those contests.

Emory got out of the blocks in stunning fashion, hitting eight of its first 12 field goal attempts, while Brandeis sank just two of its first 12 tries, in bolting to an 18-4 lead.  Terry scored 10 of his team-high 12 first-half points over a 2:34 span that highlighted a 12-0 Emory run.  Brandeis cut its deficit to 10 points as a result of a 7-3 spurt, but a three pointer by sophomore Austin DaGue followed by baskets from Will Trawick and Florin, boosted Emory's lead to 17 points, 28-11, with 4:41 left in the stanza.  Later, Emory scored six unanswered points, capped by a Terry drive to the basket, propelling it to its largest lead of the half, 34-16.  A BU three pointer with 37 seconds left closed out the scoring for the half.  The Eagles shot a season-best 65.2 percent (15-of-23), the third-highest effort in a half by a Jason Zimmerman-coached team, from the floor over the opening 20 minutes of play while stifling BU to a 34.8 percent (8-of-23) effort.  Emory held a 17-6 edge in rebounding along with a 21-5 bulge in bench scoring.

With Terry and Schattie scoring six and four points, respectively, Emory kept the pressure on the Judges early in the second half with an 11-3 charge that gave the Eagles their largest lead of the night at 45-24 with 12:29 remaining in the contest.  Emory led by a 50-34 margin before BU battled back to within 11 points on a pair of occasions, the final time coming with 5:03 on the clock.  The Eagles put an end to the Judges' comeback aspirations with a 10-2 run, beginning with back-to-back three pointers by senior Alex Foster, the upped their margin to 19 points.