From Emory University Athletics
Sophomore Austin DaGue scored a career high 19 points
and junior Will Trawick also added 19 points in leading
the Emory men's basketball team to a Friday evening win at home
over Brandeis University. The No. 14-ranked Eagles raised their
overall to 15-4, 5-3 in the University Athletic Association, after
posting an 89-53 decision over the Judges who slipped to 7-12
overall, 2-6 in the league.
DaGue ended the evening hitting seven-of-eight from the floor and
all five of his free throw attempts en route to his fourth
double-digit scoring performance of the season. Trawick was
successful on six of his 13 field goal opportunities, including
five-of-10 from three-point range, in chalking up his
11th double-figure scoring outing of the year.
Trawick also paced all players with 12 rebounds, which allowed him
to register his second career double-double.
Senior Michael Florin rounded out the team's
double-figure scorers with 10 points and six assists.
After building a 14-point halftime cushion, the Eagles blitzed
Brandeis with a 23-2 barrage over the opening 6:31 of the second
half to take a commanding lead of 64-29. Trawick scored the first
five points of the blitz while senior Alex Foster and
DaGue accounted for seven and six points, respectively. Later
on in the stanza, Emory rattled off a 15-3 spurt, highlighted by
triples by Trawick, sophomore Jonathan Terry and
freshman Whit Rapp, to balloon its advantage to 84-40 with
4:01 on the clock. Rapp tied Florin for team honors with a
season-high six assists.
Emory ended the contest hitting 50.8 percent (33-of-65) from the
field, including 44 percent (11-of-25) from long range, its ninth
contest of 10 or more treys this season. Brandeis hit on just 29.8
percent (17-of-57) from the floor, the 10th time
this year that the Eagles limited the opposition to less than 40
percent. Emory finished with a 43-33 advantage in the
rebounding department and turned the ball over a season-low six
times. All 15 players on the roster saw action with 11
scoring and 10 grabbing rebounds.
With DaGue scoring a couple of buckets, Emory outscored Brandeis by
a 10-0 count to claim a 22-10 lead with 11:05 left in the first
half. The Eagles would lead by as many as 16 points twice
during the opening 20 minutes of play, the final time with 3:14 on
the clock following a DaGue three-point play. DaGue scored 11
points and Trawick chipped eight points in helping Emory to a 41-27
lead heading into halftime.