From Emory University Athletics
Senior Alex Foster led five double-figure scorers with
a game-high 25 points and the No. 7-ranked Emory men's basketball
team used another strong second-half showing in notching a victory
over Union College Tuesday evening in the title game of the Emory
Holiday Tournament. The Eagles won their fifth straight and raised
their overall record to 9-1 following an 83-67 decision over the
Dutchmen who slipped to 6-3.
Foster totaled 14 of his 25 points over the final 20 minutes of
play as the Eagles posted a 49-35 scoring advantage. Foster
finished out the contest, sinking 10-of-23 from the floor,
including a pair of triples, and all three of his free throw
opportunities. Foster has scored in double figures in all 10 Eagle
games and has produced eight performances of 20 or more points.
Junior Will Trawick was next up on the team's scoresheet
with 11 points while seniors Josh
Schattie and Michael Florin and junior Davis
Rao all contributed 10 points. Schattie tied Foster and
sophomore Jonathan Terry for team honors with eight
rebounds with five of Schattie's boards coming on the offensive end
of the floor.
With Foster scoring four points. Emory opened the second half on a
13-2 run that gave it a 47-34 lead with 15:30 left in the contest.
The Dutchmen, coached by former Emory assistant Chris Murphy,
battled back to within seven points with 12:34 remaining following
a three-point play by Deshon Burgess, however the Eagles doubled
their lead to 59-45 with 10:13 left as a result of a 10-3
spurt that saw Foster score five points and junior Davis Rao
knocking down a three pointer. From that point the closest Union
would get would be 11 points. Terry accounted for five points
during a later 7-1 Emory charge that pushed its advantage to 18
points, 71-53, with 6:21 left on the clock.
Emory ended the contest shooting 44.2 percent from the field
(34-of-77) compared to Union's effort of 37.3 percent (22-of-59),
the seventh time this season it had enjoyed an edge in that
category. The Dutchmen outshot the Eagles from beyond the arc, 45
percent (9-of-20) to 30 percent (6-of-20), but turned the ball over
on 17 occasions to Emory's 11 miscues with the Eagles registering a
22-12 bulge in the points-off-turnovers department.
With Foster scoring 11 and Schattie eight points, Emory took a
34-32 lead into halftime. A triple by Foster propelled the Eagles
to a 15-5 advantage, but with Union sophomore Wade McNamara scoring
eight points, the Dutchmen responded with a 14-2 barrage that put
them ahead by a 19-17 count with 9:25 left in the stanza. McNamara
would eventually pace Union with 15 points on the
night. A layup by Terell Winney gave Union a 32-30 edge
but a bucket by Foster followed by a tip-in by Schattie at the
buzzer gave the Eagles the two-point edge.