From Emory University Athletics
Junior Sarah Arington came off the bench and recorded
a career-high 12 points Monday evening in helping the Emory women's
basketball team to a victory over Agnes Scott College. The Eagles
recorded their second straight win and raised their overall record
to 5-2 following a 79-40 decision over the Scotties who slipped to
2-5.
Arington was the lone Emory player to post double-figure scoring,
sinking six-of-nine field goal attempts en route to her first
career outing of 10 or more points. The Eagles spread out their
offensive attack with all 12 players who suited up finding their
way into the scoring column. Sophomore Fran
Sweeney and freshman Mikailia Schmitt each contributed nine
points to the cause, with Sweeney knocking down three three-point
field goals and Schmitt tying sophomore Michelle
Bevan for team honors with nine rebounds. Junior Ilene
Tsao, sophomore Patricia Mook and freshman Dumebi
Egbuna all finished with eight points.
Junior Khadijah Sayyid doled out a career-high 10 assists
which tied the 10th-highest individual game total in
program history.
Emory concluded the contest hitting 47.2 percent (34-of-72) of its
field goal attempts and held the undermanned Scotties, who dressed
only six players, to 23.2 percent (13-of-56). The Eagles sank
seven-of-21 from beyond the arc compared to ASC's 16.7 percent
(3-of-18) and outboarded the Scotties by a 56-30 margin.
Emory built an early 25-8 lead 10 minutes into the game before an
8-0 spurt by Agnes Scott cut the Eagles' advantage to 25-16
with 8:20 left in the opening stanza. Emory responded, and in the
process blew the game wide open, using an 18-1 blitz over an eight
minute stretch, that saw Arington score eight straight Emory points
at one point during the run, accounting for all of her first-half
scoring, to claim a 43-17 lead with 2:13 on the clock. Sweeney
paced the team's scoring efforts in the first half, registering all
nine of her points during the stanza, and Emory shot 53.7 percent
(22-of-41) from the floor in rolling to a 50-21 lead at the
break.