From Emory University Athletics
Senior Shellie Kaniut and sophomore Ashley Oldshue combined for 40 points in sparking the Emory women's basketball team to a come-from-behind road win at Johns Hopkins University in the Durgala Memorial Classic. The Eagles won for the second time in as many outings this year, registering a 67-63 decision over the Blue Jays who slipped to 1-2.
Kaniut paced all players with a career-high tying 23 points, 19 over the final two quarters of action, and ended the contest connecting on eight-of-12 from the floor, including both three-point attempts, and five-of-six from the charity stripe. Oldshue totaled 17 points, tying her second-highest career output, sinking six field in 12 attempts and five-of-six from the foul line.
The Eagles used a strong second-half in securing the win, outpointing the hosts by a 41-28 margin. Emory shot 43.3 percent (13 of 30) from the floor over the final two stanzas compared to JHU's 34.3 percent (11 of 32). For the game, Emory held a slight edge in field goal shooting, 37.9 percent (25 of 66) to the Blue Jays' 37.1 percent (23 of 62). Johns Hopkins converted 40.9 percent (9 of 22) from beyond the arc to Emory's 28.6 (4 of 14), but the Eagles finished with a 49-35 bulge in rebounding, 18-11 on the offensive end which helped them to a 14-2 margin in second chance points. Emory freshman Erin Lindahl topped all players with 11 boards.
Facing a nine-point deficit heading into the third quarter, Emory stunned JHU with a 19-4 stanza that gave it a 45-39 lead, harassing the Blue Jays into 1-of-14 field goal shooting while making 44.4 percent (8 of 18) of its tries. Emory scored the first seven points of the frame, with Kaniut hitting a couple of buckets, to draw to within two points.After a JHU bucket, Emory did not allow the Blue Jays a field goal over the final 5:53 of the quarter, going on a 12-2 blitz in that stretch that saw five different players score. A three-pointer by Kaniut early in the fourth quarter stretched Emory to a 50-42 lead, but JHU scrapped back to four points and trailed by a 52-48 margin with 6:35 remaining. Kaniut then scored four straight points, and senior Michelle Bevan hit a jumper to account for a 6-0 spurt that extended the Eagles' lead to 58-48 with 3:32 on the clock. Five straight points by the Blue Jays cut Emory's lead in half, but a pair of foul shots by Kaniut made the score 60-53 in Emory's favor with 1:40 remaining.
Johns Hopkins stayed in the game by scoring two baskets in a 13-second span, cutting their gap to three points, but a clutch three-pointer by Kaniut with 43 seconds provided Emory with a 63-57 lead. The Blue Jays stayed with three after a trey of their own with 21 seconds left, but after a free throw by Sweeney, the Blue Jays missed a three-point try that resulted in a pair of free throws by Oldshue with six ticks on the clock. Another three pointer by JHU with two seconds left kept it a one possession game, but a Kaniut free throw, her 13th point of the quarter, sealed the outcome.
After trailing by three points after the first stanza, Oldshue hit back-to-back baskets as part of a 5-0 Emory spur that gave it a 22-20 lead early in the second quarter. After JHU knotted the score, Azzairia Jackson-Sherrod hit a layup with 6:51 on the clock that gave the Eagles a two-point edge. From there, Emory hit a cold stretch, misfiring on 10 straight field goal tries, while turning the ball over on seven occasions, while the host Blue Jays rattled off 13 straight points, which saw Caroline Corcoran knock down back-to-back triples, in taking a 35-24 cushion with 25 ticks on the clock. Oldshue snapped the drought with a bucket in the waning seconds that cut JHU's lead to 35-26 heading into the break. The Eagles connected on 33.3 percent (12 of 36) from the floor over the first two quarters compared to JHU's effort of 40 percent (12 of 30). The Blue Jays enjoyed a big edge in three-point shooting, draining six-of-12 from beyond the arc to Emory's one-of-six. Oldshue was the team's top scorer in the first half with eight points.