Box Score
SEWANEE, Tenn. (Dec. 1, 2015) – After a slow start, visiting Emory used a balanced offensive attack to defeat the Sewanee women's basketball team 71-48, Tuesday, inside Juhan Gymnasium.
The loss snapped the Tigers' three-game home winning streak and dropped Sewanee to 4-3 overall. Emory is now 5-1 and has won four straight.
It was all Sewanee early. The Tigers took a quick 10-4 lead after back-to-back jumpers from Haley McDonough and Jamie Chauvin. The Tigers then led by four, 13-9, with 3:24 left in the first quarter when Chauvin made her first three of the night.
After a three by Fran Sweeny of Emory, the Tigers answered back to close the first when freshman Sue Kim, who got her first career start on Tuesday, made a three with 33 seconds left.
Unfortunately, Emory answered back in the second. After Emory made only 29.4 percent of its attempts in the first, the Eagles went 7-of-13 (53.8 percent) in the second. That helped Emory build a 29-27 halftime lead after the Eagles outscored Sewanee 17-11 in the second 10 minutes of play.
Despite being down two, Chauvin scored 17 of her game-high 22 points in the first half.
Like they did in the second quarter, Emory kept making shots in the second half. The Eagles made 53 percent of their attempts out of the locker, which included 5-of-9 three-point attempts.
After being down a possession to start the third, Sewanee took the lead twice in the first three minutes of the third quarter. A pair of free throws by Corey Caulder and then a three by Kim, Sewanee briefly led by three, 32-29.
From there, it was all Emory. Another three by Sweeney sparked a 16-6 run by the Eagles over the next seven minutes.
That would eventually lead to Emory outscoring Sewanee the final 10 minutes of the game, 22-8.
Along with Chauvin's 22 points, Caulder had eight while Hannah McCormack added seven.
Dumebi Egbuna led Emory with 19 points.
Sewanee will open a five-game road trip over the next month with a noon (EST) contest at Washington & Lee, Saturday.
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