Box Score

The New York University women's basketball team fell 60-48 to 16th-ranked Emory University in University Athletic Association (UAA) action on Sunday, February 3, at the Coles Sports Center in Manhattan.
 
Both teams struggled from the field, with the Violets (8-12, 1-8) shooting 36.5% (19-52) and the Eagles (18-2, 8-1) converting 34.3% (23-67). In addition, both squads went 4-15 from beyond the arc (26.7%), but Emory won the turnover battle 30-20 and scored 22 of its points off of NYU turnovers.
 
Megan Dawe led the Violets with 13 points and five rebounds. Hannah Lilly had 14 points and seven boards for the Eagles, while Misha Jackson notched a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
 
Highlights
 
- The Eagles used an 8-0 run to build a 10-point lead, 20-10, with 8:45 left in the first half. Emory eventually went up 27-13, but the Violets scored the final four points of the period, including a deep buzzer-beating jumper from Maya Wasowicz.
 
- The Eagles controlled the opening of the second half to build their largest lead of the game, 36-17, at the 15:34 mark.
 
- NYU battled back, however, going on a 13-4 run, during which Cassidy Jourdan hit a pair of threes, to make it 40-30.
 
- The Violets twice got as close as eight late, but both times Emory made big runs to pull away.
 
- Jourdan and Nicole Lem had nine points apiece, with Lem adding six rebounds. Riley Wurtz recorded nine boards, six assists and three steals.
 
“Credit Emory's defense – they caused turnovers and scored off those turnovers,” said Head Coach Lauren Hall-Gregory. “We were much more composed and rebounded much better in the second half. We just have to keep working and playing.”
 
NYU returns to the court for another UAA contest on Friday, February 8. The squad will travel to Cleveland, OH, to take on Case Western Reserve University at 6:00 pm.