Junior Alex Foster and senior Jake Davis combined for 41 points and the Emory men's basketball team won for the fifth time in six starts Friday evening after emerging with a victory at New York University.  The Eagles raised their overall record to 11-4, 3-1 in the University Athletic Association, following an 86-82 verdict over the Violets who slipped to 11-4 overall, 1-3 in the league.

Foster tallied a career-high 21 points on the evening, his fourth straight double-figure scoring effort, ending the contest by converting seven-of-10 from the floor including two-of-three from three-point range.   Davis added 20 points, his 12^th consecutive performance of double digits and 10^th of 20 or more points in 2013-14.  Rounding out the club's double-figure scorers were senior McPherson Moore and sophomore Davis Rao with 14 and 12 points, respectively.

Emory outshot the opposition for the 10^th time this season, connecting on 51.8 percent (29-of-56) of its floor attempts compared to NYU's showing of 41.9 percent (31-of-74).  Emory was successful on nine three-point opportunities, three each by Moore and Rao, in 24 tries (40.9%) while the Violets sank seven-of-24.  NYU enjoyed a 48-31 bulge in the rebounding department with Foster leading Emory in that category with 12 boards.

The Eagles had the Violets facing a nine-point obstacle early in the second half before seeing the home club respond with an 11-1 charge that put NYU ahead, 51-50, with 14:17 left.   The Violets maintained a two-point lead with 9:45 on the clock, only to see Emory battle back with a 10-0 barrage that saw Foster score four points and Rao and junior Max Davis come up with three pointer, to take a 71-63 lead with 6:11 left in the game.  The Violets punched back, scoring five unanswered points to creep to within 71-68 with 4:23 on the clock.  The Eagles then posted a 9-3 spurt, holding NYU to just one field goal nearly over a four-minute stretch, to take a commanding 80-71 advantage with 43 seconds on the clock.  Davis scored the first five points in that run while Foster contributed a pair of free throws.   A three pointer by the Violets' Joe Timmes got them to within an 81-77 margin with 16 ticks on the clock but a pair of charity tosses by both Foster and Rao stretched Emory's lead to 85-79 with seven seconds to go.

With Davis and Moore registering 14 and 11 points, respectively, Emory took a 45-39 lead into halftime.   NYU held a 19-14 lead with 12:50 left in the opening half before an 8-0 run, with Moore and Rao knocking down triples in that stretch, put the Eagles ahead by a 22-19 margin.  Holding a 30-28 edge, Emory would go on an 11-4 sprint, with Davis scoring five points, to take its biggest lead of the half at 41-32 with 3:02 left.

Emory returns to action on Sunday (Jan. 26) when it plays at Brandeis University.