(Mar. 2) - Senior Lora Turner, playing in her
final collegiate game, totaled a career-high 29 points in leading
the Eagles to a 74-59 win over Case Western Reserve University.
Turner scored 19 points in the second half in helping Emory to a
decisive 50-37 scoring edge over the visitors. She hit
eight-of-nine from the floor and three-of-four the foul over the
final 20 minutes of action in helping the Eagles shoot 51.5 percent
from the floor in the half. For the game, she sank 13-of-17 from
the field in registering her 23rd double-figure scoring contest of
the year and 10th of 20 or more points. Turner also grabbed seven
rebounds, second high on the team, and recorded three steals.
She ended the season by either leading or sharing for team scoring
honors in 18 contests while claiming that distinction in rebounding
in 12 outings. Turner finished 2008-09 with 419 total points,
fourth on the school's seasonal ladder, as well as posting a school
record 59.5 percent mark from the floor (174-of-292).
(Feb. 23) - Senior Lora Turner put together
back-to-back double-doubles in a pair of UAA road games.
On Friday evening against Brandeis, the 5-foot-11 Turner tied for
the team scoring lead with 17 points while pulling down a game-high
10 rebounds. In Sunday's contest at No. 19 NYU, she finished with
10 points along with a game-high11 rebounds. Over the course of the
two contests, she shot 50 percent from the field (9-of-18) and
converted nine-of-13 from the foul line. Turner now has three
consecutive double-doubles to her credit and four on the year. She
has scored in double figures on 22 occasions this year and has
either led or shared for the team's scoring lead in 17 games.
Career-wise, she ranks third on the school's all-time scoring list
with 1,283 points and is eighth in rebounding with 608 boards.
(Feb. 9) - Senior Lora Turner led the Eagles in
scoring and rebounding in a pair of UAA games over the
weekend.
In an 80-72 setback to No. 3 Rochester, the 5-foot-11 Turner
totaled 21 points, hitting 10-of-13 from the field and her
only free throw attempt, and grabbed a team-high nine
rebounds. In Sunday's 80-65 decision over Carnegie Mellon,
she notched a season-high 24 points, again sinking 10-of-13 from
the floor while converting four-of-six from the charity stripe
while snaring a team-high nine boards.
In the two games, she averaged 22.5 points, hitting on 76.9 percent
from the floor (20-of-26) and 71.4 percent (5-of-7) from the foul
line. Her back-to-back efforts of 20 or more points give her 19
double-figure scoring performances this season and eight of 20 or
more points.
Turner is averaging a team-high 16.7 points per outing and her 6.1
per-game effort in rebounding ranks her second on the squad.
She has either led or shared for team scoring honors on 15
occasions this year.
(Feb. 2) - Junior Whitney Martin helped the
Eagles to a split of two UAA games over the weekend, averaging 11.0
points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
In a 78-73 win over Carnegie Mellon, the 6-foot Martin totaled 14
points, hitting five-of-eight from the floor and all four of her
free throw attempts en route to her third double-figure scoring
effort of the season. In addition, she grabbed a team-high nine
rebounds. In Sunday's contest against No. 5 Rochester, she notched
eight points, second high on the team, and snagged eight boards,
her 13th outing of six or more rebounds this campaign. In the two
games, Martin shot 46.7 percent from the floor (7-of-15) while
knocking down all eight of her free throw opportunities.
Through games played Feb. 1, she paces the team and holds down the
No. 6 spot among UAA players in rebounding with a 6.7 per-game
average. She has led or shared for team honors in that department
in nine contests.
(Jan. 26) - Senior Lora Turner helped the
Eagles to a split of two UAA games over the weekend, averaging 17.0
points and 6.5 rebounds.
In a 66-59 setback to No. 11 New York University, the 5-foot-11
Turner totaled a team-high 20 points, hitting eight-of-12 from the
floor and four-of-six from the foul line. In addition, she tied for
squad honors with eight rebounds. On Sunday, she helped Emory to
its first conference victory of the season, a 69-56 triumph over
No. 12 Brandeis, by registering 14 points (second high on the
team), hitting six-of-nine from the floor and a pair of free
throws, while contributing five rebounds. In the two outings, she
converted 14-of-21 field goal attempts (66.7%).
So far this year, she has recorded double-figure scoring in 14
contests and has six performances of 20 or more points. She leads
the team and the UAA with a 58.6 field goal percentage mark
(106-of-181) in overall play.
(Jan. 12) - Senior Lora Turner led the Eagles
in scoring in helping the team to a split of two games.
In an 85-45 win at home against Agnes Scott on Jan. 5, the
5-foot-11 Turner totaled a game-high 21 points, her fourth effort
of 20 or more points this season, sinking nine-of-15 from the floor
and three-of-four from the foul line. In the UAA opener at Case,
Turner paced the Eagles in both scoring and rebounding with 17
points and seven boards. In the two contests, she hit on 65.3
percent from the floor (17-of-26) and four of six from the charity
stripe.
Turner has notched double-figure scoring in all 11 Emory games and
is hitting a team-best 57.4 percent of her field goal opportunities
(74-of-129).
(Jan. 5) - Senior Lora Turner led the Eagles in
scoring in helping the Eagles to a split of two games.
In a contest at Birmingham Southern (Dec. 30), The 5-foot-11 Turner
hit seven-of-eight field goal attempts and both of her free throw
opportunities in totaling 16 points. In an 86-53 triumph at home
over Huntingdon College (Jan. 3), she led all players with 14
points and snared nine rebounds in helping Emory boost its record
to 7-2.
Turner has scored in double figures in all nine Emory contests and
has produced three efforts of 20 points.
(Dec. 8) - Senior Lora Turner paced the Eagles
in scoring last week in helping the team to a split of two
games.
In an 85-84 victory over No. 2-ranked Oglethorpe, Turner totaled a
team-high 20 points and a pair of rebounds in 21 minutes of action.
She hit six-of-11 from the floor and eight-of-10 from the line as
Emory came away with a win over the highest-ranked opponent during
Christy Thomaskutty's tenure as head coach.
The 5-foot-11 Turner followed that performance with a team highs in
both points (15) and rebounds (8) in a 65-60 setback at Maryville
College. In that contest, she knocked down seven-of-12 from the
field and one-of-two from the charity stripe in notching her
seventh double-figure scoring game of the season. In the Maryville
game, Turner reached a milestone when she became just the seventh
player in school history to reach 1,000 points in a career.
In the two games, she averaged 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and shot
56.5 percent (13-of-23) from the floor.
(Dec. 1) - Senior Jenny Kraus came off the
bench to score a team-high 14 points while grabbing a season-best
seven rebounds, second high on the club, in the Eagles' 74-60 win
at Piedmont on November 25.
Kraus sank five-of-10 from the floor and four-of-seven from the
foul line in 21 minutes of action. Her point total represented her
second double-figure scoring effort of the campaign and helped
Emory raise its record to 5-0, the program's first such five-game
start since the 1997-98 season.
(Nov. 24) -Senior Kendall Boyd helped the team
to a championship effort at the Emory Tip-Off Tournament over the
weekend, averaging 17.0 points and 3.5 assists per game in wins
over North Carolina Wesleyan and Baruch College.
In a 76-51 decision over the Lady Bishops of NCW, Boyd totaled 10
points, three assists and a pair of steals before coming through
with a huge effort the next night against Baruch College where she
paced the squad with a career-high 24 points. The 5-foot-5 Boyd
sank eight-of-10 from the floor, including five-of-six from
three-point range in helping the Eagles to the program's first 4-0
mark since the 1997-98 season.
In the two games, Boyd hit on 11-of-16 from the floor (.688)
including seven-of-10 from beyond the arc.