Seniors Savannah Morgan and Hannah Lilly combined for 40 points and the No. 10-ranked Emory women's basketball team established a school record for consecutive victories Saturday afternoon with a victory over Johns Hopkins University.  The Eagles upped their mark to 11-0 following a 72-67 decision over the Blue Jays who slipped to 8-3.

Morgan led all players with 21 points, her ninth double-figure scoring performance of the year, hitting six-of-10 from the floor, including three-of-five from three-point range, and all six of her free throw opportunities.   Lilly added 19 points, draining three triples as part of her five field goals and was perfect at the charity stripe, converting all six of her attempts.  Lilly also came up with four of the team's 16 steals.

JHU outshot Emory from the floor, sinking 43.8 percent (21-of-48) of its attempts to Emory's 35.6 percent (21-of-59), however the Eagles were dialed in from beyond the arc, hitting on 42.1 percent (8-of-19) to the Blue Jays' 23.1 percent (3-of-13).   Johns Hopkins also recorded a 38-26 edge in rebounding, but that was negated by its 25 turnovers that led to 23 Emory points.

Emory led from start to finish, racing out to a 9-0 lead, with Morgan scoring eight of those points, just 3:43 into the contest.   Holding a 15-10 advantage, three pointers by Morgan and Lilly gave the Eagles their first double-digit lead of the game, 21-10, with 12:03 left in the stanza.   The Blue Jays stayed within striking distance, narrowing the gap to eight points, but a 7-0 Emory spurt upped its cushion to 32-17 with just under six minutes left in the opening half.   Emory would lead by as many as 17 points on two occasions over the final 2:17 of the stanza before taking a 40-27 lead into halftime.   Morgan totaled 17 first-half points, knocking down five of her six field goal attempts, while Lilly added eight points.

The Eagles maintained a comfortable advantage over the opening five minutes of the second half, holding a 47-31 margin following a jumper by freshman Michelle Bevan.   However, the stubborn Blue Jays responded with a 7-0 charge, capped by a three pointer by Alyssa Fleming, to cut Emory's lead to nine points with 12:08 left.   Lilly accounted for five points during a 7-2 Eagle spurt that built their lead back up to 14 points, and they still led by a 62-50 count with 6:11 on the clock before five unanswered JHU points  drew it to within a 62-55 count with 4:33 remaining.   A jumper by Morgan kept the Eagles up by nine, 66-57, but JHU crept back to within five points at 66-61 with 2:07 left following a basket by Danielle Brown.   Emory answered the Blue Jays' comeback bid by going six-for-six at the foul line over the final 1:03 of the contest to secure the victory.

Emory returns to action on Jan. 11 when it opens University Athletic Association play with a home contest against Rochester.

NOTES --  The 11 straight wins surpasses the program's previous standard of 10 which was done twice … Emory's win over Johns Hopkins was its 12^th straight victory at the Woodruff PE Center … Emory's 16 steals against JHU marked the team's fifth straight and 10^th contest this year where it finished with 10 or more thefts …  Senior Selena Castillo came up her five steals on the day, her eighth multiple-thefts game of the year … Castillo moved ahead of Danielle Landry (2009-13) and into the No. 3 spot on the school's all-time list with 184 steals … The Eagles knocked down a season-high tying 22 free throws and its 78.6 percent (22-of-28) showing from the stripe was their third-highest effort of the year … Freshman Michelle Bevan came off the bench and tallied a season-high nine points in 19 minutes of action … Hannah Lilly's 19 points enabled her to move into a tie with Nytasha Thoms (1991-95) for the No. 5 position on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,220 points … Savannah Morgan continues her climb to reach 1,000 career points with her output against JHU upping her career total to 947 points (9^th all-time at Emory).