Senior Savannah Morgan became the ninth player in Emory women's basketball history to reach the 1,000-career point plateau Sunday afternoon, but the milestone was overshadowed by the Eagles coming up short at Brandeis.  Emory dropped its second game in a row and fell to 14-2 overall (3-2 in the University Athletic Association) following a 65-61 setback to the Judges who upped their overall slate to 8-8, 2-3 in the conference.

Emory hit just 32.8 percent (22-of-67) from the floor compared Brandeis' effort of 44.1 percent (26-of-59).  The Eagles enjoyed an edge in three-point shooting hitting eight triples in 25 attempts while the Judges sank just two-of-11, with one of those makes coming in the waning moments of the game. 

Emory senior Selena Castillo paced all scorers with 20 points, her fourth game of 20 or more points on the year (12^th double-figure scoring game of the season).  Morgan added 14 points to the cause, and cracked the 1,000-point mark with 14:53 left in the first half with her second bucket of the contest.  Morgan entered this afternoon with 997 career points.  Senior Hannah Lilly closed out the team's double-digit scorers with 11 points, hitting four-of-nine from the field including three treys in six attempts.   Lilly also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.

Emory held a 58-48 lead with 8:24 left in the game following a bucket by sophomore Khadijah Sayyid, but fell victim to a 17-3 run by the Judges that closed out the contest.  A bucket by Sayyid with 5:43 on the clock gave the Eagles a 60-52 advantage but the squad did not record a field goal for the remainder of the contest, missing its last eight attempts.  The Judges scored 10 unanswered points to storm to a 62-60 lead with 55 seconds left in the game.  Senior Kasey Dean accounted for eight of those points, the final two on a heave with just one second on the shot clock.  A free throw by Castillo with 40 seconds left cut BU's lead to one point, but the Judges' Samantha Mancinelli knocked down a three pointer from the corner in front of their bench just as the shot clock was expiring to take a four-point lead with 10 seconds remaining.  Emory turned the ball over on its next possession, effectively ending any comeback bid.  

Brandeis led for the opening 16:46 of the game, building its biggest cushion of the first half at 21-14 with 10:20 left in the stanza.  The Judges maintained a 25-19 advantage with 7:40 remaining before Emory exploded for a 15-2 burst over the final 6:42.  Castillo went to work in that stretch, scoring 11 of her 14 first-half points on the strength of five-of-eight field goal shooting.  Emory shot 38.2 percent (13-of-34) from the floor during the opening 20 minutes of action while the Judges posted an effort of 38.7 percent (12-of-31).  

Emory returns to action on Friday (Jan. 31) when it entertains the University of Chicago in a 6:00 pm start.