Freshman Alex Greven totaled a season-high19 points to lead three Emory double-figure scorers and sparking the Emory men's basketball team to a 66-54 win over Drew University in its opening game at the Washington & Lee Tournament.  With the victory, the Eagles of head coach Jason Zimmerman captured their third straight game and raised their overall record to 7-3 while the Rangers slipped to 2-6 with the setback.

Emory ended the game shooting 51.2 percent (21-of-41) from the floor compared to Drew's 33.9 percent (20-of-59). While the Rangers outrebounded Emory by a 37-26 margin, the Eagles knocked down 19-of-25 from the charity stripe vs. Drew's seven-of-13.

After hitting just four of its first 13 field goal attempts, Emory connected on eight of its last nine and closed out the first half on a 14-0 scoring run to claim a 32-19 advantage at halftime.  Greven came off the bench to score 14 points during the opening 20 minutes of action,  sinking five-of-seven from the floor and all three of his free throw opportunities, while senior Anthony Fernandez gave the squad a boost as a reserve, scoring six of his 11points.  The Eagles concluded the opening stanza shooting 54.5 percent (12-of-22) from the floor while the Rangers sputtered to a 25.8 percent effort (8-of-31).

Five points from senior Daniel Curtin helped key a 7-2 opening to the second half that gave Emory a 39-21 margin with 17:24 left. A three-pointer by Fernandez with 10:40 on the clock made the score 48-33 in the Eagles' favor, however the Rangers chipped away at the deficit and drew to within eight points, 50-42, with 7:16 remaining.  Emory responded with the game's next six points to increase its cushion back to double digits, 56-42, with 4:40 left and basically ending Drew's comeback bid.

Emory advances to the champion game of the tournament Sunday afternoon where it will meet host Washington & Lee in a 4:00 p.m. start.  The Generals topped Swarthmore, 58-49, in the first game of the day.

NOTES - Emory is 6-1 this season when leading at the half ...Daniel Curtin has three-point field goals to his credit in his last seven contests ... Greven's 19 points was his seventh game of double-figure scoring this year ... Emory has shot 50 percent or better from the floor in its last three and in a total of five contests this season ... Senior Chad Hixon paced the team in rebounding with six boards, the fourth time this season he has topped the club in that category ... Drew's 33.9 percent mark from the floor was an opponent low vs. Emory this year ... Fernandez has scored in double figures in four of his last five games ... Drew's 54 points was the third-lowest opponent total against a Zimmerman-coached Emory team.