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The Emory women's basketball team got off to a slow start Sunday afternoon and couldn't make up for it as it came out on the short end of a University Athletic Association game at Washington University.  The Eagles saw their overall record slip to 9-11, 2-7 in the UAA, following a 61-47 defeat to the No. 6-ranked Bears who boosted their overall slate to 18-2, 8-1 in the conference.

Emory sophomore Danielle Landry led the Eagles with 11 points and seven rebounds while senior Whitney Martin contributed nine points. Emory shot 34.0 percent from the field (17-of-50) while Wash U. connected on 36.2 percent (21-of-58).  The Eagles were hampered by cold three-point shooting as they were successful on just one of 15 attempts from beyond the arc.  The Bears closed out the afternoon with a 47-35 edge in rebounding.

Wash U. established itself early in the contest, scoring the game's first 13 points as the Eagles missed their first seven shots and committed seven turnovers in the contest's opening nine minutes and fourty one seconds.  The Bears would go into halftime with a 36-10 advantage as they held Emory to 18.2 percent field goal shooting (4-of-22) while hitting 43.3 percent (13-of-30) of their attempts.  The home team enjoyed a 24-14 edge in rebounding during the opening 20 minutes of play with 12 of those boards coming on the offensive end helping to a 16-2 bulge in second chance points.

Wash U kept Emory at bay during the early stages of the second half and eventually built its largest lead of the day, 46-15, with 12:26 left in the contest.  The Eagles trailed by 27 points with 10:06 remaining on the clock before posting a 26-13 scoring advantage over the final 8:02 of the game to account for the final score.

Emory returns to action on Friday (Feb. 12) when it plays at Carnegie Mellon.