GAME FACTS - The Emory women's basketball team packs its bags for the second consecutive weekend when it battles a pair of UAA foes.  On Friday, the Eagles meet Carnegie Mellon at 6:00 p.m. before venturing to Case Western on Sunday for a 1:00 p.m. contest.

THE COACHES - Emory Head Coach Christy Thomaskutty (Tulane, '96) is in her seventh season at the helm of the program.  She assumed her current duties prior to the start of the 2003-04 campaign. 

Gerri Seidl (Pittsburgh, 1998) is in her 26th year as the head coach at Carnegie Mellon and has compiled a school and career won-lost mark of 272-363.

In her third campaign at the helm of the Case Western Reserve program is Jennifer Reimer.  Prior to her current post, she served as the head coach at Allegheny College for eight years.

2009-10 RECORDS - Emory will meet Carnegie Mellon with an overall record of 9-11, 2-7 in the UAA.  Last weekend, the Eagles fell short in road affairs to Chicago (81-52) and No.3-ranked Washington University (61-47).

Carnegie Mellon will take on Emory with an overall record of 8-12 including a league slate of 1-8.  The Tartans are coming off 66-52 and 59-50 setbacks to NYU and Brandeis last weekend. 

Heading into the weekend, Case stands 11-9 overall, 2-7 in the league.  The Spartans are looking to regroup following losses last weekend to Brandeis (65-56) and NYU (52-50).

SERIES RECORDS - Emory claims a 26-16 edge in the all-time series with Carnegie Mellon.  The Tartans won the initial meeting of this season, 56-47, at Emory that snapped a five-game winning streak the Eagles had enjoyed in the series.

Case posts a 19-13 all-time record vs. Emory that includes a 64-55 triumph in Atlanta earlier this season.  The Spartans have an 11-5 mark against the Eagles in games played in Cleveland.  

EMORY DUO TO SERVE AS CAPTAINS - Coach Thomaskutty has announced that seniors Whitney Martin (Barrington, IL) and Keenan Whitesides (Wilmington, NC) will serve as captains of 2009-10 Emory squad.

MARTIN AMONG UAA LEADERS - Whitney Martin continues to pace the team in a number of statistical categories while maintaining a presence among UAA leaders. 
Martin's team-high 11.8 per-game overall scoring average is sixth on the league's chart while her 6.4 per-game in rebounding effort places her eighth.  In addition, the Barrington, Ill., native is 11^th in field goal shooting (.426) and eighth in blocked shots (0.9 bpg).

Martin has led the club in scoring in six games and has paced the team in rebounding on 10 occasions.  She has scored in double figures in 14 games this year, and has picked off six or more rebounds in 12 affairs.

NOTES -  Entering this weekend, Martin holds down the No. 12 spot on the Eagles' all-time list with 469 rebounds ... Freshman Danielle Landry paced the team in rebounding in both games last weekend with a season-high tying nine boards against Chicago and seven against Washington University ... Landry has paced the club in boards in the last three and in a total of six games this year ... Sophomore Melissa Koike paced the team in scoring for the first time in her career when she total a career-high 12 points against Chicago ... Koike's point production represented her first double-figure scoring effort of the season ... Senior Keenan Whitesides is shooting 45.5 percent from the floor (76-of-167), good for sixth place among UAA players ... Landry is second on the team and 16^th among UAA cagers in rebounding (5.6 rpg) ... Emory is 8-1 this season leading at halftime, 1-9 when trailing at the break and 0-1 when the games is tied at halftime ... The Eagles have converted 20 or more free throws in three contests this year and post a 3-0 mark in those affairs ... Emory has outscored the opposition in 18 of 40 halves ... The Eagles have averaged 68.4 points while surrendering 59.3 in their nine wins ... In its  defeats, Emory has averaged 59.0 points and given up 71.5 ... Emory has nine games of 10 or more steals this season.