GAME FACTS - The Emory women's basketball team winds up the home portion of its schedule this weekend when it hosts a pair of University Athletic Association foes.  On Friday, the Eagles entertain New York University in a 6:00 p.m. tip before taking on Brandeis Sunday afternoon starting at 2:00 p.m.

Friday will be Senior Night with the program recognizing the four-year contributions of Whitney Martin, Keenan Whitesides and Mary Smith.  Sunday afternoon will be the "Think Pink" game with the Emory athletic department taking part in the fight against breast cancer.

Both games will have live video streaming.  The link to access the video is: http://www.emoryathletics.com/information/webcasts

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. 

Stefano Trompeo (Florida, 2003) is in his second year as the head coach at NYU and has compiled a school and career won-lost mark of 36-14.  Last year, Trompeo guided the Violets to a 23-5 record that included a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

In her 23rd campaign at the helm of the Brandeis program is Carol Simon (Colby College, 1985).  During her tenure with the Judges, she has manufactured a total of 334 victories.

2009-10 RECORDS - Emory will meet NYU with an overall record of 9-13, 2-9 in the UAA.  Last weekend, the Eagles dropped road decisions to Carnegie Mellon (64-60, in overtime) and Case Western (66-57).

NYU  enters Friday's game with an overall record of 13-9, 5-6 in the league.  The Violets will be aiming to get back into the win column after suffering defeats to Chicago (73-52) and Washington University (58-50).

Heading into a Friday game at Rochester, Brandeis owns an overall slate of 13-8 and stands 6-5 in the UAA.  The Judges came out on the short end of a pair of contests last week, 50-37 to Washington University and 49-47 to Chicago. 


SERIES RECORDS - NYU claims a 33-9 edge in the all-time series with Emory.  The Violets won the initial meeting of this season, 59-55, in New York.

Emory posts a 22-20 all-time record vs. Brandeis that includes a 73-65 triumph in Waltham, MA, earlier this season.  Emory has won 12 of the 21 games played on its home floor.

 EMORY DUO TO SERVE AS CAPTAINS - Serving as captain of the 2009-10 Emory team are seniors Whitney Martin (Barrington, IL) and Keenan Whitesides (Wilmington, NC).

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 11.3 per-game overall scoring average is eighth on the league's chart while her 6.4 per-game in rebounding is also eighth.  In addition, the Barrington, Ill., native is 11^th in field goal shooting (.420) 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 12 occasions.  She has scored in double figures in 14 games this year, and has picked off six or more rebounds in 14 affairs.

NOTES -  Entering this weekend, Martin holds down the No. 12 spot on the Eagles' all-time list with 481 rebounds ... Martin enters her final home weekend of action having played 93 games during her career, 53 as a starter ... She has chalked up 82 blocked shots during her four years, good for the No. 2 spot on the school's all-time chart ... Senior Keenan Whitesides posted a team-high 11 points in the Case Western game, the fourth time this year she had paced the club in scoring and her ninth double-digit game ... Entering Friday's contest, Whitesides has appeared in 73 games as an Eagle and has drawn all 22 of her starts during the 2009-10 campaign ... Mary Smith, another Emory senior who is hitting the Woodpec floor for her final games, has seen action in 96 outings and has drawn 35 starting assignments ... Sophomore Melissa Koike tied Liz Brandt for the team's scoring lead with 12 points against Carnegie Mellon, her second double-figure effort this season ... Brandt's Carnegie outing represented her fourth double-figure scoring effort of the year ... Emory tied its team high with 14 steals in the Carnegie Mellon contest and followed that with a 10-theft performance against Case Western ... The Eagles have record double-figure steals in 11 games ...  Freshman Danielle Landry has paced the team in rebounding in a total of six games this year ...Whitesides is shooting 46.3 percent from the floor (82-of-177), good for a third-place tie among UAA players ... Landry is second on the team and 19^th among UAA cagers in rebounding (5.3 rpg) ... Emory is 8-1 this season leading at halftime, 1-11 when trailing at the break and 0-1 when the games is tied at halftime.