GAME FACTS – The Emory women's basketball team winds up the 2011-12 regular season on Saturday (Feb. 25) when it plays at the University of Rochester.  The Louis Alexander Palestra on the UR campus will be the site of the 47^th  meeting between the two schools and tip is slated for 2:00 p.m.

The Emory-Rochester tilt will have a video stream provided.  To access the webcast, please go to:   http://www.rochester.edu/athletics/webcast/palestra_webcast.html

 THE COACHES – Emory Head Coach Christy Thomaskutty (Tulane, '96) is in her ninth season at the helm of the program.  She assumed her current duties prior to the start of the 2003-04 campaign.  She is assisted by Katherine Menendez, Kim Coleman, Jessica Davis and Chelsea MacDonald.

In his 13th year as the head coach at Rochester is Jim Scheible (Clarkson, 1988).  During his run with the Yellowjackets, he has guided the program to three NCAA Division III Final Four appearances (2002-03, 2003-04 and 2009-10).  Before coming to Rochester, Scheible served as coach at Elmira College for seven seasons.

2011-12 RECORDS – Emory stands 17-7 overall, 8-5 in the University Athletic Association, good for a third-place tie with Rochester.  Last weekend, Emory ventured to Carnegie Mellon where it posted an 83-60 triumph over the Tartans with sophomore Hannah Lilly leading the squad's scoring attack with 19 points.  On Sunday, the Eagles saw their four-game winning streak come to an end when they came out on the short end of a 77-60 verdict to Case Western.   The team's 17 wins represent the program's highest total since the 1997-98 unit finished with a 17-7 ledger.

Rochester, ranked 19^th in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll, hosts Emory with an overall slate of 19-5.   The Yellowjackets have dropped five of their last seven games including a pair of road contests last weekend, 58-57 at Case Western and 67-62 at Carnegie Mellon.  UR has won eight of 10 home games this season.

SERIES RECORDS – In a series that started in January of 1989, Rochester claims a 27-19 all-time mark against Emory.  The Yellowjackets have captured the last four meetings including a 76-64 outcome earlier this year in Atlanta.   UR has won 15 of the 21 contests that have been played on its home floor.

EMORY TRIO TO SERVE AS CAPTAINS – Serving as captains of the 2011-12 Emory women's basketball team are senior Melissa Koike (San Francisco, CA) along with juniors Danielle Landry (Vienna, VA) and Misha Jackson (Atlanta).  

Emory's Top Defensive Scoring Efforts Under Thomaskutty

THREE-POINT SHOOTING A KEY FOR EMORY – Emory shot well from three-point range in last weekend's games, knocking down 40 percent (12-of-30) from beyond the arc against CMU with the team's dozen triples tying the second-highest game total in school history.  In Sunday's outing at Case, the Eagles converted 44.4 percent (8-of-18) from distance, the 11^th time this season that they had been successful on 40 percent or better of their opportunities.  Entering Saturday's contest at Rochester, Emory has registered a better three-point percentage than its opposition in 16 contests this season. 

Emory leads the UAA and ranks 17^th nationally among Division III teams in three-point field goals per game (7.0 tpg) while also checking in with a league-leading 36.2 percent effort from beyond the arc,  good for ninth place nationally.  In conference games only, the Eagles stand first in three-pointers per game (7.4 tpg) and are third in three-point percentage (.339). 

This year's team has established a school seasonal record with 167 three-point field goals, bettering the previous standard of 151 (2007-08), and its three-point percentage is currently the fourth-highest showing in school annals.   Ironically, Emory has enjoyed more success shooting the three-ball on the road than at home this year, sinking 41.4 percent (113-of-273) from distance on enemy courts compared to its mark of 28.7 percent (54-of-188) in its 10 home contests.

MISHA JACKSON UAA LEADER IN DOUBLES -- Junior Misha Jackson's chalked up her UAA-leading seventh double-double of the season and eighth of her career last Friday against Carnegie Mellon, totaling 17 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.  She followed that performance with 14 points against Case Western, boosting her total to 20 games with double-digit point production in 2011-12. 

Heading into this weekend's action, Jackson holds down the No. 2 spot on the squad and fifth among UAA players in overall scoring average (12.8 ppg).  In league contests, she is scoring at an 11.5 per-game clip, tenth on the conference ladder.  Jackson has been the Eagles' top scorer in six contests and continues to pace the club with a 48.4 percent (137-of-283) effort from the floor, good for sixth place among UAA performers. 

The 5-foot-11 Jackson has snatched 10 or more rebounds on seven occasions this year and owns 10 career outings during her two-year career with the Eagles.  She has led or shared for the team lead in boards in 12 games this year and her 7.9 per-game mark in rebounding ranks fourth among UAA players.  In conference games, Jackson stands tied for second on the UAA chart in rebounding with a 7.8 per-game average.

MORGAN SETS SCHOOL GAME RECORD IN ASSISTS – Sophomore Savannah Morgan dished out a school-record 13 assists in the 83-60 victory over Carnegie Mellon, bettering the previous mark of 12 held by LeShonda Lillard (vs. Baruch College, Nov. 22, 2008).  Morgan also registered 15 points and came up with four steals against CMU, and followed that effort with a nine-assists, 13-points and four-steals effort at Case Western.

Morgan's 22 assists over the weekend upped her 2011-12 total to 138, just one shy of tying Amy Carter (1994-95) for the top spot on the school's seasonal ladder.  She has posted six or more assists in 13 contests this year and continues to pace the UAA in that category in both overall (5.8 apg) and league (6.4 apg) with her overall effort placing her seventh nationally in the D-III ranks.  In addition, she is tied for the top spot in the conference and ranks 25^th on the national scene in assist/turnover ratio (1.9). 

The team leader in assists in 16 of the last 17 and in a total of 18 games this season, Morgan's career total of 243 assists is sixth on the Eagles' all-time chart.  Her career showing of 4.9 assists per game ranks first all-time at Emory. 

Morgan is 17th in the UAA in scoring (9.4 ppg) and has produced 12 contests of 10 or more points, seven of which have come during UAA action.  She is first in the league in steals (2.3 spg), with her 55 thefts tying for seventh on the school's seasonal chart, seventh in three-point field goal percentage (.352, 25-of-71) and tied for fourth in minutes (30.6 mpg).

Emory's Top Offensive Scoring Efforts Under Thomaskutty 

EMORY CONTINUES STEALS ONSLAUGHT --  The Eagles finished the Carnegie Mellon game with 13 steals and recorded a dozen thefts against Case Western, giving the squad double figures in that department in the last four and in six of the last seven contests. 

Emory tops the league and ranks 51^st nationally in steals (11.9 spg) and its per-game showing of 12.5 in league action also sets the paces among UAA teams.  Entering Saturday's regular-season finale, the Eagles have totaled 286 steals this year, second most in school annals behind only the top mark of 305 set by the 2010-11 team. 

Individually, Emory has four players holding down the top spots in the UAA in that category, led by Morgan's conference-leading 2.3 per-game mark.  Misha Jackson is tied for second (1.9 spg) while Hannah Lilly and junior Danielle Landry are tied for fourth (1.8 spg).

LILLY LIGHTS UP CARNEGIE AND CASE – CLOSES IN ON SCHOOL MARK FOR THREE-POINTERS – Hannah Lilly averaged a team-high 21.0 points and knocked down a total of 10 three-point field goals in last weekend's outings at Carnegie Mellon and Case Western.  Lilly rang up a team-high 19 points in the 23-point triumph over the Tartans before leading all players with 23 points, hitting eight-of-14 from the floor, including five three-pointers in 10 opportunities.  Her efforts from beyond the arc brings her season total to 71 treys, just four shy of tying Mandy Jackson's school mark of 75 set during the 1991-92 season. 

The Mercer Island, WA, native owns 17 contests with two or more treys and she enters this weekend, pacing the UAA with 3.0 three-pointers per game, good for 7^th place nationally.  In addition, she has been successful on 41.3 percent of her three-point attempts, second in the UAA, 16^th among all D-III players and third on the school's seasonal ladder. 

Career-wise, she has knocked down 112 from beyond the arc, good for fourth-place on the school's all-time chart.  She is No. 3 on the Eagles' career ladder with a 37.2 percent (112-of-301) mark from three-point range.   

Lilly, the UAA's leading scorer in both overall (17.3 ppg) and conference play (17.2 ppg), has chalked up 21 double-figure scoring games this year including nine contests of 20 or more points (10 in her career).  In Emory's 10 home contests, she tossed in 16.0 points and shot 43.4 percent (59-of-136) from the field, and posts an 18.1 per-game scoring effort and 50 percent effort (96-of-192) from the floor in the Eagles' 14 away contests.

NOTES – Savannah Morgan will enter the Rochester game with multiple steals to her credit in the last seven and in 10 of the last 11 contests … The Eagles have held six opponents to 50 or fewer points this year … Senior Becca Feldman knocked down four treys en route to a 12-point evening vs. Carnegie Mellon, her eighth double-figure scoring effort of the season and 27^th of her career … Feldman's four triples against the Tartans represented her seventh performance of two or more treys this year and upped her career mark to 74,  good for ninth place on the school's all-time list, just one shy of tying Mekisha Parks for eighth … The Eagles' 72.3 points-per-game in overall action is second in the UAA and ranks 25^th nationally … Emory ranks first among league teams and 39^th nationally (through Feb. 19) in turnover margin (+5.04) … Emory has finished with a better field goal percentage showing against 13 of 22 foes (12-1) … The Eagles have had players score in double figures on 82 occasions this year while the opposition has produced 54 double-digit scorers … Emory has outrebounded 14 of 24 opponents …Emory has turned the ball over on fewer occasions in 12 of the last 15 and in a total of 16 games this season … The Eagles are 27-4 during Thomaskutty's tenure as head coach when scoring 80 or more points (9-1 in 2011-12)  … Junior Danielle Landry has notched double figures in points in nine games this year …Landry tied for team honors with six boards in the Case game, the 11^th time in '11-12 that she had either led or shared for the squad's high in that category … The 6-foot Landry has three performances of double-figure rebounds this season and nine during her career … She is pulling down 6.3 boards per contest, second on the club and seventh on the UAA ladder …  Career-wise, Landry holds down the No. 13 position on the school's all-time ladder with 443 rebounds …
The Eagles have had seven different players rank as their top scorer this season … Over the last four games the Eagles are averaging 13.5 turnovers compared to the opposition's 23.7 and have scored a total of 87 points (21.7 ppg) off those opponent's miscues while the opposition has scored 56 points (14.0 ppg).