Junior Khadijah Sayyid came through with a career contest in helping the Emory women's basketball team to a season-opening win at LaGrange College.

Sayyid led all players with a career-high 24 points and tied teammate Ilene Tsao for the team lead with eight rebounds as the Eagles raced to a 65-39 triumph over the Panthers.   Sayyid concluded the contest by sinking a career-high nine field goals in 13 attempts, including four-of-six from three-point range en route to registering her first career 20-point contest.  In addition, she also chipped in two assists and a pair of steals.