• 2023-24 National Ranking: RV/RV
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2024, 2023, 2019, 2013, 1997, 1995
  • 42 First or Second Team All-UAA Players
  • 10 All-Region Honorees

Ilene Tsao

Ilene Tsao

Junior Ilene Tsao recorded a pair of double-figure scoring games in helping the Emory women's basketball team to a split of a pair of UAA road games.  

Tsao averaged team highs in both points (19.0 ppg) and assists (4.5) as the Eagles topped Case Western Reserve before coming up short against Carnegie Mellon.

In a 61-60 decision over CWRU, Tsao registered 10 points, second high on the squad, and contributed eight rebounds, tying for the team's top mark, and four steals.  In an 85-74 setback at CMU, Tsao pumped home a career-high 28 points, the high-water mark by an Emory player this season and the 16th-highest individual total in program history, sinking 12-of-23 from the floor, including three-of-six from beyond the arc.  In represented her seventh double-figure scoring performance of the season and the third time that she ranked as the Eagles' top scorer.

Through games played Feb. 22, Tsao is fifth on the team in scoring (7.8 ppg) and paces the squad in assists (3.8 apg).