GAME FACTS – The Emory women's basketball team faces another weekend on the road when it competes at the Transylvania Hilliard Lyons Tournament. On Saturday (Nov. 24), the Eagles take on host Transylvania in a 5:00 pm tip before matching up with Denison on Sunday in a 1:00 pm start. The Tournament will be played on Don Lane Court in the Beck Center located on the TU campus.
THE COACHES – Head Coach Misha Jackson (Emory, '13) is in her second season at the helm of the Eagles' program. Named Interim Head Coach in October of 2017, she guided the Eagles to a 13-12 slate last season, which included a 7-7 mark in University Athletic Association play, the highest win total in league play since 2013. She then had the Interim tag removed in March of this year.
Jackson joined the Eagles' staff as an assistant prior to the start of the 2013-14 season. She played three seasons in an Eagle uniform (2010-11 through 2012-13), seeing action in a total of 78 games, 69 in a starting capacity. She closed out career ranked among the program's top-10 all-time performers in 11 categories.
Jackson is assisted by Sammi Goldsmith and Chuck Melito.
Juli Fulks is her fifth season calling the shots for the Transylvania program and brings a school ledger of 87-26 into Saturday's contest, guiding her Pioneer squads to three 20-plus wins seasons. In 15 campaigns as a head coach, which includes a 10-year stint at Lewis & Clark, Fulks possesses a career record of 241-125.
In her 30th campaign as the head coach at Denison is Sara Lee (Minnesota State Moorhead, 1986). Entering the weekend, Lee has a school and career mark of 456-311. She has led the Big Red to four North Coast Athletic Conference championships and seven NCAC Tournament titles.
2018-19 RECORDS – Emory is coming off a successful weekend, winning both games at Guilford College's Daly 7 Classic and boosting its record to 2-1. The Eagles stymied Virginia Wesleyan, 64-37, in their opener before coming through with a 67-45 triumph over Guilford.
Transylvania sports a 2-1 record after splitting two games at the Mary Washington Tournament last weekend. The Pioneers came out on the short end of a 73-65 score against Johns Hopkins before regrouping to earn a 63-48 victory over William Peace
Denison saw its record even out at 2-2 after dropping a 91-84 overtime decision at home to Case Western on Tuesday.
SERIES RECORDS – Saturday's meeting between Emory and Transylvania will represent the first time the schools have met in basketball.
Emory and Denison have met just once, with the Eagles winning an 88-80 decision at home back on Nov. 21, 1995.
EMORY TRIO TO SERVE AS CAPTAINS – Serving as captains of the 2018-19 Emory women's basketball team are senior Ashley Oldshue (Glenview, IL), and juniors Lindsey Tse (Calabasas, CA) and Erin Lindahl (Yardley, PA).
OLDSHUE & TSE CHOSEN TO DALY 7 CLASSIC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM – Ashley Oldshue and Lindsey Tse were the Emory representatives on last weekend's Daly 7 Classic All-Tournament Team.
Oldshue, who was named MVP of the Classic, averaged 17.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in the two contests, while shooting 70 percent (14-of-20) from the floor and 87.5 percent (7-of-8) from the charity stripe. Oldshue was the game-high scorer in both outings, producing 13 points in 18 minutes vs. Virginia Wesleyan before racking up 22 points, hitting 10-of-14 field goals in the process, against Guilford. Oldshue also paced all performers with nine rebounds.
Tse was effective at both ends of the floor, totaling 13 assists with just two turnovers in 52 minutes of action. In addition, Tse also topped Emory with seven steals. Against the Quakers of Guilford, Tse doled out nine assists and came up with a career-best six thefts.
EAGLES SHARP AT THE STRIPE – Emory has been solid at the free throw line through the first three games of the season, connecting at a 79.6 percent clip (39-of-49) with that mark pacing the UAA. The Eagles have converted 70 percent or better from the stripe in each of the first three contest including an 83.3 percent (15-of-18) effort against Virginia Wesleyan.
NOTES – Lindsey Tse's 13 assists last weekend upped her career total to 282, good for fifth place on the school's all-time list. Holding down the No. 4 spot is Susan Lippert (2000-04) with 308 … Ashley Oldshue continues her climb up the Eagles' all-time scoring ladder with her 917 ranking 12th. Oldshue's 22 points in the Guilford contest enabled her to move ahead of Misha Jackson's (2010-13) career mark of 900 … Oldshue enters the weekend with 48 career performances of double-figure scoring …. Emory has outscored the opposition in nine quarters while being outpointed in two (one quarter has been tied) … Azzairia Jackson-Sherrod has produced two double-figure scoring contests thus far, raising her career total to 26 … Blair Ripley has come off the bench and shot 50 percent or better from the floor in all three games. Ripley will enter the Transylvania Tournament connecting at a 75 percent (12-of-16) rate from the field … The Eagles show a 42.7-32.7 per-game in rebounding and have grabbed 46 boards on the offensive end vs. 28 for the opposition.