ATLANTA, Ga. –
Tanya Ghai had 16 points, and
Haylie Wang (14) and
Sofia-Lynn Teresi (11) were also in double figures, but the Emory women's basketball team used a big second quarter to get separation and take an 82-57 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Friday.
The loss drops to CMS to 1-2 on the young season, while Emory remains undefeated at 2-0.
Emory led 18-16 after the first quarter, but then scored 28 in the second quarter to take a double-digit lead into the half. The Athenas briefly went in front at the start of the second quarter, as Teresi hit a three-pointer, and Wang followed with a lay-up to make it 21-18.
After Emory tied it, Ghai hit a three-pointer to put the Athenas back up 24-21, and Wang's lay-up with 5:49 left in the half gave CMS a 28-27 advantage. Emory, though, went on a 13-0 run to move ahead 40-28 with 2:59 to go in the half, and maintained a 46-33 advantage at the break.
The deficit went up to 17 early in the second half, before the Athenas got the lead back down to nine on two three-pointers from Ghai, sandwiched around a driving lay-up from
Amanda Kerner. Emory, though, came back with a 7-0 run to swell the margin back up to 16, and maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the way.
Teresi had a team-high five assists and three steals to go with her 11 points. Tatum Olson led Emory with 22 points off the bench.
CMS will be back in action tomorrow at Emory when it faces Texas Lutheran for a 3 p.m. contest (local time).
