University Athletic Association

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Non-conference games just rescheduled as makeup games.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Emory at Piedmont--6 PM Eastern.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Clark at Brandeis-- 6 PM Eastern.

Schedule update found at:  www.uaasports.info/sports/wbkb/2021-22/schedule

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Tonight, Emory will play a makeup non-conference game from January 5, as the Eagles will be playing at Piedmont against the Lady Lions from the USA South.

Both teams appeared in the list of alphabetically ranked teams in Region VI for Week 1.

Emory enters tonight at 13-7, 7-4 in the UAA.  (Non-conference record of 6-3.)

Piedmont enters tonight at 20-4, 13-2 in the USA South West Division.  (Non-conference record of 7-4).

This is Piedmont's last regular season game before the USA South tournament.

Tip is at 6 PM Eastern.

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End of first quarter at Cave Arena in Demorest, GA--

Emory 19, Piedmont 7

Leading scorer for Emory-- Mariane Auza with a game high 9 points.

Livia Skinner has scored all of Piedmont's points so far.

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Halftime in Demorest, GA--

Emory 31, Piedmont 23

For Emory--  Mariane Auza leading with a team high 11 points, followed by Tori Huggins with 10 points, and Morgan Laudick with 4 points.

Mariane Auza also leading Emory with 5 rebounds, while Kennedy Cater and Erin Martin each have 2 assists a piece.

For Piedmont-- Livia Skinner leading with a game high 18 points, followed by Nakiyah Washington with 4 points and Brittany DeVane with 1 point to round out the scoring.

Nae-Nae Eades leading Piedmont with 2 rebounds, while Lu Woolfolk and Nakiyah Washington each have 2 assists a piece.

Emory shot 14-38 from the field (36.8%), 1-9 from 3 pt range (11.1%), and 2-3 from the FT line (66.7%)

Piedmont shot 8-21 from the field (38.1%), 1-4 from 3 pt range (25%), and 6-8 from the FT line (75%).

Emory outrebounding Piedmont 24-14, 12-3 on the offensive glass.

Emory made 8 assists and committed 8 turnovers-- 5 of which were as a result of Piedmont steals.

Piedmont made 5 assists and committed 13 turnovers-- 4 of which were as a result of Emory steals

Points off turnovers-- Piedmont leading, 12-10.

Points in the paint-- Emory leading, 22-12.

Second chance points-- Emory leading, 5-0.

Bench points-- Piedmont leading, 5-4.

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End of third quarter at Cave Arena in Demorest, GA

Emory 46, Piedmont 36

Tori Huggins leading Emory with a team high 14 points.

Livia Skinner leading Piedmont with a game high 24 points.

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Final from Cave Arena in Demorest, GA--

Emory 63, Piedmont 49

Emory improves to 14-7, and will host CWRU and Carnegie Mellon on Friday and Sunday, respectively, in UAA play.

Piedmont drops to 20-5 and will enter the USA South conference tournament with that record.

For Emory-- Tori Huggins led Emory with a team high 16 points, followed by Mariane Auza with 15 points. Morgan Laudick and Danielle Aronsky each had 8 points a piece.

Tori Huggins led Emory with 8 rebounds, while 4 Emory players had 3 assists a piece.

For Piedmont-- Livia Skinner led Piedmont with a game high 28 points, followed by Nakiyah Washington with 10 points, and Nae-Nae Eades with 5 points.

Hope Franklin and Nakiyah Washington each had 3 rebounds for Piedmont, while Lu Woolfolk and Nakiyah Washington each had 3 assists a piece.

Emory shot 26-61 from the field (42.6%), 3-15 from 3 pt range (20%), and 8-10 from the FT line (80%).

Piedmont shot 16-45 from the field (35.6%), 2-10 from 3 pt range (20%), and 15-19 from the FT line (78.9%).

Emory outrebounded Piedmont 44-20, 19-5 on the offensive glass.

Emory made 18 assists and committed 25 turnovers-- 14 of which were as a result of Piedmont steals.

Piedmont made 9 assists and committed 23 turnovers-- 8 of which were as a result of Emory steals.

Points off turnovers-- Piedmont won that category, 24-16.

Points in the paint-- Emory won that category, 38-24.

Second chance points-- Emory won that category, 11-5.

Bench points-- Piedmont won that category, 18-17.

Blocks-- Piedmont blocked 6 Emory shots, while Emory blocked 2 Piedmont shots.

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Congrats to our reigning UAA Athlete of the Week in women's basketball as announced by the UAA office on Feb. 14--

Klaire Steffens-- Chicago

uaasports.info/information/aow/021422

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Games scheduled tonight-- Friday, Feb. 18, 2022

1.)  Case Western Reserve at Emory-- 7:30 PM Eastern
2.)  Carnegie Mellon at Rochester-- 7:30 PM Eastern
3.)  Chicago at Brandeis-- 7:30 PM Eastern
4.)  Wash U at NYU-- 8 PM Eastern-- Game played at "the Pope" at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY.

NYU clinches the UAA Women's Basketball Championship and the AQ to the 2022 NCAA DIII Women's Basketball Tournament with a win over Wash U tonight.

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Halftime scores from the 7:30 PM Eastern tip games--

Chicago 25, Brandeis 22-- Camila Casanueva not playing for Brandeis tonight.

Carnegie Mellon 34, Rochester 30

Case Western Reserve 28, Emory 27

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Halftime from "the Pope" at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY--

NYU 22, Wash U 19

For NYU-- Belle Pellecchia leads with a game high 9 points.  Natalie Bruns follows with 6 points, and Erica Miller with 3 points.

Jenny Walker has 8 rebounds to lead NYU in that category, while Erica Miller and Natalie Bruns each have 1 assist.

For Wash U-- Jessica Brooks leads with a team high 7 points, Karisa Grandison follows with 4 points, while Samantha Weaver and Maya Arnott each have 2 points a piece.

Maya Arnott has 8 rebounds to lead the Bears and also has 1 assist.

NYU shot 10-29 from the field (34.5%), 2-12 from 3 pt range (16.7%), and 0-2 from the FT line.

Wash U shot 8-33 from the field (24.2%), 1-7 from 3 pt range (14.3%), and 2-4 from the FT line (50%).

Wash U outrebounded NYU 24-22, 10-6 on the offensive glass.

Wash U made 1 assist and committed 9 turnovers-- 5 of which were as a result of NYU steals.

NYU made 2 assists and committed 11 turnovers-- 5 of which were as a result of Wash U steals.

Points off turnovers-- NYU leads, 8-2.

Points in the paint-- All even at 12-12.

Second chance points-- Wash U leads, 8-2.

Bench points-- Wash U leads, 10-2.

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Final from the Palestra in Rochester, NY--

Carnegie Mellon 66, Rochester 54

Carnegie Mellon improves to 11-10, 5-7 in the UAA.

Rochester drops to 14-9, 6-6 in the UAA.

Caitlyn Clendenin scored a game high 20 points and 15 rebounds for the Tartans tonight.  Clendenin also had 5 assists and blocked 2 Rochester shots tonight.

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Final from the Palestra in Rochester, NY--

Carnegie Mellon 66, Rochester 54

Carnegie Mellon improves to 11-10, 5-7 in the UAA.

Rochester drops to 14-9, 6-6 in the UAA.

Caitlyn Clendenin scored a game high 20 points and 15 rebounds for the Tartans tonight.  Clendenin also had 5 assists and blocked 2 Rochester shots tonight.

Lets hear it for Caitlyn!! Thought she was capable of this performance when I evaluated her years ago, but didn't watch because of the Rochester paywall.

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Final from Auerbach Arena in Waltham, MA--

Chicago 59, Brandeis 49

Chicago improves to 14-8, 7-5 in the UAA

Brandeis drops to 7-14, 2-10 in the UAA

End of regulation in Atlanta, GA--

Case Western Reserve 55, Emory 55  Heading to overtime.

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Final from the WoodPEC in Atlanta--

Case Western Reserve 68, Emory 61 (OT).

CWRU improves to 8-15, 3-9 in the UAA-- 7th place.

Emory drops to 14-8, 7-5 in the UAA.

Final from "the Pope' at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY

NYU 63, Wash U 45

Congratulations to the NYU Violets-- 2021-2022 UAA Women's Basketball Champions-- AQ to NCAAs.

NYU improves to 20-1, 11-1 in the UAA.

Wash U drops to 13-10, 7-5 in the UAA.-- 3 way tie for second with Emory and Chicago.

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Today is Brandeis Senior Day at Auerbach Arena.  Prior to the women's game vs Wash U, Brandeis will honor the accomplishments of Kerry Tanke and Camila Casanueva.  I will be at Auerbach Arena today to watch both games of the UAA doubleheader:

brandeisjudges.com/programs