{"id":15410,"date":"2012-12-30T14:26:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T19:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=15410"},"modified":"2013-01-14T10:35:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T15:35:11","slug":"post-christmas-season-starts-with-93-40-win-at-cairn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/post-christmas-season-starts-with-93-40-win-at-cairn\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Christmas Season Starts With 93-40 Win At Cairn"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Royals had no problems getting back into form after the Christmas break, as they returned from a two-week lay-off with a 93-40 win at Cairn.\u00a0 Eastern Mennonite shot a season-high 51% from the floor and never trailed the Highlanders.<\/p>\n
After scoring just three points over the first three minutes, the women went on a 35-6 run to open up a 38-9 lead.\u00a0 EMU led 51-21 at halftime and only played their starting five less than five minutes in the second half.<\/p>\n
The Royals controlled the game and connected on 39-of-76 shots for 51.3%.\u00a0 They were also 6-19 from three-point range and 9-16 from the free throw line.\u00a0 EMU held Cairn to just 26% shooting and had a massive 46-25 advantage in rebounding.\u00a0 The women also forced 32 turnovers, compared to just 16 of their own.<\/p>\n
Shakeerah Sykes<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Dumfries, VA\/Forest Park) led the way off the bench with her first double double.\u00a0 The sophomore charted 13 points and 13 rebounds, with the rebound total being a career high.\u00a0\u00a0Steph Rheinheimer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Manheim, PA\/Lancaster Mennonite) canned four triples and tallied 15 points.<\/p>\n Kala Yoders<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Myerstown, PA\/Eastern Lebanon County) and\u00a0Jess Rheinheimer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Manheim, PA\/Lancaster Mennonite) each finished with 12 points, while Yoders added nine boards.\u00a0\u00a0Keyla Baltimore<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Bristow, VA\/Brentsville District) had a game-high five assists.\u00a0\u00a0Alicia Ygarza<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Conestoga, PA\/Penn Manor) added four helpers.<\/p>\n The Eastern Mennonite women improve to 5-4 with the road win.\u00a0 They return to Yoder Arena for a date with St. Mary’s (MD) on Wednesday.\u00a0 Game time is 7:00pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Royals had no problems getting back into form after the Christmas break, as they returned from a two-week lay-off with a 93-40 win at Cairn.\u00a0 Eastern Mennonite shot a ... read more about Post-Christmas Season Starts With 93-40 Win At Cairn<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":15412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4516,5173],"tags":[14654,14327,13628,14073,14074,13933],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-15410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-womens-basketball","tag-alicia-ygarza","tag-jess-rheinheimer","tag-kala-yoders","tag-keyla-baltimore","tag-shakeerah-sykes","tag-stephanie-rheinheimer"],"yoast_head":"\n