NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's basketball team makes a short trip down I95 for its second road game of the season Wednesday, taking on Sacred Heart (6:00 p.m.,
NEC Front Row,
Live Stats).
Last Game
Yale (2-0, 0-0 Ivy League) won its home opener last Friday vs. Northeastern, 63-60 in overtime. A pair of three-pointers in OT, from sophomore guard
Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and first-year guard
Christen McCann (Port St. Lucie, Fla.), turned a three-point deficit into a three-point lead and eventually a win. Clark and senior forward
Alex Cade (Shaker Heights, Ohio) led Yale in scoring with 16 points each. Junior forward
Camilla Emsbo (Lakewood, Colo.) had her second double-double of the year, scoring 13 points and adding 10 rebounds. She also had three blocks.
More Debuts
Three players made their Yale debuts in the win vs. Northeastern Friday:
A total of seven players have made their Yale debuts in the season's first two games.
Four Among Ivy Scoring Leaders
Four Bulldogs rank in the top 15 in the Ivy League in scoring, led by sophomore guard
Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.) (15.0 ppg, sixth). Senior forward
Alex Cade (Shaker Heights, Ohio) and junior forward
Camilla Emsbo (Lakewood, Colo.) are tied for 12th (11.5 ppg) and first-year guard
Christen McCann (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) is tied for 15th (10.5 ppg).
An Edge at the Free Throw Line
Yale's .762 free throw percentage ranks first in the Ivy League -- and Yale's opponents are shooting just .467 from the charity stripe, the lowest percentage in the league.
Scouting Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart (2-0, 0-0 NEC) is coming off a 71-46 win vs. Brown in which the Pioneers limited the Bears to 28.3 percent shooting (10.7 percent from three-point territory). SHU was picked to finish fourth in the NEC. Yale
won the last meeting between these two teams, 87-40 on Dec. 19, 2019 at Lee Amphitheater.
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