NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's basketball team is headed to Philadelphia to take on Drexel (Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.
FloHoops,
Live Stats). This is the Bulldogs' final game before a 13 day break.
Last Game
Yale (6-4, 0-0 Ivy League) had one of its best defensive efforts in years last Wednesday, beating LIU 65-37. The Bulldog defense limited the Sharks to 26% shooting. That was the fewest points allowed in a game by Yale since a 62-36 win vs. Manhattan Dec. 1, 2015. First-year forward
Grace Thybulle (Irvington, N.Y.) scored 13 points – 11 more than she had in any previous game – in just 10 minutes. She hit four of her six shots. Sophomore guard
Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.) led the Bulldogs with 16 points.
Elite Eight
Sophomore forward
Haley Sabol (Pittsburgh, Pa.) scored her first career points in last Wednesday's 65-37 win at LIU. She became the eighth Bulldog to score her first career points this year. The list:
- First-year guard/forward Mackenzie Egger (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) (11/12/21 vs. Northeastern)
- First-year guard Avery Lee (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) (11/21/21 at St. John's)
- First-year guard Christen McCann (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) (11/9/21 at Providence)
- Sophomore forward Brenna McDonald (Natick, Mass.) (12/1/21 at Quinnipiac)
- First-year guard Nyla McGill (Charlotte, N.C.) (11/21/21 at St. John's)
- Sophomore forward Haley Sabol (Pittsburgh, Pa.) (12/8/21 at LIU)
- First-year forward Grace Thybulle (Irvington, N.Y.) (11/9/21 at Providence)
- Sophomore guard Elles van der Maas (Sydney, Australia) (11/21/21 at St. John's)
Thybulle Ivy League Rookie of the Week
First-year forward
Grace Thybulle (Irvington, N.Y.) was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Monday. In Yale's 65-37 win at LIU last Wednesday
, Thybulle had 13 points (tied for second on the team) and five rebounds in just 10 minutes.
Hot Shots
Yale had its best shooting performance of the season (.460 shooting percentage) last Wednesday at LIU. That marked the third time in the last six games that the Bulldogs have shot .439 or better. Their .429 shooting percentage on three pointers Wednesday was also a season best, and marked the third time in six games they have hit at least a third of their shot attempts from downtown.
Charity Stripe Proves Helpful to Bulldogs
Yale earned 13 more free throw attempts than LIU last game, the continuation of a season-long trend. The Bulldogs have earned 53 more free throw attempts than their opponents (158 to 105). They are shooting .658 from the line, while their opponents are shooting just .581. Junior forward
Camilla Emsbo (Lakewood, Colo.) is second in the Ivy League in free throw percentage (.689).
Rebounding Advantage
The Bulldogs have outrebounded their opponents in every game this season, with a high margin of 12 (twice). Their rebounding margin (6.7 per game) is second-best in the Ivy League.
Bulldogs Among National Leaders
Junior forward
Camilla Emsbo (Lakewood, Colo.) is second in the nation in double-doubles with seven, trailing only Baylor's NaLyssa Smith (nine). She is 15th in the nation and first in the Ivy League in blocks (24) and 20th in the nation and first in the Ivy League in rebounds (103). Sophomore guard
Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.) is 12th in the nation and second in the Ivy League in assists (56).
Philly Familiarity
Tuesday's game marks the second of three trips to Philadelphia for Yale this season. The Bulldogs played at Saint Joseph's Dec. 4 and will return to the City of Brotherly Love on Feb. 18 for a game at Penn. Pennsylvania is the home state for two Bulldogs: sophomore guard
Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and sophomore forward
Haley Sabol (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Scouting Drexel
Drexel (7-2, 0-0 CAA) is riding a four-game winning streak that includes a win over an Ivy League opponent, Dartmouth (67-44 on Nov. 30). The Dragons are 4-1 at home
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