NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's basketball team visits UMass Wednesday night (7:00 p.m.,
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Tickets). It is the last of five straight games on the road for the Bulldogs. The Minutewomen are among the teams receiving votes in the most recent USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll.
Last Game
Yale (4-3, 0-0 Ivy League) finished its trip to Colorado with a split at the University of Denver Classic, falling to Houston Christian 68-61 on Saturday after beating New Mexico State 73-65 on Friday. First-year guard
Kiley Capstraw (West Orange, N.J.), who scored 23 points Friday, was named to the all-tournament team.
Consistent Clark
Junior guard
Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.) averaged 5.9 assists per game last year – best in the Ivy League. She is once again leading the league in that category this year, averaging 5.3 assists per game. Clark is on the Watch List for the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the country.
Twenty Something
First-year guard
Kiley Capstraw (West Orange, N.J.) has reached the 20 point mark twice this season (24 vs. Fairfield Nov. 14, 23 vs. New Mexico State Nov. 25). The only other Bulldogs who have scored more than 15 points in a game so far this season are sophomore guard
Nyla McGill (Charlotte, N.C.) (19 at Saint Joseph's) and sophomore forward
Grace Thybulle (Irvington, N.Y.) (16 at Saint Joseph's).
End of the Road
Wednesday marks the end of a stretch of five straight games away from Lee Amphitheater for Yale. By the end of the five-game span they will have traveled more than 4,800 miles. After Wednesday the Bulldogs will not leave the state of Connecticut for 36 days – their lone road game in that stretch is at nearby Quinnipiac (Dec. 7).
Scouting UMass
UMass (6-1, 0-0 Atlantic 10) has won five in a row, including a pair of games at the FIU Thanksgiving Classic last week where the Minutewomen scored 95+ points. Their lone loss was at No. 5 Tennessee Nov. 10. They rank No. 10 nationally in free throw percentage (.802). Guard Sydney Taylor is eighth nationally in three pointers per game (3.57) and 22nd nationally in points per game (20.0). Guard Destiney Philoxy is 28th nationally in assists per game (5.6).
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