NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's basketball team concludes the regular season Saturday at Brown (2:00 p.m.,
ESPN+,
Live Stats). The Bulldogs have already clinched a spot in the Ivy League Tournament, which starts Mar. 11 at Harvard.
Last Game
Yale celebrated Senior Day at Lee Amphitheater with a 56-40 win vs. Cornell this past Saturday that saw contributions from each member of the Class of 2022. Senior forward
Alex Cade (Shaker Heights, Ohio) had five points and six rebounds, while senior guard/forward
Robin Gallagher (Cary, N.C.) had four points and three rebounds. Senior guard
Roxanne Nesbitt (Chicago, Ill.), Yale's captain, provided one of the memorable moments of the day by hitting a free throw with 1:39 left for her first point of the game.
Ivy Outlook
Yale enters the weekend in sole possession of third place in the Ivy League at 8-5. The Bulldogs are three games behind second-place Columbia and have a one-game lead on fourth-place Penn. The win by Yale last Saturday clinched the Bulldogs' spot in the Ivy League Tournament, set for Harvard's Lavietes Pavilion Mar. 11 and 12. Yale has a tiebreaker edge on Penn based on going 2-0 vs. the Quakers this season. Should fifth-place Harvard beat first-place Princeton Sunday and tie the Bulldogs in the standings, the Crimson would have the tiebreaker on Yale for third place based on having beaten Princeton (Harvard and Yale split their season series).
Ivy Seeding Tiebreakers
A complete list of Ivy League tournament seeding tiebreakers is
available on the Ivy League website. In the case of two-way ties, head-to-head competition is the first tiebreaker, followed by each team's record against the highest seed outside of the tie. In the case of a multiple-team tie, records between the tied teams is the first tiebreaker, followed by each team's record against the highest seed outside of the tie.
Among the Best in Yale History
Yale's total of 15 overall wins this season is tied for seventh-most in school history, and Yale's total of eight Ivy League wins this season is tied for fifth-most in school history.
Defense Leads the Way
Yale is second in the Ivy League in scoring defense (56.7 points allowed per game), trailing only Princeton (50.2). That ranks the Bulldogs 41st nationally.
Emsbo Keeps Climbing on Yale's All-Time Lists
On Feb. 4 at Dartmouth, junior forward
Camilla Emsbo (Lakewood, Colo.) became the 23rd Yale women's basketball player to join the 1,000 career point club. Her and-one at the 8:02 mark of the fourth quarter gave her 1,002 career points. She now is at 1,063 points, 20th on Yale's career list. She is eighth on Yale's career rebounding list (686). She is second on Yale's career blocks list (168), 14 away from the school record. Emsbo has three of the five best single-season block totals in Yale history, including her total of 54 this year – nine away from the school record.
Clark Nears School Assists Record
Sophomore guard
Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.) enters the weekend with the second-best single season assist total in Yale history (151). She is five away from the school record set by
Kathleen Offer '96 in 1994-95 (156). Clark has had 10 or more assists in a game three times this season, with a high of 11 (Jan. 15 at Cornell).
Bulldogs Among NCAA Leaders
Two Bulldogs rank among the national top 25 in various statistical categories:
- Sophomore guard Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- 11th in assists per game (6.0)
- Junior forward Camilla Emsbo (Lakewood, Colo.)
- 22nd in blocked shots per game (2.25)
Scouting Brown
Brown (6-19, 1-12 Ivy League) has lost four in a row since notching its first Ivy League win Feb. 8 against Dartmouth (70-56). Yale beat the Bears 69-67 in New Haven on Jan. 17.
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