Sam Rubin
50
Winner Merrimack Merri 3-2,0-0 MAAC
45
Yale Yale 1-4,0-0 Ivy League
Winner
Merrimack Merri
3-2,0-0 MAAC
50
Final
45
Yale Yale
1-4,0-0 Ivy League
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Merrimack Merri 12 11 11 16 50
Yale Yale 7 17 13 8 45

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Sam Rubin

Double-Double for Egger, But Merrimack Comes Away With 50-45 Win

NEW HAVEN, Conn.  –  A career night by senior guard/forward Mackenzie Egger was not enough for the Yale women's basketball team Tuesday against Merrimack at Lee Amphitheater. Egger's 18 point, 20 rebound performance – her first career double-double – was for naught as the Warriors took a 50-45 win.
 
Yale (1-4, 0-0 Ivy League) led 45-44 after a layup by Egger with 1:32 to play, but Merrimack (3-2, 0-0 MAAC) scored the final six points of the game to earn the win.
 
The Bulldogs were hurt by a slow start – Merrimack scored the first six points of the game – but eventually rallied to take a 24-23 lead on a three-pointer by senior guard Avery Lee in the final minute of the second quarter. They built their lead to eight on a Lee three-pointer with 2:26 left in the third, but Merrimack cut the deficit to three heading into the fourth. 
 
Neither team led by more than five in the fourth. After Yale took a one-point lead with 1:32 left, Merrimack went ahead on a layup and the next Bulldog possession ended with a charge call. The Warriors hit a pair of free throws, and a missed three-point attempt by the Bulldogs followed by another pair of Warrior free throws sealed the game.
 
STATISTICAL LEADERS
  • Senior guard/forward Mackenzie Egger led Yale with 18 points and 20 rebounds.
  • Senior guard Avery Lee led Yale with three assists and three steals.
 
KEY STAT
  • Merrimack benefited from a 23-4 advantage in points off turnovers. 
 
NOTES
  • The two teams led for nearly the same amount of time over the course of the game – Yale for 19:43, Merrimack for 19:28.
  • Egger's 20 rebounds were double her previous career high, initially set last year and tied earlier this season at Michigan State. That was the most rebounds in a game for a Yale player since Nyla McGill had 20 in a win at Harvard on Feb. 3, 2023.
  • Yale had a 41-24 rebounding advantage. In addition to Egger's 20, senior forward Grace Thybulle added seven.
  • This was Yale's second straight game with seven steals.
  • Sophomore guard Lucy Lynn played a carer-high 29:45 and was a team-best +4.
  • Yale shot a season-best .714 (10 for 14) from the free throw line.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
  • Yale hosts Pacific Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
 
 
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