NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's basketball team plays its final non-league game of the regular season Sunday, hosting BU (2:00 p.m.,
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Last Game
Yale (1-11, 0-0 Ivy League)
fell 76-50 at Quinnipiac on Dec. 9 in the final game before winter break. The Bulldogs played a solid second half – outscored just 34-29 – but could not overcome a 42-21 halftime deficit. Junior guard
Kiley Capstraw (West Orange, N.J.) led the team in scoring (10 points) and tied first-year guard
Ke'iara Odume (Syracuse, N.Y.) for the team lead in rebounds (six).
Welcome Home
Sunday marks Yale's first home game since Dec. 4, and just the second home game in a span of 35 days. The Bulldogs will play three of their next four games at Lee Amphitheater, including the Ivy League opener vs. Harvard on Saturday Jan. 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Spreading the Wealth
The last four games have seen a different player lead Yale in scoring in each game:
- Dec. 1 at Syracuse:
Senior guard/forward Mackenzie Egger (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) 14 points
- Dec. 4 vs. Fordham:
First-year guard Magdalena Schmidt (Gmunden, Austria) 14 points
- Dec. 7 at FIU:
First-year guard Ciniya Moore (Bradenton, Fla.) 21 points
- Dec. 9 at Quinnipiac:
Junior guard Kiley Capstraw (West Orange, N.J.) 10 points
Dramatic Improvement for Egger
It was a remarkable first half of the season for senior guard/forward
Mackenzie Egger (Mount Pleasant, Mich.), who is on pace for career highs in multiple statistical categories. Here is a look:
| Category |
2024-25 |
Full-Season Career Best |
| Points Per Game |
15.2 |
5.9 (2022-23) |
| Rebounds Per Game |
9.6 |
3.0 (2023-24) |
| Assists Per Game |
1.5 |
0.6 (2023-24) |
| Minutes Per Game |
34.4 |
20.4 (2022-23) |
| Shooting Percentage |
.457 |
.358 (2022-23) |
| Three-Point Shooting Percentage |
.368 |
.244 (2022-23) |
| Free Throw Percentage |
.744 |
.733 (2023-24) |
| Blocks |
8 |
14 (2022-23) |
| Steals |
24 |
27 (2023-24) |
Perfect
Yale has been perfect from the free throw line twice in the last five games – 6-for-6 at Bryant Nov. 29 and 13-for-13 at FIU Dec. 7. Senior guard/forward
Mackenzie Egger (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) was 5-for-5 in the Bryant game and 4-for-4 in the FIU game. Junior guard
Kiley Capstraw (West Orange, N.J.) was 6-for-6 in the FIU game.
Scouting BU
BU (5-5, 0-0 Patriot League) had won three of four games before a lopsided 86-26 loss at Harvard this past Saturday. The Terriers shot just .238 and scored five or fewer points in three of the four quarters.
The Terriers are coached by Melissa Graves, who was an assistant coach at Yale for three seasons and helped the Bulldogs win the 2018 WBI Championship. The staff also includes video coordinator Adia Maund, sister of former Bulldog
Alexandra Maund '19.
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