Luisa Vydrova.
Sam Rubin
Luisa Vydrova (shown here) led Yale with 19 points.
64
Yale Yale 1-7,0-0 Ivy League
82
Winner Penn St. PSU 6-1,0-0 Big Ten
Yale Yale
1-7,0-0 Ivy League
64
Final
82
Penn St. PSU
6-1,0-0 Big Ten
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Yale Yale 15 17 15 17 64
Penn St. PSU 19 20 25 18 82

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Sam Rubin

Penn State Surges Past Yale

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The Yale women's basketball team led midway through the second quarter and went on to hold Penn State to its lowest point total of the season (tie) Sunday afternoon at Rec Hall – but it was not enough to secure a win. The high-powered Nittany Lions offense produced enough to secure an 82-64 victory.
 
Yale overcame an early 6-0 deficit to get within four at the end of the first quarter, 19-15. The Bulldogs trailed by as many as eight in the second quarter before rallying to take a 28-27 lead when junior forward Luisa Vydrova followed up a Penn State block by making a layup at the 2:42 mark. The rest of the half was a back-and-forth affair until a last-second steal and halfcourt heave for three capped a 7-0 run by the Nittany Lions that gave PSU a 39-32 halftime lead.
 
The Penn State offense clicked in the second half, with the Nittany Lions shooting .594 and scoring 43 points. They outscored Yale 25-15 in the fourth to take a 17 point lead into the fourth quarter, where they finished off the win by edging Yale 18-17. 
 
Yale falls to 1-7 (0-0 Ivy League) while Penn State improves to 6-1 (0-0 Big Ten).
 
STATISTICAL LEADERS
  • Junior forward Luisa Vydrova led Yale in points with 19.
  • First-year forward Sophia Gibson lead Yale in rebounds with six.
  • First-year forward Dorka Kastl led Yale in assists with eight, blocks with four and steals with four.
 
KEY STAT
  • Penn State had a 23-8 advantage in fast break points.
 
NOTES
  • Cincinnati, whom Penn State beat 82-77 on Nov. 7, is the only other team to hold Penn State to fewer than 83 points in a game. The Nittany Lions have scored as many as 93 (against Princeton Nov. 22). They came in averaging 86.7 points per game.
  • Sophomore guard Ciniya Moore added 14 points and sophomore guard Marisa Chapman added 12.
  • In addition to Gibson's six, Yale had two other players with five rebounds each: Vydrova and senior forward Kiley Capstraw.
  • Vydrova tied her career high with 19 points, shooting .600 (9-for-15). She last reached the 19 point mark Mar. 12, 2024 while playing for UTEP.
  • Kastl's eight assists were the most in a game by any Yale player since Jenna Clark '24 had nine Mar. 1, 2024. Her four blocks and four steals tied for the most in a game this season by any Yale player.
 
UP NEXT
  • Yale hosts Bryant Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
 
 
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