NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's basketball team broke off a 15-0 run in the third quarter to flip the script on the University of New Haven Monday night at the Hazell Center, turning a 33-32 Chargers lead into a 47-33 Bulldogs lead. Yale never looked back after that, cruising to a 63-49 win in the game between crosstown rivals. Sophomore guard
Marisa Chapman had a double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) and sophomore guard
Ciniya Moore scored a career-high 23 points.
The game was tied 28-28 at halftime, but Yale's 22-7 advantage in the third quarter put the Bulldogs firmly in control. New Haven closed to within eight at 52-44 with 6:41 left, but senior forward
Kiley Capstraw found Chapman for a layup that jump-started a 7-2 Yale run to put the game out of reach.
Yale improves to 4-7 (0-0 Ivy League) while New Haven falls to 2-7 (0-0 NEC).
STATISTICAL LEADERS
KEY STAT
- During Yale's 15-0 run in the third, the Bulldogs hit seven of their 11 shots and got points from four different players. New Haven went 0-for-6 during that span. The run lasted for a total of 6:12.
NOTES
- This was Yale's largest margin of victory since a 17 point win (76-59) vs. Dartmouth Feb. 22, 2025.
- This is Yale's longest winning streak since winning four in a row Jan. 6-16, 2023.
- Yale is now 4-1 in its last five games.
- The Bulldogs' 13 turnovers tied for their second-lowest of the season.
- That was Chapman's first double-double of the season, and the second of her career.
- Moore has now set or tied her career high in points three times in the last five games. She has scored 20 or more points in a game four times this year.
- Kastl added seven rebounds, making this the third straight game in which she has had at least seven rebounds.
QUOTING DALILA ESHE, YALE'S JOEL E. SMILOW '54 HEAD COACH OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
- On having four players score nine or more points: "Once we settled in, we found our rhythm versus their zone. We put some people in positions they don't normally play, and that opened up the floor for us to have some equal-opportunity offense."
- On Moore's career-high 23 points: "We thought she would have a good game, knowing they play zone. In addition to her outside shooting, she got some really good shots going downhill."
- On the team winning three in a row and four of five: "So much of it was about us gelling at the right time. We had two pretty hard games in the middle of November, and not having Kiley for two games hurt as well. So November felt a little out of sorts. This [winning streak] is just about finding our rhythm and our chemistry."
UP NEXT
- Yale plays at Monmouth on Thursday, Dec. 18 at 11:30 a.m.
