NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On Saturday afternoon at Lee Amphitheater the Yale women's basketball team held Cornell to just 57 points, the second-lowest point total of the season for a Bulldog opponent. But the Big Red defense was even better, limiting Yale to 40 points and delivering a Cornell win.
Yale (2-19, 1-7 Ivy League) grabbed an early 5-0 lead and held Cornell scoreless for the first 4:24. But the Big Red responded with a 6-0 run. Yale momentarily re-took the lead 8-6 on a three-pointer by senior guard/forward
Mackenzie Egger, but Cornell scored the final six points of the quarter to lead 12-8 at the end of the first.
Cornell (6-15, 2-6 Ivy League) outscored Yale 15-10 in the second to extend the lead, then broke the game open by outscoring Yale 21-11 in the third quarter. The Bulldogs won the fourth quarter 11-9, but that was not enough to avoid the loss.
STATISTICAL LEADERS
KEY STAT
- Cornell had a 34-12 advantage in points in the paint.
NOTES
- The Bulldogs had a season-low 11 turnovers.
- Yale made a season-high seven three-pointers. Senior guard Avery Lee had a pair of them, the third time in five games she has made multiple three-pointers.
- The loss ended a string of eight straight wins in the series vs. Cornell for Yale.
- This was the second-lowest point total of the season for a Yale opponent. The Bulldogs limited Merrimack to 50 points on Nov. 19.
AROUND THE IVY LEAGUE
- Columbia 78, Brown 40
- Princeton 74, Penn 60
- Harvard 66, Dartmouth 31
WHAT'S NEXT
- Yale plays at Penn Friday at 6:00 p.m.
