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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's basketball team brings a three-game winning streak into a busy weekend at Lee Amphitheater that includes visits from Penn Saturday (2:00 p.m., ESPN+, Live Stats) and Dartmouth Sunday (2:00 p.m., ESPN+, Live Stats).
 
Last Game
Yale (10-6, 3-1 Ivy League) rallied from an 11 point deficit to beat Brown 69-67 Monday at Lee Amphitheater. First-year guard Christen McCann (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) led the Bulldogs with 19 points, including the game-winning basket with 1.4 seconds left. Senior forward Alex Cade (Shaker Heights, Ohio) added 18 points, a career high for her, and had a game-high 11 rebounds. Sophomore guard Klara Astrom (Menlo Park, Calif.) had 10 points, five assists and four steals.
 
Another Ivy League Rookie of the Week
First-year guard Christen McCann (Port St. Lucie, Fla.), who hit the game-winning shot with 1.4 seconds left Monday against Brown, has been named Ivy League Rookie of the Week. The league announced the award on Tuesday. McCann is the third Yale player to earn the award this season. First-year forward Grace Thybulle (Irvington, N.Y.) was named Rookie of the Week Dec. 13 and sophomore guard Elles van der Maas (Sydney, Australia) earned the award Jan. 10. No other Ivy League school has had more than one player earn the award this season. 
 
Home Sweet Home
Yale is 4-1 at home this season and 20-8 (.714) at John J. Lee Amphitheater since the start of the 2018-19 season. The Bulldogs are in the midst of a stretch in which they play five of six games at home. They then play five of the final seven games of the regular season on the road.
 
Bulldogs Among NCAA Leaders
Two Bulldogs rank among the national top 25 in various statistical categories:

• Sophomore guard Jenna Clark (Pittsburgh, Pa.)   
  • 6th in assists per game (6.4)
  • 12th in assists (102)
  • 19th in minutes played per game (36.60)     
• Junior forward Camilla Emsbo (Lakewood, Colo.)            
  • 15th in double doubles (9)
  • 17th in blocked shots per game (2.47)
  • 20th in blocked shots (37)

 
Scouting Penn
Penn (7-8, 2-1 Ivy League) had a three-game winning streak snapped by a 70-50 loss to Princeton at The Palestra this past Monday. The Quakers are 15th in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.347).
 
Scouting Dartmouth
Dartmouth (1-14, 0-3 Ivy League), which plays at Princeton Saturday, has lost four in a row since a 62-39 win at Texas State Dec. 16. This is Adrienne Shibles' first season as the Big Green's head coach. 
 
 
Social Media

• Twitter: @YaleWBasketball
• Instagram: @YaleWBasketball

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— Yale Women's Basketball (@YaleWBasketball) January 17, 2022