NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Having clinched a spot in the Ivy League Tournament Friday night with a win at Brown, the No. 24 Princeton women's basketball team quickly refocused Saturday night at Lee Amphitheater against Yale. The Tigers brought a 14 game winning streak into the contest, and with a NCAA NET Ranking of 33 they are paving a path for a potential at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament if they don't win the Ivy League Tournament to earn the automatic berth. They kept their momentum going in decisive fashion against the Bulldogs, taking a 70-25 win.
Yale (6-17, 3-7 Ivy League) was led by eight points from senior guard
Jenna Clark, who also had four assists. The Bulldogs fell behind 19-8 after the first quarter and got no closer than nine the rest of the way. A balanced scoring attack for Princeton (20-3, 10-0 Ivy League) saw 10 different players score points, led by 18 from guard Kaitlyn Chen.
Notes
- The loss leaves Yale two games behind Brown for the fourth and final Ivy League Tournament spot. Four games remain in the regular season, with the Bulldogs visiting the Bears in the finale Mar. 9.
- Senior forward Brenna McDonald had a pair of blocks and now has 60 for her career, 10th all-time at Yale.
- Clark now has 930 career points.
- This was the Bulldogs' "Play4Kay" game in conjunction with the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, raising awareness of breast cancer. Yale wore special pink uniforms.
Ivy League Action this Saturday
- Dartmouth 48, Cornell 44
- Brown 61, Penn 59
Up Next
- Yale plays at Dartmouth next Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
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