HANOVER, N.H. – The Yale women's basketball team kept its hopes of earning a spot in the Ivy League Tournament alive Saturday with a decisive 78-42 win at Dartmouth. The Bulldogs, who never trailed, got double-doubles from senior guard
Jenna Clark (17 points, 12 assists) and senior forward
Brenna McDonald (a career high 30 points, 12 rebounds) en route to registering their largest margin of victory since an 87-40 win over Sacred Heart Dec. 19, 2019.
Yale (7-17, 4-7 Ivy League) got points from a total of nine different players. After their early 8-0 lead was reduced to three at 8:52 of the second, the Bulldogs went on a 13-1 run and never looked back.
Dartmouth (7-16, 1-10 Ivy League) was celebrating Senior Day and coming off its first Ivy League win in two years, but could not sustain the momentum from that victory.
STATISTICAL LEADERS
- Senior forward Brenna McDonald led Yale with 30 points and 12 rebounds. Senior guard Jenna Clark added 17 points and a team-best 12 assists while committing only three turnovers. Junior guard/forward Mackenzie Egger and junior forward Nyla McGill had seven rebounds each.
KEY STAT
- Yale jumped out to an 8-0 lead. Dartmouth did not score for the first 3:03 of the game.
NOTES
- McDonald had 18 points by halftime.
- Yale's defense limited Dartmouth to six points in the second quarter and seven points in the fourth quarter.
- Yale enjoyed a 60-22 advantage in points in the paint.
- The Bulldogs outrebounded Dartmouth 46-23.
- Yale shot a season-best .565, and Dartmouth's .296 shooting percentage represented a season-low for Bulldog opponents.
WHAT'S NEXT
- Yale hosts Cornell Friday at 4:00 p.m.
