3 Bobcats Reach Double-Digits in Loss at Yale

Saturday, December 30

New Haven, CT

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

4-6,1-0MAAC

Yale

3-10,0-0Ivy League

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Quinnipiac	14	11	10	13	48
Yale	19	21	14	18	72

Box Score (PDF)

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

12/30/2023 3:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac women's basketball team dropped their final contest of the year to the Yale Bulldogs by a score of 72-48 on Saturday afternoon in New Haven.

With the loss, the Bobcats will fall to 4-6 in the early campaign, while Yale will improve to 3-10 to start the 2023-24 season. This is Quinnipiac's first loss against the Bulldogs since November 13^thof the 2019-20 season.

The two sides started out exchanging points and found themselves square at 10. Yale knocked down a two to take a 12-10 lead into the media timeout. It was much of the same out of the break before Yale pulled away to take a 19-14 lead into the second quarter. Bri Bowen led the Bobcats with five points after the first ten minutes of action.

Bri for 3⃣#Foundation🔨 pic.twitter.com/cnClurVuMa
— Quinnipiac Women's Basketball (@QU_WBB) December 30, 2023

The second quarter was all Bulldogs as they established a 15-point advantage at the half. Ava Sollenne knocked down two threes, including her first collegiate bucket.

A closer look at Ava's first collegiate basket!!

She's 2-2 from beyond the arc through the first half! #Foundation🔨 pic.twitter.com/rBtXWv1aaj
— Quinnipiac Women's Basketball (@QU_WBB) December 30, 2023

Yale never looked back as they held the Bobcats to just ten points in the third quarter and had a 19-point lead heading into the final quarter of play.

In the final quarter, the Bulldogs continued to pull away as they outscored the Bobcats 18-13 in the final ten minutes to take home the win.

NUMBERS AND NOTES

Karson Martin had another game where she scored double-digit points as she dropped ten points.
Martin added four rebounds and two assists.
Bri Bowen scored a season high 10 points and was 2-2 from beyond the arc.
Bowen recorded two steals and two rebounds.
Grace LaBarge tied her season high with seven rebounds and two blocks.
LaBarge added ten points in the losing effort.
Ava Sollenne saw her first game action of the season and recorded a career high nine points. Sollenne was 3-5 from beyond the arc.
Ella O'Donnell tied the team high with seven rebounds in the loss.

NEXT TIME OUT

The Bobcats will be back in action on Thursday, Jan. 4, when the Bobcats play host to the St. Peter's Peacocks.
Tip-off from M&T Bank Arena is set for 11 a.m.

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