Bulldogs Fall to Toledo, 78-61
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Yale
women’s basketball team had three players score in double
figures on Friday night at the Holiday Inn & Suites Express
Albuquerque Midtown Thanksgiving Tournament, but the Bulldogs had
no answer for the red-hot shooting of Toledo, as they fell to the
Rockets by a score of 78-61. Toledo shot 61.2% (30-for-49) from the
floor and 60% (6-for-10) from three-point range in victory.
With the loss, Yale falls to 2-2 on the season, while the Rockets
improve to 4-2.
Senior Melissa Colborne and junior Yoyo Greenfield led the Bulldogs
offensively with 13 points apiece. Sophomore Michelle Cashen netted
11 points, and freshman Megan Vasquez fell just shy of double
figures with nine points. As a team, Yale shot 34.5% (19-for-55)
from the field and 17.6% (3-for-17) from beyond the three-point
arc.
Yale outrebounded the Rockets, 37-32, led by a career-best eight
boards from freshman Allie Messimier The Bulldogs defensive effort
was fronted by five steals by Cashen and two blocks from senior
captain Ashley Carter. The Yale defense forced 30 Rockets’
turnovers, but the Bulldogs’ offense committed 31 of its own
miscues.
Toledo was led by a game-high 14 points off the bench from Courtney
Ingersoll and 12 points by Tanika Mays. Jessica Williams and Clare
Aubry both netted 11 points off the bench, as the Rockets’
reserves netted 46 of the team’s 78 points.
After a back-and-forth affair over the opening minutes led to a
12-11 Rockets’ advantage, Toledo made the first run of the
contest with a 13-1 spurt to grab a commanding 25-12 lead with 6:30
remaining in the first half. Yale would responded with an 11-0 run
shortly before halftime, led by five points from Greenfield, to
reclaim a lead at 29-28, but the Rockets controlled the final two
minutes of the half to enter the intermission with a four-point
edge, 35-31.
The Bulldogs cut the lead to two points early in the second half,
but Toledo responded with a 7-0 run to claim a more comfortable
43-34 lead with 15 minutes remaining in the contest. Yale continued
to hang tough with the Rockets, but could not piece together a run,
as Toledo kept its lead between seven and 12 points for much of the
second half. The Rockets would knock down three three-pointers in
the final four minutes to put the game away, closing out a 78-61
win.
The Bulldogs return to the court tomorrow at 7 p.m. (EST) to close
out the Holiday Inn & Suites Express Midtown Thanksgiving
Tournament in the consolation game. Yale will challenge the loser
of the contest between North Carolina A&T and the host New
Mexico Lobos currently in progress.
report filed by Drew M. Kingsley, Yale Sports Publicity