Women’s Basketball Ends 2024 at Yale on Sunday

Sunday, December 29

New Haven, CT

2 PM

Boston University

Yale

Photo of women's basketball sophomore Ines Monteagudo playing defense at Case Gym.

Photo by: Erin Bush

Women’s Basketball Ends 2024 at Yale on Sunday

December 27, 2024 | Women's Basketball

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BOSTON – To wrap the 2024 calendar year and conclude non-conference play, the Boston University women's basketball program visits Yale on Sunday (Dec. 29). Opening tip is set for 2 p.m.

With a win, BU (5-5) would clinch its second consecutive season with a winning non-conference record. That last occurred in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons. Last season, BU went 8-3 outside of league play.

Yale (1-11) plays just its second home game since Nov. 24 and first since Dec. 4. The Bulldogs' lone home victory took place on Nov. 4, its season opener.

Sunday's game airs on ESPN+ beginning at the top of the hour. Yale Athletics will provide live statistics and an international stream.

TERRIER TIDBITS

The Terriers dropped an 86-26 contest to Harvard back on Dec. 21 across the Mass Pike.
BU, which was down multiple starters, shot just 23.8 percent from the field despite forcing the Crimson, who were receiving AP Top 25 votes, to shoot under 16 percent from three.
In the win, senior Alex Giannaros became the 20th Terrier in program history to score 1,100 career points.
She is eight field goals away from 400 in her career.
With a win, the Terriers would also generate at least one win against five of the six different conferences it has faced so far this year.
Sophomore Inés Monteagudo Pardo drew the start against the Crimson and led BU in scoring for the first time in her career.
In total, five different Terriers have led BU in scoring in a game this year. Giannaros leads the team with five performances, while freshman Allison Schwertner has four.
Entering the weekend, BU is one of seven Patriot League teams that has a .500 or higher winning percentage in non-conference play.
Overall, the Patriot League's non-conference record as of Dec. 27 is a combined 57-49.

SCOUTING YALE

Since a season-opening, 64-61 win over Monmouth on Nov. 4, the Bulldogs have lost 11 games in a row.
Yale last played on Dec. 9, a 20-game span.
Mackenzie Egger is the lone Bulldog scoring in double figures at 15.2 points per game while racking up 9.6 rebounds per contest.
Yale was projected to finish sixth in the Ivy League preseason poll.
Last season, the Bulldogs recorded a 8-19 record, going 5-9 against Ivy League foes.

SERIES HISTORY

Sunday marks the 19th all-time meeting between BU and Yale in a series that began in 1981.
The Terriers sport a 12-6 edge in the rivalry, though the Bulldogs have won four of the previous five contests.
On the road, BU is 4-3 against Yale, last winning on Dec. 11, 2011, 59-54.
This will be the fourth straight year the programs face off against one another.
BU won last year's matchup, 60-53. Caitlin Weimar dropped 22 points and 12 rebounds, while Giannaros collected 12 points.

LOOKING AHEAD