PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team clashed with Yale on Saturday night to wrap up an Ivy League weekend in The Palestra, slipping in overtime, 74-68.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Junior Stina Almqvist led all Penn scorers with 20 points on 7-for-19 shooting. She narrowly missed a double-double with a team-high nine rebounds, while also tallying team highs in assists (3) and steals (4).
 
*Freshman Mataya Gayle knocked in 18 points including four buckets from beyond the arc.
 
*Fresh off a 20-point performance that involved her 1,000-career point on Friday night, senior captain Jordan Obi responded on Saturday with 17 points, seven rebounds, and two blocks. Her two blocks shift her into sole possession of the top spot in the Ivy League as the only player to have reached 30 so far this season.
 
*Junior Lizzy Groetsch chipped in nine points on a consistent 4-for-5 from the floor, while pulling in six boards.
 
*The Quakers went 13-for-15 at the line; Yale went 13-for-23.
 
*The game had seven lead changes and five ties. Penn led for 37:20, and Yale for 4:16.
 
How It Happened
Penn jumped on the Bulldogs early in the game, hitting a double-digit lead of 10 before the end of the first quarter when Gayle drilled a jumper to make it 20-10.
 
By the first bucket of the second quarter, a driving layup by Almqvist, the Quakers had reached their largest lead of the game, 24-13. However, Yale chipped away at its deficit before the half, as Penn carried a 35-33 advantage to the locker room.
 
A tight battle on the restart saw the Bulldogs take their first lead of the game by the 7:29 mark of the third, 39-38. From there the lead swayed five more times with neither team reaching more than a five-point advantage.
 
Down the stretch of the final quarter of regulation, Gayle knocked in her fourth three of the game to push Penn ahead by five with 1:58 remaining. However, Yale answered with a layup and a buzzer-beater three to send the game to overtime.
 
A pair of free throws by Obi to open the extra period gave the Quakers their only lead of overtime. Back-to-back baskets by Yale's Jenna Clark put the Bulldogs out front the rest of the way to secure the final decision.
 
Up Next
The Quakers will take the week to prepare for another Ivy League bout in The Palestra next weekend, hosting No. 25 Princeton on Saturday at 2 p.m.