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1st |
2nd |
Final |
| Longwood (6-12) |
25 |
37 |
62 |
| Yale (4-9) |
37 |
37 |
74 |
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| Lee Amphitheater – New Haven, CT |
Boxscore |
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| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
Longwood crawled back to within six on a Lamar Barrett jumper with 9:06 left, but Matt Kyle grabbed an offensive rebound and dunked it home. A technical foul then was assessed to the Longwood bench, and Nick Holmes hit both free throws to push the margin back to double digits. The Lancers twice rebounded their own misses and eventually got two Danny Wilson free throws, only to see Caleb Holmes hit a three-pointer at the other end. Casey Hughes then came up with a steal and fed Caleb Holmes, who was fouled and hit one of two at the line to put Yale up 59-47 at the 7:27 mark.
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| Key sign it was over |
Yale’s lead was nine after a Clayton Morgan layup inside of two minutes left. Nick Holmes hit his first free throw and missed the second, but Ross Morin grabbed the offensive board and went 1-for-2 at the line. After Husein Pistoljevic hit one of two free throws, Eric Flato and Caleb Holmes both had perfect trips to the line, with a Morgan missed three-pointer in between, leaving Yale with a 14-point lead with under a minute left.
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| Key performance |
Morin had a great afternoon for Yale with a double-double, scoring 11 points on 5-of-9 shooting and grabbing 14 boards — including six at the offensive end. The sophomore big man also contributed four assists, two steals, and a block in 27 turnover-free minutes.
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| Key statistic |
The Bulldogs dominated on the boards, grabbing 18 of 44 (40.9 percent) of rebounds at their offensive end, while holding the Lancers to just 19.4 percent. Consequently, Yale held a 21-12 edge in second-chance points.
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| Notes
– Flato and Caleb Holmes tied for high-scoring honors with 14 points each, while Nick Holmes came off the bench to score 11 points in 18 minutes.
– Maurice Sumpter led the way for Longwood with 13 points.
– Yale was just 14 of 27 (51.0 percent) from the free throw line on the afternoon.
– Sam Kaplan saw his first action since December 9, playing 18 reserve minutes and scoring four points.
– Turnovers were relatively even (14 for Longwood, 12 for Yale), but the Bulldogs scored 16 points off of turnovers, compared to eight for the Lancers.
– Yale wraps up the non-league season 4-9 and will open Ivy play at Brown (5-9) on Saturday, January 13 at 7:00 pm ET.
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