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1st |
2nd |
Final |
| Sacred Heart (0-1) |
36 |
35 |
71 |
| Yale (1-0) |
35 |
47 |
82 |
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| Lee Amphitheater – New Haven, CT |
Boxscore |
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| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
Yale was clinging to a two-point lead in a back-and-forth game when Ross Morin put the Bulldogs up four. After the two teams traded several scoreless possessions, Caleb Holmes’s outlet pass found Travis Pinick for a fastbreak layup. Pinick returned the favor, feeding Caleb Holmes for a layup in the next possession to make it 53-45. Following a Pinick free throw, Eric Flato came up with a steal and created a layup for Pinick to give the Bulldogs a double-digit lead. Two Caleb Holmes free throws capped off an 11-0 run that gave Yale a 58-45 advantage.
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| Key sign it was over |
Corey Hassan’s three-pointer brought Sacred Heart to within seven with 1:13 left, but Drew Shubik fouled Alex Zampier, who drained both free throws. Shubik couldn’t find the range on a three, and Zampier hit one of two at the line. Following a Pioneer turnover, Caleb Holmes missed his first free throw, but hit the second. Sacred Heart’s Ryon Howard couldn’t finish inside, and this time Caleb Holmes was perfect on two free throws to put things out of reach with a 13-point margin and just 37 ticks left.
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| Key performance |
Matt Kyle looked very impressive, notching career highs in points with 22 and rebounds with 10. He shot a very efficient 11 of 16 from the field and played a great all-around game with four blocks and three assists in 29 minutes.
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| Key statistic |
Yale’s defense clamped down after halftime, holding Sacred Heart to 12-for-42 shooting (28.6 percent) — including just 2 of 14 (14.3 percent) from three-point range. At the offensive end, the Bulldogs shot an even 50.0 percent from the field during the second half en route to 47 points.
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| Notes
– Caleb Holmes scored 15 for Yale, and Flato chipped in with 14.
– Howard led Sacred Heart with 15 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.
– Yale committed 12 turnovers in the first half, but fixed things at halftime, reducing that number to five in the second half.
– James Jones started senior twins Caleb and Nick Holmes on the wing and went with a nine-man rotation. Two freshmen got their first exposure to the college game, with Garrett Fiddler playing seven minutes and Porter Braswell coming on for the final 18 seconds of the first half.
– Yale begins on a very challenging early-season road trip when it heads north on Interstate 91 to face Massachusetts on Wednesday, November 14, at 8:00 pm ET.
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