BROOKLYN, N.Y. – The LIU Brooklyn women's basketball team fell to Yale in the Steinberg Wellness Center, 75-44, Thursday night. With the loss, the Blackbirds move to 0-6 on the season, while Yale improves to 6-2. Senior Brianna Farris led LIU with ten points.

The Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter, scoring eight points before the Blackbirds would get on the board, and led wire-to-wire. Freshman Gabrielle Caponegro hit back-to-back jump shots to get LIU on the board, and cut the lead to 8-4 at 5:52. Freshman Aja Boyd would hit a layup in the last 30 seconds of the quarter, and Yale led, 18-11.

A 9-2 run for the Bulldogs in the second quarter widened the gap to 16 points, the biggest lead of the game thus far, 32-16 with 4:32 to play. Redshirt sophomore Drew Winter hit a jumper 10 seconds later to help put a dent in the gap, but the visiting team took a 15-point lead into the break, 35-20.

Yale's scoring sprees continued into the second half. The Bulldogs opened the third quarter on an 11-5 run, going 5-for-6 from the field. Freshman Victoria Powell would break the spree with a layup at 5:58, but two turnovers over the next two minutes were converting to six points for the visitors, and Yale widened the lead to 52-27 with 3:24 to play in quarter three.

As the third quarter ended, and the fourth started, LIU began to make some headway, going on a run of its own. Senior Brianna Farris scored eight straight points, including back-to-back three pointers, as a part of a 10-3 run that would cut the lead to 57-39 at the 7:52 mark. But another Yale run in the final three minutes of action, this time consisting of nine unanswered points, put the Bulldogs up, 75-43, en route to a 75-44 win just one minute later.

NOTES FROM THE NEST

• LIU struggled with shooting, with a 26.8 percent average as a team, including 22.2 percent from three-point range.
• The Bulldogs outscored LIU in the paint, 28-16, and out-rebounded the Blackbirds, 37-26.
• Yale had four players score in double digits, led by Jen Berkowitz with 16 points.
• Senior Brianna Farris led LIU with 10 points, including shooting 2-for-3 from behind the arc.
• Freshman Victoria Powell added eight points, while senior Shanovia Dove had seven points and five rebounds. Freshman Aja Boyd led LIU with six rebounds.
• Up next, the Blackbirds host Stony Brook in the Steinberg Wellness Center, Sunday, December 4 at 2 p.m.