FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University Women's Basketball team led the game for 23-straight minutes but Yale was able to rally in the final two minutes of the game, ending the contest on an 11-0 run as the Stags dropped a 71-64 game to the Bulldogs.
Lou Lopez-Senechal led the Stags for the second-straight game as she dropped a game-high 27 points after setting her career-high with 29 in her last outing.
The Stags took their first lead of the game during a high scoring second quarter that saw the Stags net 30 points while hitting 11 of their 14 shots and six of eight from deep. The 30 points was the most scored in a quarter this season for the Stags.
The quarter was highlighted by a 16-2 run that saw the Stags erase a nine point deficit and turn it into an eight point lead. That run was generated by the 3-point shooting of Fairfield as they connected on five long range jumpers in the five minute span.
Sam Lewis led the charge as she went 3-for-3 from deep during that span. Lopez-Senechal tallied a team-high 12 points in the second quarter including two 3-pointers during the 16-2 run.
Fairfield would extend their advantage to 10 with a
Sydney Lowery 3-pointer one minute into the third quarter, setting their biggest lead of the game.
That lead would be cut to three in the closing minutes of the third quarter on a Camilla Emsbo 3-point play. Emsbo was the focal point in Yale's offense, finishing with a team-high 26 points.
Fairfield would hold that lead until the two minute mark of the game on a Lopez-Senechal driving layup that put the score at 64-60.
Yale would score the game's final 11 points with Emsbo tying the game with a layup but missing the ensuing free throw. Yale was able to collect the offensive rebound leading to another Emsbo jumper, giving the Bulldogs the lead.
Off her career-high performance at Navy, Lopez-Senechal finished with a game-high 27 points, going 10-for-17 from the field and 3-for-6 from long range.
Lewis was the only other Stag in double figures with 15 points on five made 3-pointers.
Fairfield will next take the court on Wednesday, Dec., 1 traveling to UMass to take on the Minutewomen at 7pm.
