Yale visits Merkle and Penn State

Yale Bulldogs (1-6) at Penn State Lady Lions (5-1)

University Park, Pennsylvania; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Penn State hosts Yale after Gracie Merkle scored 26 points in Penn State’s 83-67 win against the San Diego State Aztecs.

The Lady Lions have gone 3-0 in home games. Penn State ranks third in the Big Ten with 20.5 assists per game led by Kiyomi McMiller averaging 5.7.

The Bulldogs are 1-2 on the road. Yale has a 0-5 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

Penn State averages 7.8 made 3-pointers per game, 1.5 more made shots than the 6.3 per game Yale allows. Yale averages 4.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.3 fewer made shots on average than the 8.7 per game Penn State gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Merkle is scoring 23.8 points per game and averaging 9.0 rebounds for the Lady Lions. Moriah Murray is averaging 3.2 made 3-pointers.

Ciniya Moore is scoring 16.0 points per game and averaging 2.6 rebounds for the Bulldogs. Luisa Vydrova is averaging 10.3 points and 6.7 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.