Women’s Basketball Completes Yale Series with Saturday Road Matchup

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University women's basketball completes its regular season series with Yale University as the Bears travel to the Bulldogs' Lee Amphitheater for a matchup on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 2:00 p.m. (ESPN3, WPRV-AM 790), coming off an 86-71 victory in the two teams' first meeting.

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SHAYNA SNAGS IVY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors on Jan. 21 after posting a career-high 37 points and a career-high eight steals in the Bears' win over Yale on Jan. 18. Mehta's 37 points and eight steals led Brown to an 86-71 win over Yale in its Ivy League opener. Mehta scored her 37 points on 10-of-19 field goals, 3-of-6 3-pointers, and 14-of-15 free throws. She netted over 30 points for the fourth time in her career, the second time this season, and for the first time against an Ivy League opponent. Her 37 points tied for the third-most in a single game and were the second-most in an Ivy League game in program history. With eight steals, she came within one steal of tying the program's single-game record.

TOP-10 ABILITY
Brown has placed a student-athlete in the top 10 in program history in several major categories, including points, rebounds, steals, blocks, 3-pointers made, and field goals made along with senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) nearing the top 10 in assists. Mehta ranks in the top 10 in points (fourth, 1,595), 3-pointers (first, 236), field goals (fifth, 583), steals (seventh, 216), and just outside the top 10 in assists (260). Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) stands seventh in rebounds (733), fifth in 3-pointers (126), and ninth in blocks (58). Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) sits seventh in 3-pointers (122), and senior forward Mary Butler (Bangor, Maine) ranks eighth in blocks (78).

APPROACHING TRIPLE-DOUBLES
Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) and senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) both came within one assist of triple-doubles in the Bears' 109-102 (2OT) setback at Northern Illinois (Dec. 31). Steeves posted 22 points, 14 rebounds, and nine assists while Mehta tallied 25 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists. Earlier this year, Mehta registered 14 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists in a 102-96 (OT) setback at Maine (Dec. 8). According to the NCAA record book, two student-athletes have never had triple-doubles in the same game and there have been only three triple-doubles in Ivy League history.

STEEVES SCORES AND BOARDS
During Brown's trip to the state of Illinois, senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) became the seventh student-athlete in program history to score over 1,000 career points and corral over 700 career rebounds. She currently has 1,076 career points – ranking 16^th all-time at Brown – alongside 733 career rebounds – seventh all-time at Brown. Steeves also stands fifth in program history with 126 career made 3-pointers.

REACHING TRIPLE DIGITS
Brown tied a program record for points against a Division I opponent with 102 points in its 109-102 (2OT) setback at Northern Illinois (Dec. 31). As a team, the Bears broke the 100-point barrier for the fourth time in program history and for the second time against a Division I opponent – all four occurrences have come during the Class of 2019's tenure at Brown. Brown scored over 100 points against a Division I team for the first time in school history in its 102-77 win over Sacred Heart on Dec. 6, 2017. Brown crossed the century mark for the first time in a 114-28 win over Division III Mount Ida on Nov. 19, 2015 and reached the plateau in a 100-79 win over Johnson & Wales on Jan. 5, 2018. The Bears' previous scoring high against a Division I opponent came in a 98-88 win over Princeton on Jan. 13, 2017.

SHAYNA SETS 3-POINT RECORD
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) set Brown's career 3-pointers made record with a pair of triples at Maine (Dec. 8). She broke a tie with Sophie Bikofsky '15 who made 222 treys in her career. Mehta took sole possession of first place in program history with a 3-pointer at the 5:03 mark of the fourth quarter against the Black Bears. Against Maine, Mehta also broke the 1,500-point barrier for her career, becoming the fourth student-athlete in program history to score 1,500 or more points. She currently has 1,595 career points – fourth all-time at Brown – and 236 career 3-pointers made.

3K TEAMMATES
For the first time in program history, the Bears carry three active 1,000-point scorers on the same team in senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.), junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.), and senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec). It marks just the third time in Ivy League history that a team has three contemporaneous 1,000-point scorers. Mehta (1,595 points), Gaziano (1,181 points), and Steeves (1,076 points) stand as the only three active career 1,000-point scorers in the Ivy League. They represent the sixth group of teammates in program history to play contemporaneously as 1,000-point scorers. The trio is the first to accomplish the feat since Sarah Hayes '06 and Colleen Kelly '06 played together as 1,000-point scorers in the 2005-06 season. Mehta, Gaziano, and Steeves all hit the 1,000-point mark in a 364-day span. Mehta scored her 1,000^th point on Dec. 10, 2017, Gaziano hit the mark on Nov. 25, 2018, and Steeves broke the barrier on Dec. 8, 2018.

CLASSMATES AT 1000 LEVEL
As fellow members of the Class of 2019, senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) and senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) represent the third pair of classmates in program history to eclipse the 1,000-point barrier. The Bears' other pairs of classmates to score 1,000 points apiece include Sarah Hayes and Colleen Kelly – both of the Class of 2006 – and Christa Champion and Michelle Smith – both of the Class of 1986.

STEEVES JOINS 1000-POINT CLUB
Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) became the 22^nd member of the Bears' 1,000-point club after scoring a season-high 30 points at Maine (Dec. 8). She scored her 1,000^th career point on a layup with 2:03 left in the second quarter against the Black Bears. Steeves scored her 1,000^th career point in her 96^th career game.

HIGHEST SCORING CLASS
Brown's Class of 2019 ranks as the highest-scoring class in program history with 3,893 points. The Bears' seniors surpassed the previous mark of 3,454 points from the Class of 1999. The class is the fifth group in program history to eclipse 3,000 career points as a class. The group entered the year with 3,130 points, already ranking third in program history. The Class of 1986 (3,168 points), Class of 2006 (3,029), and Class of 2004 (3,020) round out the top five scoring classes in program history. (N.B. The Class of 2019's point total includes 38 points from Melissa Health '19.)

STEEVES WINS IVY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors on Dec. 10 after posting a double-double on 30 points and 12 rebounds and scoring her 1,000^th career point at Maine (Dec. 8). Steeves posted her third double-double of the season and the 18^th of her career. She connected on 11-of-15 field goals and 7-of-9 3-pointers, tying for the third-most 3-pointers in a single game in program history. Steeves scored 30 or more points in a game for the third time in her career and hit five or more 3-pointers in a contest for the fourth time in her career.

GAZIANO GAINS IVY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) gained Ivy League Player of the Week honors on Dec. 3 after leading all scorers at the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament with 30.0 points per game. Gaziano tallied 24.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game on the week, while shooting 54.7 percent from the floor and 47.4 percent from 3-point distance. At the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament, she connected on 55 percent of her field goal attempts and 60 percent of her 3-point attempts. An All-Tournament Team selection, Gaziano scored a career-high 35 points in an 84-68 win over Bryant, making 13-of-18 field goals and 5-of-5 3-pointers. Against Bryant, she scored over 30 points in game for the first time this season and the fourth time in her career. Her 35 points tied for the fifth-most in a single game in school history.

OCEAN STATE TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT
At the 2018 Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament, junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) and senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) both earned All-Tournament Team honors. Gaziano led the tournament in scoring for the second straight year with 30.0 points per game while Mehta averaged 14.5 points and 8.0 assists per game on the weekend. Brown won the team title at the event in both 2016 and 2017 with Gaziano earning Tournament MVP honors in 2017. The members of Brown's senior class finished their careers 13-3 against Rhode Island teams, 9-3 vs. Division I teams from the Ocean State, and 5-1 at the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament.

GAZIANO'S CAREER DAY
Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) scored a career-high 35 points, hitting 13-of-18 field goals and 5-of-5 3-pointers to lead Brown to an 84-68 win over Bryant in the semifinals of the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament on Dec. 1. Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) set career highs for points (35) and field goals made (13) while making 5-of-5 shots from 3-point distance for the third time in her career. She scored 23 points in the first half, making 9-of-13 field goals, 3-of-3 treys, and 2-of-2 free throws. She scored over 30 points in a game for the first time this season and the fourth time in her career. Her 35 points tied for the fifth-most in a single game in school history. She made 10 or more field goals in a game for the second time this year and seventh time in her career and made four or more 3-pointers for the second time this year and ninth time in her career.

GAZIANO GOES OVER 1,000
Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) scored her 1,000^th career point against Bucknell (Nov. 25). She became the 21^st 1,000-point scorer in program history and the sixth Bear to score 1,000 points prior to her senior year. She scored her 1,000^th point in her 58^th career game and netted her 1,000^th career point at the 7:05 mark of the second quarter. She became the first Bear to score her 1,000^th career point at the Pizzitola Sports Center since Jordin Alexander '16 hit the mark against Columbia on Mar. 4, 2016. For the second straight year, a Bear scored her 1,000^th career point against a Patriot League opponent. Last season, senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) netted her 1,000^th career point at Colgate on Dec. 10, 2017.

NCAA PERSPECTIVE
Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) ranks 46^th in the nation in points per game (18.8), and 40^th in field goals made (122). Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) stands 13^th in steals (57), 46^th in assists (87), and 37^th in field goal attempts (281). As a team, Brown ranks 44^th in points per game (75.2), 47^th in steals per game (10.4), and 43^rd in 3-pointers made per game (8.1). Among NCAA active career leaders, Mehta ranks 38^th in points (1,595) while Gaziano sits 15^th in points per game (17.6) among active 1,000-point scorers.

FROM DOWNTOWN
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) scored a then career-high 34 points on 12-of-20 field goals and 6-of-9 3-pointers at Holy Cross (Nov. 18). She scored over 30 points for the third time in her career and went over 20 points for the 24^th time. She tied her career high with 12 field goals made and connected on five or more 3-pointers in a game for the 14^th time in her career. Earlier in November, she became the third student-athlete in program history and 11^th student-athlete in Ivy League history to make 200 career 3-pointers with a pair of triples at Boston University (Nov. 12).

TRIPLE TRIO
Of the nine student-athletes in program history who have made 100 or more career 3-pointers, three of them are active players on this year's team. Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) leads the group with 236 career made 3-pointers – first all-time at Brown – while senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) and junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) have made 126 and 122 career triples respectively, ranking fifth and seventh all-time at Brown.

RECORDS WATCH
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) continues to make her way up the charts in the Brown record book. Mehta currently ranks first at Brown in career 3-pointers made (236), fourth in career points (1,595), fifth in career field goals made (583), and seventh in career steals (216). She stands sixth in Ivy League history in 3-pointers made. Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) stands 13^th at Brown in career points (1,181) and seventh in career 3-pointers (122) while senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) sits fifth in 3-pointers (126), 16^th in career points (1,076), and seventh in career rebounds (733).

TURKEY TIP-OFF
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) earned All-Tournament Team honors at the 2018 Brown University Turkey Tip-Off. She led the tournament in points per game (22.0), field goals made per game (8.7), assists per game (4.3), steals per game (3.7), and minutes per game (37.7). In the Bears' finale at the event, Mehta scored 29 points – connecting on 12-of-22 field goals and a trio of 3-pointers – and added six steals and six rebounds against Bucknell (Nov. 25).

FAB FOUR
The four members of Brown's senior class – Mary Butler (Bangor, Maine), Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.), Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec), and Taylor Will (Arlington Heights, Ill.) – have combined for 382 games played, 290 games started, 3,855 points, 1,403 field goals made, 434 3-pointers made, 615 free throws made, 1,828 rebounds, 731 assists, 486 steals, 160 blocks, and 10,155 minutes played over their careers.

FOUR OF A KIND WITH AN ACE
Over the course of their careers, the quintet of seniors Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.), Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec), Taylor Will (Arlington Heights, Ill.), and Mary Butler (Bangor, Maine) and junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) has combined for 444 games played, 350 games started, 5,036 points, 1,818 field goals made, 556 3-pointers made, 828 free throws made, 2,072 rebounds, 817 assists, 540 steals, 178 blocks, and 12,429 minutes played. As a unit, the group has started 15 of 17 games this season and has made 26 starts together all-time.

PERIMETER DUO
Brown carries two of the Ivy League's top three scorers in senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) and junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.). Gaziano ranks second in the Ivy League in points per game (18.8) while Mehta stands third in the conference with 17.9 points per game. Combined, the pair has accounted for 142 career double-figure scoring games and 53 games with 20 or more points. This season they have combined for 31 double-figure scoring games and 12 games with 20 or more points. Last season, the duo combined for 22 20-point games, helping Brown post a 20-point scorer in 23 of 27 games, including six contests with two 20-point scorers.

MEHTA DATA
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) ranks third in the Ivy League in points per game (17.9), first in steals per game (3.4), second in assists per game (5.1), third in field goals made (109), third in 3-pointers made per game (2.4), and second in minutes per game (35.5). Mehta poured in a career-high 37 points on 10-fo-19 field goals, 3-of-6 3-pointers, and 14-of-15 free throws alongside a career-best eight steals in the Ivy opener vs. Yale (Jan. 18). Mehta came within one assist of a triple-double at Northern Illinois (Dec. 31) behind 25 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists. She approached a triple-double with 14 points, nine rebounds, and a career-high nine assists at Maine (Dec. 8). At the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament, she earned All-Tournament Team honors after averaging 14.5 points and 8.0 assists per game, setting a then career high with eight assists against both Bryant (Dec. 1) and URI (Dec. 2). Mehta scored a career-high 34 points, hitting 12-of-20 field goals and 6-of-9 3-pointers at Holy Cross (Nov. 18). At the Turkey Tip-Off, she scored 29 points on 12-of-22 shooting with six steals and six rebounds vs. Bucknell (Nov. 25), posted 19 points and six assists vs. Fairfield (Nov. 23), and netted 18 points vs. Massachusetts (Nov. 24). She averaged 25.0 points per game over a four-game span from Nov. 18-25. She opened the year with 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. CCSU (Nov. 6) for her eighth career double-double. Mehta netted 23 points with seven rebounds at Boston University (Nov. 12) and compiled 13 points and six rebounds vs. UNH (Nov. 15).

MEHTA NARRATIVE
Last season, senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) ranked second in the Ivy League in points per game (18.5), second in 3-pointers made per game (2.8), and third in steals per game (2.2). Last year in Ivy League play, she averaged 17.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. As a sophomore, she ranked third in the league with 15.7 points per game. For her career, she has scored in double figures 83 times, netted 20 or more points 27 times, eclipsed 30 points four times, and totaled nine double-doubles. She has scored in double figures in 16 of 17 games this year and in 37 of her last 39 outings. A 2017-18 Academic All-Ivy selection, she has earned Second Team All-Ivy accolades in each of the last two years and collected Ivy League All-Tournament Team honors in 2016-17. She unanimously won the Ivy League Rookie of the Year award in 2015-16. Mehta has played in 98 career games and made 92 career starts.

GAZIANO THE GO-TO
Junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) ranks second in the Ivy League in points per game (18.8), first in field goals made (122), fourth in field goal percentage (.482), eighth in 3-pointers per game (2.2), fifth in offensive rebounds per game (2.8), and fourth in minutes per game (35.1). Gaziano scored a career-high 35 points on 13-of-18 field goals and 5-of-5 3-pointers in the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament semifinals vs. Bryant (Dec. 1). An All-Tournament Team selection, she led all scorers at the Ocean State Tip-Off with 30.0 points per game after adding 25 points at URI (Dec. 2). Gaziano netted 29 points and hit a career-high six 3-pointers at Chicago State (Dec. 31). She posted her second career double-double with 29 points and 11 rebounds vs. UNH (Nov. 15) and notched her third career double-double with 14 points and 10 boards vs. JWU (Nov. 27). Gaziano netted 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting with six rebounds at Holy Cross (Nov. 18). She netted 21 points and scored her 1,000^th career point against Bucknell (Nov. 25). She opened the year with 27 points and eight rebounds vs. CCSU (Nov. 6) and netted 19 points vs. Yale (Jan. 18) in the Ivy opener.

GAZIANO OVER TIME
Last year, junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) ranked third in the Ivy League in points per game (17.9), first in free throw percentage (87.2), fifth in 3-pointers per game (1.9), and third in field goal percentage (48.6). In Ivy League play last winter, she scored 17.5 points per game, shot 49.4 percent from the field, and 44.6 percent from downtown. As a freshman, she ranked second in the league with 16.5 points per game. For her career, Gaziano has scored in double figures in each of 58 games, netted 20 or more points 26 times, and eclipsed 30 points four times. She has earned All-Ivy honors in each of her first two seasons, taking Second Team in 2016-17 and Honorable Mention in 2017-18.

WILL POWER
Senior guard Taylor Will (Arlington Heights, Ill.) has averaged 11.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, while ranking third in the Ivy League in steals per game (2.2) this season. Will has scored in double figures in 11 of her last 13 games played. She posted her first double-double of the year on 16 points and 10 rebounds in the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament semifinals vs. Bryant (Dec. 1). She netted 15 points and made a career-high four 3-pointers at Rutgers (Jan. 4) and posted 13 points and four assists in the Ivy opener vs. Yale (Jan. 18). Playing in her home state for the first time as a collegiate student-athlete, she scored 11 points at Chicago State (Dec. 30) and 10 points at Northern Illinois (Dec. 31). At the Turkey Tip-Off, she scored a season-high 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting vs. Bucknell (Nov. 25) and posted 12 points against both Fairfield (Nov. 23) and Massachusetts (Nov. 24). She netted 15 points with six rebounds at Holy Cross (Nov. 18). She notched 13 points and made 3-of-4 treys at Maine (Dec. 8). Will scored 12 points and hit 2-of-5 3-pointers vs. UNH (Nov. 15) after charting eight points and seven rebounds at Bryant (Nov. 8). She returned to the Brown lineup in the season opener vs. CCSU (Nov. 6) after missing the majority of last season due to a knee injury she sustained on Dec. 22, 2017. In the opener, she posted nine points and a career-high seven steals vs. CCSU (Nov. 6).

WILL'S WAY
Through Brown's first 11 games last year, senior guard Taylor Will (Arlington Heights, Ill.) ranked fifth in the Ivy League with 17.0 points per game, fifth in field goal percentage (48.3), fourth in assists per game (3.9), third in steals per game (2.6), and fourth in free throw percentage (77.6) before missing the remainder of the year due to injury. She scored in double figures in all 11 games in which she played last season and netted over 20 points in each of three games. For her career, she has scored in double figures 42 times and netted 20 or more points six times. She took a major step forward in her development from her freshman to her sophomore season pushing her scoring from 1.7 points per game as a rookie to 12.3 points per game as a sophomore – an increase of 10.6 points per game.

STEEVES ANCHORS FRONTCOURT
Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) has averaged 10.4 points per game while ranking ninth in the conference in rebounds per game (7.1) and fourth in defensive rebounds per game (5.7). Steeves came within one assist of a triple-double at Northern Illinois (Dec. 31), posting 22 points, 14 rebounds, and nine assists for her fourth double-double of the year. She scored a season-high 30 points on 11-of-15 field goals and 7-of-9 3-pointers at Maine (Dec. 8), capping her third double-double of the year with 12 rebounds. She totaled 11 points and eight rebounds in the Ivy opener vs. Yale (Jan. 18). Steeves posted her first double-double of the season on 14 points and 10 rebounds against Fairfield (Nov. 23) and notched her second double-double on 18 points and 15 boards vs. JWU (Nov. 27). She scored 14 points with eight rebounds vs. UNH (Nov. 15) and totaled 11 points and six assists at Chicago State (Dec. 30). She scored 11.1 points per game last season, while ranking second in the Ivy League in defensive rebounds per game (6.4) and seventh in rebounds per game (7.4). In Ivy play last year, she averaged 9.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. As a sophomore, she averaged 12.9 points and 8.4 rebounds per game. For her career, she has totaled 19 double-doubles, scored in double figures 53 times, eclipsed 20 points eight times, and netted 30 or more points three times. She has played in 101 career games with 87 career starts and earned a spot on the Ivy League All-Tournament Team in 2016-17.

BUTLER PASSES CENTURY MARK
Senior forward Mary Butler (Bangor, Maine) has played in all 102 games since the start of the 2015-16 season, the only Bear to do so. She has averaged 5.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 29.8 minutes per game – all career highs – this season. Butler ranks fourth in the Ivy League in blocks per game (1.3) and eighth all-time at Brown in career blocks (78). She posted her second career double-double on a career-high 17 points and 10 rebounds at Northern Illinois (Dec. 31). Butler scored 13 points on 4-of-7 field goals and 4-of-4 free throws at Maine (Dec. 8), playing in her home state for the first time as a collegiate student-athlete. She tallied eight rebounds, six points, and a career-high four blocks at URI (Dec. 2) and registered nine points, six boards, and three blocks at Adelphi (Jan. 2). She led the Turkey Tip-Off in blocks per game (1.7) and scored eight points vs. Fairfield (Nov. 23). She opened the year with eight rebounds, five points, and four assists vs. CCSU (Nov. 6) and totaled six points and six boards at Holy Cross (Nov. 18). Last winter she averaged 3.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 15.6 minutes per game for the season. In Ivy play a year ago, Butler posted 3.2 points and 3.6 rebounds per game in 16.6 minutes per contest. She adds to Brown's experience in the frontcourt and earned Ocean State Tip-Off All-Tournament Team honors as a sophomore.

GREEN AT THE FIVE
Junior Haley Green (Salem, Va.) has provided the Bears a presence at center, averaging 3.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 10.7 minutes per game on the year. She scored a career-high 15 points on 5-of-5 field goals and 5-of-7 free throws at Chicago State (Dec. 30) for her first collegiate game in double figures. Green made her first career start vs. JWU (Nov. 27) and posted eight points on 4-of-5 shooting with five rebounds. She snared a career-high nine boards vs. Bryant (Dec. 1), tallied six points and three rebounds at Boston University (Nov. 12), and grabbed five boards against both Holy Cross (Nov. 18) and Adelphi (Jan. 2).

BREEDLOVE LOCKDOWN
Freshman guard Traiva Breedlove (Rochester, N.Y.) has averaged 5.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 10.0 minutes per game off the bench. She dropped a career-high 15 points on 6-of-8 shooting with a career-best seven rebounds in 12 minutes at Adelphi (Jan. 2), converting a trio of 3-point plays against the Panthers. Breedlove scored 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting at Northern Illinois (Dec. 31) after tallying seven points, six rebounds, and three steals at Chicago State (Dec. 30). She posted 11 points and four assists at Maine (Dec. 8). She scored eight points vs. Fairfield (Nov. 23) and grabbed five rebounds at Holy Cross (Nov. 18).

BENZINGER ON THE BOARDS
Sophomore center Jenna Benzinger (Williamstown, Mass.) has played at least 13 minutes in each of the Bears' last two games. She scored six points in 17 minutes at Rutgers (Jan. 4) and grabbed three rebounds in 13 minutes vs. Yale (Jan. 18). For the year, she has averaged 1.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 7.6 minutes per game.

MULLIN FROM DISTANCE
Freshman guard Maddie Mullin (Wellesley, Mass.) came off the bench against Johnson & Wales (Nov. 27) and connected on 5-of-10 shots from behind the 3-point line, scoring 15 points for her first career game in double figures. She has averaged 1.9 points and 7.6 minutes per game on the year.

ON THE FAST BREAK
The Bears lead the Ivy League this winter in points per game (75.2) and steals per game (10.41) and rank second in 3-pointers made per game (8.1). Brown has scored 70 or more points in eight of its last 10 contests and has eclipsed 80 points six times on the year. As a team last year, Brown led the Ivy League in points per game (75.3), while ranking second in 3-point field goals made per game (8.1), defensive rebounds per game (29.1), and blocks per game (5.37). The Bears scored at least 70 points in 19 games and eclipsed 80 points 11 times.

PRESEASON PREDICTIONS
Brown was selected to finish fifth in the 2018-19 Ivy League Women's Basketball Preseason Media Poll. Defending league champion Princeton took the top spot in the poll with 14 first-place votes and 133 total points. Penn followed in second with two first-place votes and 107 total points while Harvard (one first-place vote, 104 points) and Yale (89 points) rounded out the top half of the poll. Brown (66), Dartmouth (55), Columbia (30), and Cornell (28) filled out the fifth through eighth slots, in order.

VETERAN FEEL
Brown returns 87 percent of its scoring and 76 percent of its rebounding from a season ago as the Bears bring back seven of their top eight scorers and six of their top seven rebounders from last season.

BACK-TO-BACK ALL-IVY HONOREES
Last winter guard Shayna Mehta '19 (San Francisco, Calif.) earned Second Team All-Ivy, and guard Justine Gaziano '20 (Natick, Mass.) gained Honorable Mention All-Ivy, becoming the first pair of Brown teammates to garner All-Ivy in back-to-back seasons since Sarah Hayes '06 and Holly Robertson '05 both collected All-Ivy accolades in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. Both Mehta and Gaziano earned Second Team All-Ivy in the 2016-17 season. At the end of the 2017-18 regular season, Mehta ranked second in the Ivy League in points per game (18.5), second in 3-pointers made per game (2.8), and third in steals per game (2.2) while Gaziano ranked third in the Ancient Eight in points per game (17.9), first in free throw percentage (.872), third in field goal percentage (.486), and fifth in 3-pointers per game (1.9).

THREE STRAIGHT WINNING SEASONS
After going 15-13 overall in 2015-16, 17-13 in 2016-17, and 15-12 in 2017-18, Brown posted three straight winning seasons for the first time since registering four straight seasons above .500 from 2002-06.

START YOUR ENGINES
Brown opened its 46^th season of women's basketball on Nov. 6, and the Bears have now registered a 20-26 record all-time in season openers. Brown has won its last five openers and six of its last seven season debuts. Beginning last year with a 12-1 record, Brown established its best start in program history through 13 games. At 10-1 through 11 games, the Bears began 2015-16 with their best start since 1973-74. Brown opened the 2015-16 season at 5-0 for the first time in school history before falling at Manhattan.

NON-CONFERENCE WINS
The Bears notched a 12-1 mark in non-conference contests in 2017-18, tying for the second-most non-conference wins in school history and giving the Bears double-digit non-league wins for the sixth time. In 2016-17, the team tallied a 10-6 non-conference record as Brown posted its fifth-most non-conference wins in program history. With a 12-2 mark in non-conference contests in 2015-16, Brown finished second in program history for non-conference victories in a season. The Bears went 13-2 in non-league games in 1974-75 and notched 11 such wins in 1973-74 and 1975-76.

MEHTA ECLIPSES 1,000 POINTS
Senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) became the 20^th 1,000-point scorer in program history and the fifth student-athlete in program history to score 1,000 points before her senior year with a 28-point effort at Colgate on Dec. 10, 2017. She netted her 1,000^th point on a corner 3-pointer with 6:14 to play against the Raiders. She became the program's first 1,000-point scorer since Jordin Alexander '16, and the program's first player to score 1,000 points before her senior year since Vita Redding '99.

MEHTA ON THE MARK
Guard Shayna Mehta '19 (San Francisco, Calif.) scored a then career-high 33 points and set a single-game program record with nine made 3-pointers in the Bears' game against No. 20 California on Nov. 19, 2017. Mehta hit 9-of-15 shots from 3-point distance and earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors on Nov. 20. She came within one 3-pointer of tying the Ivy League record for made 3-pointers in a single game and posted her second career game with 30 or more points.

HISTORY MADE BEYOND THE ARC
Against No. 20 California on Nov. 19, 2017, Brown set single-game program records for 3-pointers made (16) and 3-pointers attempted (41), shooting 39.0 percent from distance in the contest. In the first quarter alone, the Bears connected on 7-of-17 shots (41.2 percent) from behind the arc.

DOMINIQUE DISTRIBUTES
Sophomore guard Dominique Leonidas (Stone Mountain, Ga.) stepped up her level of play during Ivy League competition last year as she posted 5.9 points, 2.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 20.0 minutes per game. Overall for her rookie season, she averaged 17.6 minutes, 4.1 points, 2.5 assists, and 2.2 rebounds per game. During a three-game span from Feb. 10-17, Leonidas tallied 15.3 points per game and shot 63.3 percent (19-of-30) from the floor.

NON-LEAGUE WINNING STREAK
During non-league play last winter, Brown went on a 10-game winning streak from Nov. 24 to Jan. 5, marking the second double-digit win streak in program history. The Bears posted one other double-digit win streak during a school-record 13-game stretch from Jan. 23 to Mar. 5 during the 1992-93 season.

STEEVES SCORES SECOND-MOST POINTS
Forward Erika Steeves '19 (Montreal, Quebec) scored 38 points – the second-highest single-game total in school history – in Brown's 100-79 win over Johnson & Wales on Jan. 5, 2018. She netted 8-of-10 shots from 3-point distance, marking the second-most made 3-pointers in a game in program history. Her 14 made field goals tied for the fourth most in a contest in the Brown record book. Her 38-point effort helped the Bears score 100 or more points for the second time on the season and for the third time in program history.

SUMMER WELL SPENT
During the summer of 2018, junior guard Justine Gaziano (Natick, Mass.) spent 30 days in Samoa through a Brown University Royce Sport and Society Fellowship. During her time in Samoa, Gaziano explored the athletic experiences of a select group of high performing female athletes with an emphasis on how sociocultural attitudes towards female athletes have impacted their experiences. Also this past summer, sophomores McKenna Dale (Storrs, Conn.) and Dominique Leonidas (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and assistant coach Sara Binkhorst volunteered in Kenya with the non-profit Play BOLD, assisting with sport clinics, classroom education, and infrastructural projects. In the summer of 2017, senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) spent 23 days traveling through China, studying the market for amateur and professional basketball there through a Royce Fellowship for Sport and Society while during that same summer senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) spent 18 days in Chennai, India with Crossover Basketball and Scholars Academy, using basketball as a vehicle to impact the education rates of marginalized communities there.

THE SPLASH SISTERS
The Bears feature the first pair of Indian American sisters to play NCAA Division I basketball for the same team in senior guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) and freshman guard Nina Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.). The sisters have their own Instagram account – brownsplashsisters – in homage the "Splash Brothers" duo of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson from the Mehtas' hometown NBA team, the Golden State Warriors.

STEEVES EARNS COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT AGAIN
Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) has gained CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District accolades in each of the last two seasons as a sophomore and junior. In order to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors, a student-athlete must participate as a starter or an important reserve, have reached sophomore academic standing, and maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average.

BEARS SIGN ELLIE LEO THROUGH TEAM IMPACT
Brown officially signed Ellie Leo, then a 12-year-old, seventh grade student from Norton, Mass., to its roster through a Team IMPACT Cystic Fibrosis Project "Draft Day" Sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals on Nov. 30, 2017. As part of a ceremony in the Pizzitola Sports Center's Joukowsky Room, Ellie – a high honors student who loves gymnastics, basketball, and art – signed an official Letter of Intent before her family and friends and received an authentic team jersey from the Bears.

STEEVES NORTH OF THE BORDER
Senior forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec) took part in a pair of camps with Canada Basketball's Women's National Team in the summer of 2017. Steeves competed in the program's Assessment Camp from May 12-22 in Edmonton, Alberta and in the organization's Development Team Tryouts from July 29 to August 8 in Toronto, Ontario.

THE CAPTAINS
The four members of Brown's senior class – forward Mary Butler (Bangor, Maine), guard Shayna Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.), forward Erika Steeves (Montreal, Quebec), and guard Taylor Will (Arlington Heights, Ill.) will serve the Bears as captains during the 2018-19 season. Steeves returns for her second year as a captain for the Bears.

CLASS OF 2022
Brown welcomes six freshmen to its roster for the upcoming season in a Class of 2022 that includes forward/center Elle Baker (Scottsdale, Ariz.), guard Traiva Breedlove (Rochester, N.Y.), forward Ashley Ducharme (Milton, Mass.), guard/forward Alana Kelley (Phoeniz, Ariz.), guard Nina Mehta (San Francisco, Calif.) – senior guard Shayna Mehta's younger sister – and guard Maddie Mullin (Wellesley, Mass.).

STAFF CHANGES
Brown head coach Sarah Behn has brought three new staff members to the program for the 2018-19 season. The Bears feature two new assistant coaches in Eddie Benton – a former assistant coach at Cincinnati and Duquesne – and Kanika Cummings – a former assistant coach at Connecticut College – in addition to a new operations coordinator in Olivia Healy – a former standout student-athlete at Richmond and New Hampshire.

THE YALE SERIES HISTORY
Brown leads the all-time series with Yale, 47-41, over 88 meetings. The Bears hold a 31-14 record against the Bulldogs at home and a 16-26 record against the Bulldogs on the road. The two teams split last season's series with Brown winning 81-71 (OT) at home on Jan. 19 after dropping a 77-63 decision on the road on Jan. 12. The Bears last win at Lee Amphitheater came on Jan. 19, 2013, and Brown last swept the season series from Yale in the 2005-06 academic year.

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Yale brings a 10-6 overall record into Saturday's match-up, including a 3-0 mark in home games. The Bulldogs have won five of their last six games. As a team Yale has limited its opponents to 35.6-percent shooting from the field, ranking third in the Ivy League. Junior guard Roxy Barahman leads the conference with 19.4 points per game while Camilla Emsbo and Megan Gorman rank second and fourth in the league with 8.9 and 8.4 rebounds per game respectively.

UP NEXT
After playing at Yale, Brown hosts its first back-to-back Ivy League weekend when the Bears entertain Dartmouth on Friday, Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. (ESPN+) and Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 4:30 p.m. (ESPN+/NESN).

THIRD ANNUAL IVY LEAGUE TOURNAMENT
Brown will look to compete at the third annual Ivy League Tournament, which is set to take place at Yale University's John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Conn., from Mar. 16-17, 2019. Semifinals for the tournament will take place at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Mar. 16 on ESPN3, and the final for the tournament will tip off at 4:00 p.m. on Mar. 17 on ESPNU.

TICKETS!
Tickets for all Brown women's basketball games can be purchased online, by calling the Brown Athletics Ticket Office at (401) 863-2773, or by walking up to the box office located in the Pizzitola Sports Center, open Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Traiva Breedlove

Mary Butler

McKenna Dale

Ashley Ducharme

Justine Gaziano

Haley Green

Alana Kelley

Dominique Leonidas

Nina Mehta

Shayna Mehta

Maddie Mullin

Erika Steeves

Taylor Will

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