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Jenn Hatfield
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Managing editor, Washington Mystics beat reporter and Ivy League beat reporter at The IX Basketball. Also have a day job.
It's been a week to be thankful for for former Dartmouth coach Adrienne Shibles. Her daughter, Elsa Daulerio, scored her 1,000th career point at Bates, which is also Shibles' alma mater.

The article also notes that Shibles is now a part-time assistant for Bates MBB. @theixbasketball.bsky.social
Bates women’s basketball star Elsa Daulerio joins her mother in 1,000-point club
The Bobcats senior reached the milestone Tuesday, 34 years after her mother, Adrienne Shibles, accomplished the feat with the same program.
www.centralmaine.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
(1/3) Three Ivy League WBB teams are heading into Thanksgiving with wins today, including Yale's first of the season! Scores and top performers:

Yale 63, American 54
Princeton 67, Rhode Island 59
Cornell 49, Siena 47
USF 56, Harvard 54

@theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Reposted by Jenn Hatfield
The Yale Bulldogs picked up their first win of the year today, and Ivy League beat reporter @jennhatfield.bsky.social was there to witness it:

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Yale beats American 63-54
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November 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yale WBB gets its first win of the season, beating American on the road 63-54.

Ciniya Moore led Yale with 22 points (4-5 3pt), and Kiley Capstraw had 12, 8 rebs, 5 assists and 4 steals. AU had 5 players with 8-12 points each. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yale WBB continues to lead American 53-41 after 3Q. The Bulldogs have 16 assists on 22 field goals.

Ciniya Moore (16 points), Kiley Capstraw (12 and 8 rebs) and Luisa Vydrova (11, 8 and 6 assists) are all in double figures for Yale. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
At half, Yale leads American WBB 40-29 on the road. The Bulldogs have led by as many as 12 and are +8 in the paint. They've also been good in unsettled situations.

Yale's Ciniya Moore has a game-high 13 points (3-4 3pt), and Kiley Capstraw has 10 (5-6 FG). @theixbasketball.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Hello from Bender Arena, where Yale WBB leads American 19-17 after 1Q. The Bulldogs have led for all but 13 seconds.

American's Elizabeth Archer and Madisyn Moore-Nicholson each have 6 points, and Ciniya Moore leads Yale with 5. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
(1/2) Brown WBB wins its fourth straight game, 68-60 over UNH, despite trailing by 12 at half. It doubled up UNH in the 4Q.

And Grace Arnolie and Alyssa Moreland are two of the best duos in Ivy League WBB, but other Bears stepped up with them in foul trouble. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The Brown broadcasters just pointed out that first-year point guard Charlotte Adams-Lopez went to Bishop Feehan HS in Massachusetts - the same high school as head coach Monique LeBlanc. That must've been fun for LeBlanc during the recruiting process! @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Karlee White, Harvard's second-leading scorer and steals leader, avoided knee ligament damage last week vs. Boston College. It's "a bad bone bruise," per head coach Carrie Moore. There's no firm timeline for her return; she's considered day-to-day, but it could be weeks. @theixbasketball.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Columbia senior Perri Page had 13 points, 9 rebounds, 8 steals and 4 assists in a win over Binghamton tonight. Her steals tied the program single-game record held by Brittany Simmons (who had 8 in Jan. 2013) and Jaida Patrick (March 2022). @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
At half, Harvard WBB leads Alabama 30-26 behind 11 points (4-4 FG) from Alayna Rocco and 9 from Katie Krupa.

The Crimson have 8 more points off FTs than Alabama, which has helped them lead despite having zero fast-break points off their defense. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Entering tonight's game against Northwestern State, Virginia forward and Princeton transfer Tabitha Amanze ranks seventh in Division I with 5.0 offensive rebounds per game. Overall, she's averaging 10.8 points on 52.5% shooting and 8.4 rebs in just 20.6 minutes per game. @theixbasketball.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Princeton's Skye Belker wins Ivy League Player of the Week after averaging 19.3p on 58% shooting and 4.3a in three wins. It's her first career POTW award.

Yale's Dorka Kastl wins Rookie of the Week after averaging 2.7p, 4.3r and 2.0b in her first three games. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
@washmystics.bsky.social All-Stars Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen will attend USA Basketball training camp in December. Citron has been on the junior national team before, but Iriafen is joining USAB for the first time, according to the release. @theixbasketball.bsky.social #WNBA
USA Basketball Women’s National Team Announces December Training Camp - USA Basketball
The USA Basketball Women’s National Team announced today the 18 players who will participate in a training camp set for Dec. 12-14 at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
www.usab.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Reposted by Jenn Hatfield
It's been an eerily similar offseason for the Washington Mystics so far, as they grab the No. 4 overall pick in next year's #WNBA draft for the second straight year. @jennhatfield.bsky.social has more on the team's rebuilding plans:
Washington Mystics get second straight No. 4 pick in WNBA Draft - The IX Basketball
The repeat lottery pick is just one way this offseason is expected to look like the last one for the Washington Mystics.
www.thenexthoops.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Per @acrossthetimeline.com, the Mystics have now beaten the odds in just two of the 11 draft lotteries they've been in all-time. #WNBA
The @washmystics.bsky.social will pick fourth overall in the 2026 #WNBA Draft. That's where the odds projected them to pick, and it was also one of their draft spots last season. That pick got them Kiki Iriafen, who represented the team at tonight's draft lottery. @theixbasketball.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The @washmystics.bsky.social will pick fourth overall in the 2026 #WNBA Draft. That's where the odds projected them to pick, and it was also one of their draft spots last season. That pick got them Kiki Iriafen, who represented the team at tonight's draft lottery. @theixbasketball.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
(1/2) Princeton and Brown picked up convincing wins today. Here are scores and top performers from the full day of Ivy League WBB:

Princeton 81, UMES 62
Brown 70, Maine 39
Loyola (MD) 73, Yale 48

@theixbasketball.bsky.social #NCAAWBB
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Princeton first-year Sarah Lessig got her first career minutes today in the Tigers' win over UMES. She had six rebounds in just 13 minutes (plus 4 points and a block).

My @theixbasketball.bsky.social colleague @rowanschaberg.bsky.social wrote last month about Lessig's journey:
How Sarah Lessig, a multisport phenom, ended up at Princeton - The IX Basketball
Sarah Lessig took "kind of a weird route" to college basketball and to Princeton. For one thing, she barely played travel basketball.
www.thenexthoops.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Also, Gracie Merkle is only the second player in the Carla Berube era to shoot 80% or better against Princeton on at least 10 shot attempts, per @herhoopstats.com. The other was UConn's Aubrey Griffin, who shot 11-for-11 against the Tigers in December 2022. @theixbasketball.bsky.social
Such a shame that game wasn't televised. For Princeton:

Skye Belker 27p (9-13 FG), 5a
Fadima Tall 22p (8-13 FG), 6r, 4s, 3a
Madison St. Rose 20p (7-13 FG), 10r, 3s

For PSU:

Gracie Merkle 39p (19-23 FG), 7r
Moriah Murray 20p (6-9 3pt), 5a
Kiyomi McMiller 19p, 8a, 4r

@theixbasketball.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Princeton WBB beats Penn State 100-93 in the Bahamas. It's Princeton's first 100-point game under head coach Carla Berube and only the 8th by an Ivy League team since 2009 vs. a Div. I opponent, per @herhoopstats.com. None of the prior 7 came vs. a Power Five team. @theixbasketball.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
98 Princeton wins have come with Chet or Toby Nweke on the roster. And though they never played together (Chet is now a grad transfer at Georgetown), they’ve succeeded together every step of the way. #NCAAWBB

Read more on the Nwekes @theixbasketball.bsky.social:
Chet and Toby Nweke lean on each other in grind of college hoops - The IX Basketball
Chet Nweke, a Georgetown graduate student, and sister Toby, a Princeton sophomore, have lifted each other up through injuries and doubts.
www.thenexthoops.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reposted by Jenn Hatfield
Sisters Chet and Toby Nweke have provided each other with unconditional support throughout their respective collegiate basketball careers. @jennhatfield.bsky.social shares their story.
Chet and Toby Nweke lean on each other in grind of college hoops - The IX Basketball
Chet Nweke, a Georgetown graduate student, and sister Toby, a Princeton sophomore, have lifted each other up through injuries and doubts.
www.thenexthoops.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Tough one for Columbia WBB today, falling 66-48 to Saint Joseph's. The Lions shot 0-for-14 from 3 - just the second time in 9 seasons under head coach Megan Griffith that they haven't made a 3, per @herhoopstats.com. (The other was in a win over BC in the 2022 WNIT.) @theixbasketball.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM