Dartmouth Defeats Dayton in Blue Sky Consolation; Duke Wins Tournament

Saturday, December 30

Hanover, N.H.

5:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Dayton

Dartmouth Defeats Dayton in Blue Sky Consolation; Duke Wins Tournament

12/30/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

By: Dartmouth

Boxscore

Postgame Quotes

HANOVER, N.H. -- With 16 points, senior Ashley Taylor (Cookeville, Tenn.) topped five Dartmouth players in double figures, and the Big Green posted a 76-71 victory over Dayton in Saturday's consolation game of the Blue Sky Restaurant Group Classic.

Taylor also had seven rebounds and four assists as Dartmouth recovered from an early 25-17 deficit in the first half.

Today's game marked the first time since Jan. 28, 2006 vs. Yale that Dartmouth has had five players score in double figures. Two of the five players today were also involved in that game.

"I think that we learned a lot about ourselves today. They are evolving. We did great things against Duke last night and carried it over to the next day,” said Head Coach Chris Wielgus.

After taking a 35-30 lead to the locker room, the Big Green (3-8) needed only nine minutes in the second half to build its largest lead of the game at 17 points. A
Darcy Rose (Fort Collins, Colo.) layup with 11:56 on the clock gave Dartmouth a 58-41 advantage. The lead held at 14, 64-50, on a pair of Fatima Kamara (Carrollton, Texas) free throws with 7:13 remaining.

The Flyers (4-10) answered with an 18-7 run, and a layup by Nikki Oakland got Dayton within three, 71-68, at the 2:05 mark. But Dartmouth made its free throws when it counted. Kamara had a pair and Taylor went three of four in the final 27 seconds to insure the victory.

Rose and Koren Schram (Batesville, Ark.) each had 14 points, while Kamara had 12 points and seven assists. Kristen Craft (Marshalltown, Iowa) had 10 points as the Big Green shot 50.9 percent for the game.

“The screening and movement were better and we are dribbling less and passing more, which is our style,” noted Wielgus. “They played really well together and that is to their credit.”

With her last made free throw of the game, Taylor broke the school record for career free-throws made, standing at 385.

NO. 3 DUKE WINS BLUE SKY RESTAURANT GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP

Duke's Carrem Gay scored a game-high 22 points, leading the No. 3 Blue Devils to a convincing 71-43 victory over Boston University in Saturday's championship game of the Blue Sky Restaurant Group Classic.

The Terriers (8-5) were never able to threaten Duke (14-0) who raced out to a 30-8 lead at halftime. BU mustered only 10.5 percent in the opening 20 minutes.

Gay pulled down 10 rebounds on the night, going 9-of-12 from the floor. Also in double figures were Lindsey Harding with 17 points and Alison Bales with 12.

Duke was the national runner-up in 2006. For Boston University, Katie Meinhardt had 12 points.

All-Tournament Team

Nikki Oakland, Dayton

Katie Meinhardt, Boston University

Koren Schram, Dartmouth

Ashley Taylor, Dartmouth

Abby Waner, Duke

MVP: Lindsey Harding, Duke