Yale Women Squeak Past Dartmouth

Saturday, January 27

New Haven, Conn.

7:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Yale

1/27/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

By: Dartmouth

Boxscore

New Haven, Conn. - Yale converted 6-of-6 free-throws in the last minute to seal a 63-56 win over the Dartmouth women's basketball team this evening.

The Big Green falls to 7-10 (1-2 Ivy) while the Bulldogs improve to 10-8 (3-1).

Yale opened the contest with back-to-back triples to take a 6-0 lead, but the Big Green stormed back to gain a 15-10 run spurred by seven points from senior guard Ashley Taylor (Cookeville, Tenn.). The Bulldogs answered back, taking a 24-19 lead at the 4:35 mark. The squads traded buckets for the remainder of the half, with Yale holding a 29-26 lead at the break.

Dartmouth successfully neutralized Yale's post duo of Erica Davis and Chinenye Okafor, holding Davis to four points and Okafor scoreless. That came at a price however, as Jamie Van Horne managed four triples to keep the Bulldogs going.

Taylor had 14 points at the half for Dartmouth, but would need a boost from her teammates to make a successful run in the second.

The Bulldogs came out strong in the second, gaining a 39-30 lead before sophomores Darcy Rose (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Koren Schram (Batesville, Ark.) combined for five points each to go on a 10-0 run to give Dartmouth a 40-39 edge at 10:11.

Both teams struggled offensively during the next six minutes, but Schram nailed a huge triple to extend the Big Green lead to 49-46 at 4:09. Yale did not back down, however, and Stephanie Marciano back-to-back threes to give her team the 54-50 advantage it would hold for the rest of the game.

The squads traded buckets late, but the Bulldogs hit their free-throws to clinch the 63-56 victory.

The Big Green was led by Taylor, who finished with 22 points and seven rebounds while Schram had 11 points and four boards. Rose finished with nine rebounds and seven points and put forth an impressive defensive effort on Yale's post players.

Marciano led Yale with 22 points while Van Horne finished with 14.

The Big Green is back in action on Friday when it heads to Cornell for a 7:00 p.m. start.