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Women's Basketball Hosts Blue Sky Classic
12/28/2011 4:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Dartmouth women's basketball team hosts the 35th annual Blue Sky Classic this weekend. The Big Green welcome LaSalle, Georgetown and Vermont to the longest running women's basketball collegiate tournament. The Big Green will square off against LaSalle on Thursday (Dec. 29) and Georgetown on Friday (Dec. 30).
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Game 11: Dartmouth
(2-8, 0-0 Ivy League) vs. LaSalle (3-9, 0-0 A-10)
Date: Thursday, December
29 (7 p.m.)
Location: Hanover,
N.H. (Leede Arena)
Series: Dartmouth
leads, 1-0
Streak: Dartmouth
has won one
Game 12:
Dartmouth (2-8, 0-0 Ivy League) vs. Georgetown (10-2, 1-0 BIG EAST)
Date: Friday,
December 29 (7 p.m.)
Location:
Hanover, N.H. (Leede Arena)
Series:
Georgetown leads, 1-0
Streak:
Georgetown has won one
Starting Five
1. Dartmouth hosts the 35th annual Blue Sky Classic this
weekend. The Big Green welcomes return participants LaSalle and Vermont, and
first time participant, Georgetown. The Blue Sky is the longest running women's
basketball collegiate tournament.
2. The Big Green will take on its first ranked opponent this season as Georgetown enters the tournament as the No. 15/16 team in both the AP and Coaches Poll.
3. Dartmouth is looking to snap its current six-game losing streak, which is the longest of the season to date. The Big Green closed the 2010-11 season on a five-game losing streak, which extended to seven games this season. Seven games is the longest losing streak in program history.
4. Big Green freshman Tia Dawson has assumed the position as Dartmouth's defensive leader. Dawson leads the team with 6.2 rebounds. She is also the big Green's leading shot blocker with 2.3 blocks per game, which also leads the Ivy League.
5. Dartmouth is looking for its first home win of the 2011-12 season. The Big Green currently has an 0-3 record at Leede Arena and dropped its first three home games for the first time since the 2007-08 season.
Dartmouth vs. LaSalle
Notables
- Dartmouth and LaSalle are meeting for the second time this
weekend. The last meeting between the teams was back during the 1982-83 season
in the championship game of the Blue Sky Classic.
-LaSalle will be taking on its second Ivy League opponent this season when it faces Dartmouth. The Explorers defeated Penn, 58-47, on Nov. 22 in Philadelphia.
-This will be Dartmouth's second opponent from the A-10. The Big Green took on St. Joseph's (Pa.) at Vermont's TD Bank Classic. St. Joseph's (Pa.) defeated the Big Green, 85-48.
Dartmouth vs. Georgetown
Notables
- Dartmouth and Georgetown are meeting for the second time
in this weekend's game. The last time the teams met was during the 1979-80
season. The Hoyas defeated Dartmouth, 81-71 in Washington, D.C.
-This is Georgetown's first appearance in the Blue Sky Classic. Rutgers, Syracuse, Seton Hall, St John's and Marquette are the other BIG EAST schools that have participated in Dartmouth's annual tournament.
-This will be Dartmouth's second opponent from the BIG EAST. The Big Green played Providence earlier this season. Dartmouth will be Georgetown's only Ivy League opponent this season.
A Win Would ...
1. Snap Dartmouth's six-game losing streak and give the Big
Green its first win at Leede Arena this season. Should the win come against
LaSalle it would move the Big Green to 2-0 versus the Explorers.
2. Should the Big Green defeat Georgetown, it would be Dartmouth's first win over a ranked opponent in program history and its first win over a team from a BSC conference school since defeating Providence in the 2003-04 season.
3. If the Big Green should go 2-0 at the 2011-12 Blue Sky Classic, it would be the Big Green's 11th time going 2-0 in the tournament and the first time Dartmouth captured two wins in the tournament since the 1998 season.
Scouting LaSalle
LaSalle enters the weekend with
a 3-9 record after falling to Fairfield, 55-52, on Dec. 22.The Explorers are on
a two-game losing streak with the loss and have a 1-5 road record with its lone
road win coming against Loyola (Ill.) on Dec. 8. Alexis Scott leads the LaSalle
offense and is averaging 13.7 points per game while Brittany Wilson is
contributing 11.4 points per game as LaSalle's only players averaging double
figures. Ruvanna Campbell leads the Explorer defense pulling down 8.0 rebounds
per game. LaSalle is averaging 56.6 points per game while allowing its
opponents to score 62.8 points per game. Head Coach Jeff Williams is in his
second season at the helm of the program.
Scouting
Georgetown
The No. 15/16 Hoyas enter the
Blue Sky Classic on a nine-game winning streak after defeating the No. 7 Miami
Hurricanes, 71-46, in its last outing on Dec. 21. Sugar Rodgers leads the
Georgetown offense with 17.2 points per game and is the reigning BIG EAST
Player of the Week. Tia Magee is also in double figures for the Hoyas with 11.9
points per game and a team-best 6.9 rebounds per game. The Hoyas boast a 6-0
record at home and its two losses are on the road; coming at the hands of
Maryland and LSU. The Hoyas have a balanced
lineup with seven players averaging at least 4.0 points. Head coach Terri
Williams-Flournoy is in her eighth season with the Hoyas.
Tournament
Time
Dartmouth is playing in its
second in-season tournament this season. The Big Green has played in at least
two in-season tournaments in each of the last five seasons. Dartmouth is looking for its first tournament title since the 1998
season when they captured the Blue Sky Classic title.
For the third consecutive season, the Blue Sky Classic will be set up in a classic format. Prior to the 2009 tournament, the format was that of a straight tournament with a championship and consolation game. Beginning in 2009, the tournament had predetermined opponents for each of the games.
Ranked
Opponent on Tap
When Dartmouth faces No. 15/16
Georgetown on Friday, the Big Green will be facing its first ranked opponent
this season. Dartmouth hasn't defeated a ranked opponent in program history.
The Big Green has been close to knocking off the teams from the BCS conferences
throughout its history. Most recently, taking Michigan State to overtime during
the TD Bank Classic during the 2008-09 season. Dartmouth last defeated a BSC team during the
2003-04 season when they defeated Providence.
Back
to Leede Arena
The Big Green returns to Leede
Arena for the Blue Sky Classic. The Big Green has played three home games this
season and is looking for its first home win. Dartmouth will
close the non-conference home slate against LaSalle and Georgetown. After this
weekend, the Big Green will open Ivy League play against Harvard on Jan. 14.
Dartmouth closes the non-conference schedule at Longwood in mid-January.
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