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2/10/2011 9:40:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dartmouth Complete Game Notes (PDF)
After picking up a split last weekend at home against Penn and Princeton, the Dartmouth women's basketball team hits the road to Brown and Yale with its sights set on an Ivy sweep. Last weekend at Leede Arena, the Big Green topped Penn, 68-65, on the strength of 28 points from sophomore guard Faziah Steen (Kalamazoo, Mich.) before falling to defending Ivy Champ Princeton the next night. Steen scored 28 points for the second-straight night and is currently the Ivy's second-leading scorer with an average of 18 points per game in conference action. Steen ranks in the top-10 in six categories in conference play, including leading the league with 3.0 three-point field goals per game.
Dartmouth heads to Brown on a nine-game winning-streak against the Bears including a 51-29 win for the Big Green in Providence last time out. The Big Green looks to prove itself against Yale, who swept the season-series against Dartmouth for just the second time ever and first since 1997-98.
Off the court, the Ivy League is celebrating Black History Month by featuring video interviews with student-athletes and coaches from around the league. Dartmouth assistant coach Leah Foster is featured in a video here.
Please note that due to unforseen circumstances, a Dartmouth radio broadcast will not be available for this weekend's road games. Brown will offer free audio and both opponents offer fee-based video streaming.
GAME 20: DARTMOUTH (5-14, 1-4 Ivy) at BROWN (5-15, 1-5 Ivy)
Date: Friday, Feb. 11 • 7 PM
Location: Pizzitola Center • Providence, R.I.
Dartmouth-Brown Series: Dartmouth leads, 48-19
Streak: Dartmouth +9
Last Meeting: Dartmouth W, 51-29, 2/27/10, Providence
Of Note: The Big Green has won the last nine straight against the Bears and 12 of the last 14 overall in the series. After a close call in the first outing last year, Dartmouth romped Brown in Providence.
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GAME 21: DARTMOUTH (5-14, 1-4 Ivy) at YALE (8-12, 4-2 Ivy)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 12 • 7 PM
Location: Lee Amphitheater • New Haven, Conn.
Dartmouth-Yale Series: Dartmouth leads, 50-16
Streak: Yale +2
Last Meeting: Yale W, 58-42, 2/26/10, New Haven
Of Note: Yale swept the season series against Dartmouth for just the second time in program history last year, but Dartmouth commands the all-time series. The Big Green has won nine of the last 12 over the Bulldogs.
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STARTING FIVE
1. This weekend's games are numbers 927 & 928 in the 39th season of varsity women's basketball at Dartmouth.
2. Dartmouth earned its first Ivy win of the season against Penn on Feb. 4, a 68-65 triumph that kept the Big Green from starting 0-4 in Ivy play for the first time ever. Dartmouth had only ever been 0-3 one other time, 2002-03, when the team finished 9-5.
3. Faziah Steen scored 28 points in back-to-back games when she poured in that number against Penn after doing so in the previous contest at Columbia on Jan. 29. She is shooting 43 percent from the field in Ivy play.
4. As a team, Dartmouth shot a much-improved 76 percent from the free-throw line during the Penn-Princeton weekend, including 14-of-17 shooting in the win over Penn.
5. Junior Sasha Dosenko recorded a resounding double-double against Princeton, scoring 13 points but stealing the show with a career-high 19 rebounds.
AVOIDING MAKING HISTORY
Dartmouth picked up its first Ivy win of the season with a 68-65 victory over Penn on Feb. 4 and is now 1-4 in conference.
The Big Green avoided starting an Ivy League campaign at 0-4 for the first time in program history. This season and the 2002-03 campaign mark the only other times the Big Green has ever been 0-3 in conference play since the Ivy began playing a regular schedule in 1980-81. That 2002-03 team ultimately finished at a respectable 9-5 in Ivy play, including a six-game winning streak mid-season.
FAZIAH'S ON FIRE
Sophomore Faziah Steen has scored in double-figures in 10 of the last 12 games, including back-to-back 28-point efforts against Columbia on Jan. 29 and Penn on Feb. 4. Steen is the Ivy's second-leading scorer, averaging 18 points per game in conference play and shooting 42 percent from three-point range with a league-best three three-pointers per game. Against Penn, Steen went 7-of-11 from downtown, putting her just one triple shy of tying the school single-game record.
MATCHING UP WITH THE BEST
Dartmouth matched Princeton in rebounding, 43 apiece, on Feb. 5, marking just the fourth time this season the Big Green has matched or bettered an opponent on the glass. That ironically came against the team with the league's best rebounding margin in the Tigers. The last time Dartmouth outrebounded an opponent was a +nine margin against Holy Cross on Jan. 2.
DON'T NEED THE DOUBLE-DOUBLE
The Big Green's victory over Penn marked the first time this season that the team has won a game without a double-double (1-10). It was also the first time Dartmouth has won without a double-digit rebounder (1-9).
HOLDING ONTO THE BALL
Dartmouth turned the ball over a season-low 13 times against Penn on Feb. 4, which not surprisingly resulted in a Big Green victory.
SENIOR SURVIVAL
While Steen did work against Penn, seniors Cassie Cooper and Meghan McFee played like the veterans they are to get the win. McFee scored a season-high 17 points and dished out five assists, also going 7-of-8 at the free throw line including four straight in the final minute to ice the 68-65 win. Cooper scored the last seven points before that, including putting the team ahead for good, 64-63, with a three-point play after a breakway layup — thanks to a long inbound pass from McFee, assist number five.
BIT BY THE INJURY BUG
Dartmouth has struggled with injuries throughout this season and is yet to dress all 13 players for a game. The Big Green was down to a season-low nine players against Penn and Princeton on Feb. 4-5. Only five players have seen action in all 19 games, with Cassie Cooper and Faziah Steen as the only two that have started every contest.
AND NOW THE STARTING LINEUP
Coach Wielgus has kept public address announcers on their toes and opposing coaches guessing with seven different starting lineups to date this season. Unfortunately, most of those changes have not been the coach's choice. Dartmouth has yet to have all 13 of its players dressed in uniform for the same game this season. The Big Green debuted its seventh different starting lineup of the season during the Cornell-Columbia road trip on Jan. 28-29.
YOU GOTTA HAVE THE BALL TO SCORE THE BALL
The Big Green didn't give itself much of a chance to score in a 67-61 loss at Columbia on Jan. 29. Dartmouth turned the ball over a pitiful 28 times, allowing its offense to only take 44 shots, while Columbia took 61 attempts from the field plus 36 free throws.
... AND TAKING THAT NEXT LEVEL
A look at the boxscore and some simple math shows that the Big Green could have easily won the game. Dartmouth also shot a solid 45.5 percent from the floor (Columbia shot just 32.8 percent). If the Big Green had given itself just eight more possessions (20 turnovers) and scored two-point baskets on 45.5 percent of those, it would have resulted in +7.28 more points, enough for a one-point win. Factor in the potential for three-pointers and the margin of victory could have been even higher.
If Dartmouth had been even more disciplined and cut the turnovers in half to 14 — Columbia had 15 — it could have resulted in a minimum of 12.74 more points.
D is FOR DEFLECTION
As a team, Dartmouth has shown a lot of hustle this season, already amassing 605 deflections. Last season the team had 740 for the season. The Big Green's team season-high of 47 was recorded against both Bryant (Nov. 28) and Rhode Island (Jan. 4), both overtime games. Faziah Steen leads the team with 129, followed by shot-swatter Sasha Dosenko with 88 and Cassie Cooper with 85.
A deflection is an imperfect hustle stat, but is recorded whenever a Big Green player alters the path of the ball, including tipped passes, altered shots, steals or blocks.
SUSTAINED IVY LEAGUE EXCELLENCE
Dartmouth opened its 35th season of Ivy League competition at Harvard on Jan. 15. The Big Green has won 17 of a possible 34 Ivy League Championships since 1976-77. The Big Green owns at least a share of four of the last six Ivy Championships including titles in 2008 and 2009. Dartmouth leads its all-time series against every Ivy team except Harvard, though the Big Green has 17 titles to the Crimson's 11. The Ivy League has the distinction of being the lone NCAA Division I conference without a postseason tournament, and also the only to play on back-to-back nights (Friday-Saturday). This setup effectively makes every weekend into a de-facto championship weekend, with little room for error.
JUMPIN' JANELLE
Freshman Janelle Ross has blossomed since being inserted into the starting lineup against Holy Cross on Jan. 2, averaging 8.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game while shooting 40 percent from the floor. The 6-1 rookie forward, who can touch the rim, scored in double-figures for her first four starts, scored a career-high 15 points at Harvard on Jan. 15 and recorded her first career double-double with 12 points, 13 rebounds at Cornell on Jan. 28.
IVY TREND BUCKED
For the first time in four years, Dartmouth lost its Ivy League opener, with an uncharacteristically lopsided loss at Harvard on Jan. 15, 82-49. In the previous three seasons the Big Green opened the Ivy campaign with a win against Harvard, going 4-2 against the Crimson those years.
GO BIG OR GO HOME
Since the win over Holy Cross on Jan. 2, Coach Wielgus has gone with a “big” lineup featuring three post players - ironically all of Dartmouth's healthy forwards. Freshman Janelle Ross, 6-1, currently joins 6-3 junior Sasha Dosenko and 6-2 senior Cassie Cooper in the starting lineup and it has been paying off. The trio is scoring 29.3 points per game and grabbing 24.5 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Faziah Steen has benefitted from them filling up the paint, leading the team in scoring with 19.5 points per game in the last four contests.
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