Dartmouth Evens its Record With 59-46 Win Over Fairfield

Sunday, December 9

Hanover, N.H.

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

4-4

Fairfield

2-7

Fairfield

Dartmouth

Dartmouth Evens its Record With 59-46 Win Over Fairfield

12/9/2018 4:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

The Big Green use a big first quarter to run away from the Stags Sunday afternoon

By: Mike Miezejeski

HANOVER, N.H. – A fast first quarter jumped Dartmouth out to a big advantage and they never looked back. The Big Green (4-4) evened their record with a 59-46 victory over Fairfield (2-7) Sunday afternoon at Leede Arena. While playing in New England, Dartmouth is 4-0, has not allowed more than 46 points and are outscoring teams by 17.5 points.

Isalys Quinones led the way with 18 points, four rebounds and two steals. Elle Louie was the only other member of the Big Green in double figures with 10 points to go along with three rebounds, two assists and two steals off the bench. Cy Lippold finished with eight points and three assists, while Kealy Brown and Katie Douglas each had six for the Big Green.

"We had a great first quarter and a lot of that has to do with our 12 pressure that we implemented in Las Vegas," said Belle Koclanes, the Gail Koziara Boudreaux '82 and Family Head Coach of Women's Basketball. "Our pace has been so much better to start the game which is leading to our offense and we saw positive execution. Elle Louie continues to be our spark off the bench and Ice and Cy continue to lead the team as seniors and team leaders. I am really pleased with our effort but we still have a lot to learn in terms of extending the lead." Koclanes continued.

After Fairfield scored the first two buckets to take an early 4-0 advantage, it was all Dartmouth from then on out in the first. Led by Quinones, the Big Green racked off 11 straight points with Quinones making back-to-back layups and a triple to give Dartmouth an 11-4 lead. The offense kept coming for Dartmouth and they only allowed one more Fairfield basket for the remainder of the first. Dartmouth scored the next seven points, outscoring the Stags 19-6 in the quarter.

Lippold got it started in the second with a jumper to extend the lead to 21-6. After Fairfield got into double figures, cutting the lead to 21-10, Dartmouth raced away with a 12-2 run that was capped off with an Anna Luce layup to make it a 33-12 Big Green advantage with 1:46 to go until the half. Fairfield closed the gap in the final minute of the half, the Stags scored the last seven points to make it make the score 33-19 at halftime.

A three by Lippold that came only 12 seconds into the third boosted the Big Green lead to 36-19. Fairfield slowly but surely locked down on defense and made shots, cutting the Dartmouth lead 12 with 6:04 to go in the quarter. Lippold sparked the offense with another three and the Big Green outscored the Stags 11-7 to finish the third and extend their lead to 49-33.

Dartmouth and Fairfield played evenly in the fourth quarter as the Big Green did not allow the Stags to cover any ground. Just before the final media timeout, Louie stripped the ball and scored a fast break layup to make it a 57-43 lead with 4:14 to go in the game. The Big Green sunk a couple free throws in the final minutes to maintain its lead and come away with the win.

The Big Green play their third straight home game on Wednesday when they take on UMass Lowell at 7 p.m. at Leede Arena.