Big Green Open Season at Home Against Vermont

Tuesday, November 5

Hanover, N.H.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Vermont

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Senior Annie McKenna

Photo by: Bryan LaFountaine

Big Green Open Season at Home Against Vermont

11/4/2019 11:44:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Dartmouth Notes Vermont Notes

Basketball is back in Hanover - Game time is 7:00 p.m.

By: Mike Miezejeski

GAME 1
Dartmouth Big Green (0-0) vs.
Vermont Catamounts (0-0)
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019 – 7 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Leede Arena
All-Time Series: Vermont, 20-16
Last Time: Nov. 11, 2018 / W, 66-42 (Burlington, Vt.)
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SEASON OPENER
Basketball is back in Hanover and the women play the first game of the 2019-20 season at Leede Arena against twin-state rival Vermont. This is the first game of the season for each team and Tuesday marks the seventh consecutive year these squads have met.

FREE PIZZA
All students in attendance will receive free pizza.

2018-19 RECAP

Dartmouth was nine minutes away from reaching the Ivy League Tournament in 2018-19. The Big Green fell behind early in the fourth quarter in the final game of the season and ended up falling to Cornell. If Dartmouth won that game, they would have made the tournament.
The Big Green finished 13-14 and 6-8 in the Ivy League.
Last year saw the Big Green defeat Cornell on the road for the first time since 2009.
It was also the first time Dartmouth swept its New York road trip since the 2006-07 season.
Cy Lippold moved into the top 10 all-time in assists at Dartmouth and ranks 11th in 3-pointers made.
Isalys Quinones earned a Second Team All-Ivy League selection.
Katie Douglas was named the Ivy League's Rookie of the Week on Feb. 25.

LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

Kealy Brown, Annie McKenna, Paula Lenart and Grace Phillips make up a leadership council for the 2019-20 season.
The Big Green are going with every senior on the roster to lead the team.

STRIVE AS ONE

Each year, the members of the team come up with a motto to model themselves after.
This year's theme is Strive as One.
In Belle Koclanes' words, Strive as One means "being there for one another in every facet of being at Dartmouth both on and off the court."

LOOK WHO'S BACK

Dartmouth returns 11 players from last season's roster.
Seniors Annie McKenna (7.1 ppg, 3.6 apg), Kealy Brown (6.6 ppg, 31. rpg) and Paula Lenart (6.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg) are all projected to be in the starting lineup.
McKenna started 25 games last year and scored in double figures six times while tying the team lead with 98 assists.
Brown started 20 games and shot over 40% from three while leading the team with 38 steals.
Lenart led the Big Green in rebounding and had four double-doubles including a 14-point, 17 rebound performance against Brown.
Juniors Anna Luce (6.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg) and Elle Louie (5.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg) will most likely round out the starting five.
Luce had seven games in double figures, while Louie appeared in every game last season and was third on the team in blocks, fourth in steals and rebounds.
Sophomores Katie Douglas, Asha Taylor, Jimena Abejon, Georgia Alexander and Veronica Kelly are all key returners for the Big Green.
Douglas averaged 11.1 ppg in the final seven games of the season including a 20-point performance against Brown with four 3-pointers.
Abejon appeared in 20 games last season, while Taylor saw action in 17 and scored a career high eight points against UC Santa Barbara.
Alexander played in 11 games and had seven points and five rebounds at Yale.

FRESH FACES

Four freshmen have been added to the roster.
Karina Mitchell hails from Charlotte, N.C.
Allie Harland is out of Melbourne, Australia and is the fourth international player on the roster.
Emma Koch comes from Iowa City, Iowa
And Kaiyah Corona comes to Hanover from Los Angeles, California.

IVY PRESEASON POLL

After finishing fifth last season, Dartmouth was voted to finish tied for sixth by media members representing each institution with 47 points.
The top teams in the poll were voted to finish strikingly similar to where they finished last season.
Two-time defending champion Princeton along with Penn were tied for first place with 125 points.
The only thing separating them were 10 first-place votes for the Tigers and seven for the Quakers.
Harvard checked in at third place with 95 points, while Yale was predicted to snag the final tournament spot with 90 points. Rounding out the poll was Cornell in fifth (60), Columbia and Dartmouth tied for sixth (47) and Brown in eighth (23).

SCOUTING VERMONT

Vermont went 11-18 and 7-9 in the America East last season, which was fifth in the conference standings.
The Catamounts return seven players from last year and have six freshmen.
The roster is made up of those six newcomers, four sophomores, two juniors and one senior, so it is a young team.
Vermont brings back two of its top three scorers from 2018-19.
Hanna Crymble led the team with 14.3 ppg and was second on the team in rebounding and steals.
Josie Larkins averaged 8.3 ppg and led the team in assists.
Besides those two, the next leading returner is Sarah Wells, who averaged 2.3 ppg in 2018-19.
Crymble was named to Katrina McClain watch list, which is given to the nation's top forward.

LAST SEASON IN BURLINGTON

Dartmouth defeated the Catamounts, 66-42, in an early season matchup last year in Burlington.
Isalys Quinones led the way with 22 points, seven rebounds, three steals and block.
Anna Luce was also in double figures with 13 points on 6-8 shooting and six rebounds.
Annie McKenna had five points, seven assists and seven boards.
Elle Louie had nine points and three rebounds, while Katie Douglas had six points and Kealy Brown had five.
Hanna Crymble led Vermont with 13 points and six rebounds, while Josie Larkins had nine points.

ALL TIME AGAINST THE CATAMOUNTS

Tuesday night marks the 37th all-time meeting between Dartmouth and Vermont.
The Catamounts hold a 20-16 advantage in the series dating back to 1975.
Dartmouth has won two straight against the Catamounts.
At Leede Arena, the Big Green are 12-8 against Vermont.

FOLLOW ALONG
To keep up-to-date on all the action over the weekend, you can visit the Dartmouth women's basketball schedule by clicking HERE and finding the links for live video and live stats associated with the games. You can also follow the game on twitter: @DartmouthWbb

WHAT'S AHEAD?
The Big Green stay at Leede Arena for their first-ever meeting against Merrimack. It's a late one – start time is at 8 p.m.