Senior Weekend Against Columbia and Cornell Will Decide Tournament Seeding

GAME 26
Dartmouth Big Green (12-13, 5-7 Ivy) vs.
Columbia Lions (8-17, 4-8 Ivy)
Date: Friday, Mar. 8, 2019 – 7 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Leede Arena
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 60-21
Last Time: Feb. 9, 2019 / W, 70-69 (New York, N.Y.)
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GAME 27
Dartmouth Big Green (12-13, 5-7 Ivy*) vs.
Cornell Big Red (11-12, 5-7 Ivy*)
Date: Saturday, Mar. 9, 2019 – 5 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Leede Arena
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 56-16
Last Time: Feb. 8, 2019 / W, 63-56 (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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COMES DOWN TO THIS
The final weekend of the season is at home against Columbia and Cornell. Dartmouth still has a chance to make the Ivy league Tournament. This is the first time in the Belle Koclanes era that the Big Green have not been eliminated from playoff contention going into the final weekend.

TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS

The most likely scenario to get the Big Green the final spot is if Dartmouth sweeps Columbia and Cornell, and Yale gets swept by Penn and Princeton. This would put the Big Green at 7-7 and the Bulldogs at 6-8.
There are many scenarios that could take place, including a three-way and four-way tie for fourth place.
If a tie happens, Dartmouth sneaks in with a loss to Columbia and a Cornell win over Harvard on Friday. Then the Big Green would have to defeat the Big Red on Saturday and hope that Yale loses both of its games.
If Yale wins one game this weekend against Penn or Princeton, Dartmouth is eliminated and the Bulldogs make the tournament.

SENIOR NIGHT

On Saturday night, the Big Green will honor seniors Isalys Quinones, Cy Lippold and Emily Dryden for their contributions on and off the court.
Kealy Brown will be back for a fifth year and will be honored with the class of 2020.

THIRD-QUARTER WOES AT PRINCETON

Dartmouth was right in the game until the third quarter last Friday at Princeton and the Big Green eventually fell, 64-47.
The Big Green led 19-13 at the end of the first quarter and trailed 28-27 at halftime.
The third quarter got away from Dartmouth as it was outscored 27-8 and Princeton took a 54-36 advantage at the end of three and that was all it took for the Tigers to win.
Elle Louie led the Big Green with 12 points on 6-11 shooting, while Brown finished with nine.
Quinones scored eight points and pulled down nine rebounds and Katie Douglas had eight points and five rebounds.
Annie McKenna finished with seven points, three rebounds and three steals.
Dartmouth's defense held Bella Alarie, the Ivy League's leading scorer, to 12 points which was her second lowest total this season.
Carlie Littlefield led the Tigers with 18 points.

KEEPING UP WITH THE QUAKERS

Penn outlasted a tough defensive effort by Dartmouth, winning 56-52 Saturday night at The Palestra.
Louie put the Big Green on top by one with a layup with 7:05 left in the game.
Penn retook the lead and Quinones made back-to-back baskets to make it a one-point game with two minutes to go.
The Quakers held on as they made a layup and hit their free throws down the stretch to end the game.
Quinones led the Big Green with 13 points and pulled down five rebounds, Brown was also in double figures with 10.
Paula Lenart finished with six points and nine rebounds, including six offensive boards.

SCOUTING COLUMBIA

Columbia is officially eliminated from the Ivy League tournament.
The Lions enter the final weekend with an 8-17 record and 4-8 in the Ivy League. They could finish in a tie for fourth but the tie breakers would not fall their way.
Sienna Durr, six time Ivy Rookie of the Week, leads the Lions with 15.0 ppg and 6.2 rpg.
Janiya Clemmons is the second leading scorer with 12.7 ppg and second leading rebounder at 5.9 rpg.
Riley Casey also averages double figures with 12.5 ppg.
Columbia is being outscored by 3.0 ppg this season both overall and in conference.

LAST GAME AGAINST THE LIONS

Dartmouth came from behind to beat Columbia, 70-69, in a thriller in New York City back on Feb. 9.
The Big Green got off to a slow start and trailed 16-9 at the end of the first.
Dartmouth and Columbia played a competitive second quarter but the Big Green found themselves trailing, 33-28.
Dartmouth fell behind by 11 midway through the third and tied it up at the end of the quarter by outscoring the Lions 16-5 in the final 4:36 of the third.
The Big Green never led until the fourth and Quinones scored 12 of Dartmouth's 19 fourth quarter points, including the two free throws with 4.7 seconds left to secure the one-point win.
Quinones finished with 21 points and five rebounds, while Cy Lippold had 20 points and seven assists. Paula Lenart recorded an 11-point, 14-rebound double-double.
Janiya Clemmons led Columbia with 23 points, Sienna Durr had 15, Madison Hardy scored 14 and Riley Casey finished with 13.
The win, along with a victory over Cornell that weekend, gave Dartmouth its first weekend sweep in New York since the 2006-07 season.

ALL-TIME AGAINST COLUMBIA

Dartmouth has dominated the all-time series against Columbia, going 56-16 since 1977.
Since 2000, the Big Green are 30-9 over the Lions.
This year's senior class is 5-2 against Columbia, while Coach Koclanes is 9-2 since arriving.

SCOUTING CORNELL

The Big Red are essentially in the same position as Dartmouth when it comes to making the tournament.
If Cornell sweeps this weekend and Yale is swept, then the Big Red will be the four-seed.
Laura Bagwell-Katalinich leads the Big Red with 16.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg.
Samantha Widmann is second on the team averaging 11.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg. She also leads the team with 1.7 spg.
After that, Cornell's next leading scorer has 5.1 ppg.
The Big Red have the second-best defense in the Ivy league. They only allow 58.3 ppg.
Dartmouth is third in the conference, holding opponents to 59.9 ppg.

LAST GAME AGAINST THE BIG RED

On Feb. 8 in Ithaca, Dartmouth won a close, 63-56, game over Cornell.
The Big Green led 19-13 at the end of the first quarter but Cornell cut the Big Green lead to 32-30 at halftime.
The Big Red took the lead in the third but Quinones sank consecutive 3-pointers to give the Big Green a 50-45 advantage after three quarters.
Dartmouth hung on in the fourth, outscoring Cornell, 13-11 to grab the win.
Lippold led the team with 21 points and seven assists, while Quinones finished with 19 and nine rebounds.
Annie McKenna had seven points, six rebounds and five assists.
Bagwell-Katalinich led Cornell with 14 points, Samantha Clement had 13 and Kate Sramac finished with 11.
Samantha Widmann grabbed a game high 16 rebounds while scoring five points.

ALL-TIME AGAINST CORNELL

Dartmouth has had success against Cornell, holding a 60-21 record over the Big Red dating back to 1977.
Since 2000, the Big Green hold a 26-14 advantage over Cornell, meaning Dartmouth only lost to Cornell seven times from 1977-99.
Dartmouth went 16-2 from 2000-08, but are 10-12 from 2009-19.
The Big Green snapped a nine-year road losing streak when they beat Cornell in Ithaca earlier this year.

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 Ivy league Tournament is on Saturday and Sunday of next week at the John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Conn. Dartmouth is playing to make the tournament.

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