Dartmouth Hosts Perennial Ivy Powers Princeton and Penn

GAME 16
Dartmouth Big Green (7-8, 1-1 Ivy) vs.
Princeton Tigers (13-1, 1-0 Ivy)
Date: Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 – 7 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Leede Arena
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 44-38
Last Time: Mar. 1, 2019 / L, 64-47 (Princeton, N.J.)
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GAME 17
Dartmouth Big Green (7-8, 1-1 Ivy*) vs.
Penn Quakers (10-4, 0-1 Ivy*)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 – 5 PM
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Leede Arena
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 43-39
Last Time: Mar. 2, 2019 / L, 56-52 (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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BACK-TO-BACK
The first back-to-back Ivy League weekend is on tap for Dartmouth against perennial Ivy powers Princeton and Penn. The Big Green first host the Tigers on Friday night before meeting the Quakers in Hanover on Saturday. Dartmouth is looking to use its home court advantage to steal a victory.

LAST TIME OUT

Dartmouth cut its fourth-quarter deficit to six points Saturday at Harvard, but fell to the Crimson, 64-49.
The Big Green led 16-14 at the end of the first quarter until Harvard went on an 18-3 run at the end of the second and beginning of the third to break away and take the lead for good.
The Crimson turned the tables from last game and sunk 11-of-24 from 3-point land, while Dartmouth did its best from deep shooting 7-of-21 but could not keep up to Harvard's pace.
Paula Lenart posted a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds going 6-of-8 from the free throw line.
Annie McKenna led the Big Green in minutes with 39 and finished with eight points, six assists and two steals.
Asha Taylor also had eight points and tied the game high with four steals.
Katie Douglas sunk a pair of triples for six points, while Elle Louie chipped in four points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals.
Three players scored in double figures for Harvard led by Lola Mullaney's 18.
Maggie McCarthy finished with 13 points, four assists and three rebounds.
Jeannie Boehm nearly had a double-double with 10 points and eight rebounds.

CAREER HIGH

Paula Lenart's 16 points was a career high for the forward from Covasna, Romania.
More impressive, the senior also posted 11 rebounds and did all of her work in only 26 minutes of action due to getting in foul trouble.
The double-double marked Lenart's first of the season and second for a Big Green player this year (Anna Luce: 12 pts, 13 rbs vs. UNH).
It was Lenart's fifth career double-double.

THROUGH THE FIRST TWO

Dartmouth is off to its best start to Ivy League play since the 2017-18 season after splitting the season series with Harvard.
In 2018, the Big Green finished the conference slate with a 7-7 record and narrowly missed out on the Ivy League tournament.
Looking at conference only stats, Dartmouth has the fourth best scoring defense, holding opponents to 63.0 ppg.
The Big Green lead the league with 20 made threes and are tied for the highest 3-point percentage at 44.4% (20-45).
The Big Green are third in assists (15.0 apg) and third in steals per game (10.5) through the first two games of Ivy play.

SCOUTING PRINCETON

Princeton has been rolling this season and comes into Friday with a 13-1 record and has won nine in a row.
The Tigers only blemish this season came at Iowa in a 77-75 overtime loss.
Princeton is 2-1 against Power Five opponents and has been ranked as high as No. 24 in the nation and is currently receiving votes in both the AP and Coaches polls.
Dartmouth and Princeton have both played New Hampshire. The Big Green won 66-47, while the Tigers ran away with a 77-37 win.
Princeton has the second-best scoring offense in the league (71.1 ppg) and boast the best defense (50.1 ppg).
Back-to-back Ivy Player of the Year Bella Alarie is the league's second leading scorer at 17.7 ppg, second with 8.7 rpg and third with 25 blocked shots.
Carlie Littlefield averages 15.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 3.2 apg.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE TIGERS

In 82 games dating back to 1977, Dartmouth leads the all-time series over Princeton, 44-38.
The Big Green dominated the Tigers in the first 62 games going 43-19 over that span.
Since 2010, the Tigers have completely flipped the switch and are 19-1 over Dartmouth.
That one win came in the final game of the 2016-17 season where Dartmouth won 58-56.

SCOUTING PENN

Penn started the year winning its first nine of 10 games but has since lost its last three against tough competition to enter the weekend with a 10-4 record.
The Quakers are fourth in the Ivy League in scoring (69.6 ppg) and second in scoring defense (53.4 ppg).
Freshman Kayla Padilla leads the Ivy League in scoring (19.5 ppg) and has eight 20-plus games including a career-high 27 against Princeton.
Phoebe Sterba is second on the team with 10.4 ppg and pulls down 4.2 rpg.
Eleah Parker scores 9.9 ppg and leads the team in rebounding with 5.9 rpg.
Penn plays Harvard on Friday before it meets the Big Green.

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE QUAKERS

These teams have faced each other 82 times dating back to 1979 and Dartmouth holds a 43-39 record over Penn.
Just like against Princeton, Dartmouth commanded the series through the first 31 years with a 42-22 record.
Penn holds a 16-1 record since 2011.
The last Big Green win in the series was in 2014 at home.

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?
Dartmouth stays in Hanover next weekend for meetings with Brown and Yale.

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