Final Road Trip Takes Dartmouth to Yale and Brown

Friday, March 6

New Haven, Conn.

6:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Yale

Junior Anna Luce goes up for a layup against Yale

Photo by: Doug Austin

Final Road Trip Takes Dartmouth to Yale and Brown

3/5/2020 12:33:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Dartmouth Notes

The Big Green play their last two games of the year

By: Mike Miezejeski

GAME 26
Dartmouth Big Green (9-16, 3-9 Ivy) at
Yale Bulldogs (16-8, 7-5 Ivy)
Date: Friday, March 6, 2020 – 6 PM
Location: New Haven, Conn. – John J. Lee Amphitheater
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 54-31
Last Time: Feb. 8, 2020 / L, 67-47 (Hanover, N.H.)
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GAME 27
Dartmouth Big Green (9-16, 2-9 Ivy*) at
Brown Bears (8-17, 2-10 Ivy*)
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2020 – 5 PM
Location: Providence, R.I. – Pizzitola Sports Center
All-Time Series: Dartmouth, 59-29
Last Time: Feb. 7, 2020 / L, 81-73 (Hanover, N.H.)
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FINAL WEEKEND
Dartmouth closes its 2019-20 campaign this weekend at Yale on Friday and Brown on Saturday. The Big Green are looking for a double-figure win total for the third consecutive season.

FRIDAY NIGHT VS CORNELL

Dartmouth defeated Cornell in overtime at Leede Arena, 82-79.
It was the first OT game for the Big Green since Feb. 15, 2018 at Yale, the Big Green also won that game.
The win over the Big Red marks the first season sweep over the team from Ithaca since the 2009-10 season.
Annie McKenna made the go-ahead layup with 35 seconds left in regulation and Cornell sent the game to OT in the final seconds.
Elle Louie then had a key block with 16 seconds left in OT to secure the win.
McKenna led the Big Green with 17 points, matched her career-high of nine assists and grabbed seven rebounds.
Anna Luce was in double figures with 16 points and grabbed four boards.
Jimena Abejon finished with 13 points off the bench.
32 bench-points was the most all season for Dartmouth.

SATURDAY NIGHT VS COLUMBIA

A slow first-quarter was the difference against Columbia as Dartmouth fell, 62-50, on Saturday.
The Big Green fell behind 17-7 after the first 10 minutes and never recovered.
McKenna was the only member for Dartmouth in double figures with 15 points and led the team with seven rebounds and four assists.
Asha Taylor finished with nine points off the bench, while Anna Luce and Katie Douglas each tallied six.
Two players for Columbia finished with double-doubles. Abby Hsu had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Hannah Pratt finished with 13 points and 12 boards off the bench.
Dartmouth made it interesting in the fourth quarter, closing a 26-point gap to 12.

WINNING THE CLOSE ONES

Dartmouth is 5-0 in games decided by five-points-or-fewer.
Those wins came against Merrimack (57-52), Fairfield (52-51), Harvard (63-62) and Cornell twice (67-65, 82-79 OT).
Dartmouth led by 15 with 3:15 left in regulation against Merrimack early in the season and held off a comeback attempt by the Warriors.
The Big Green then made a comeback of their own at Fairfield and clawed back from being down 10 in the third quarter.
Harvard at home made Dartmouth 1-0 in the Ivy League at the time. It was close throughout and Douglas stole the ball and tipped it to McKenna for the game-winning layup.
The Big Green then trailed by 10 with seven minutes left at Cornell and Elle Louie made the game-winning layup with 13 seconds on the clock.
Most recently at home versus Cornell, Dartmouth staved off the Big Red for an overtime win.

YOUTH MOVEMENT

As the year has progressed, the younger players have seen more minutes and have showed flashes of what the future holds in Hanover.
Allie Harland has made an impact as a freshman; she has scored in double figures twice this season against Penn and Yale and has gone 10-of-35 from beyond the arc.
Karina Mitchell is an exciting player in the backcourt as well who shows a ton of upside and athletic ability.
Let's not forget that Katie Douglas, Asha Taylor, Jimena Abejon and Gerogia Alexander are only wrapping up their sophomore seasons along with Veronica Kelly, who has proved to be a go-to scorer in the post.
We can also look forward to seeing freshmen Emma Koch and Kaiyah Corona on the court next season, as both missed this year due to injury.

SCOUTING YALE

Yale has been up-and-down in its last few games but did manage to come away with a win at Penn in its last road trip.
The Bulldogs have secured a spot in the Ivy League tournament with a 7-5 conference record and are 16-8 overall.
Yale owns the third-highest scoring average in the Ivy League (69.6 ppg) and allows 63.0 ppg, which is fifth in the conference.
The Bulldogs are led by Roxy Barahman, who is the third leading scorer in the conference (17.0 ppg).
Camilla Emsbo is fifth in the conference in scoring (15.2 ppg), third in rebounding (8.3 rpg), first in field goal percentage (56.3) and second in blocked shots (2.3 bpg).
Elle Margaret Andrews also scores in double figures (12.6 ppg).

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE BULLDOGS

Dartmouth leads Yale 54-31 in the all-time series dating back to 1974.
The Big Green hold a narrow, 21-20, record over the Bulldogs since 2000.
But Dartmouth is 4-17 against Yale since 2010.

SCOUTING BROWN

Brown is on a two-game losing streak and enters Friday night with an 8-17 record and is 2-10 in the Ivy League.
The Bears actually play better on the road (6-9) than they do on their home court (2-7).
Brown is sixth in the Ivy League in scoring with 62.0 ppg and last in points allowed at 72.6 ppg.
The Bears are the best free throw shooting team in the league by percentage (71.4%).
Justine Gaziano is the fourth-leading scorer in the conference (16.6 ppg).
McKenna Dale also averages double figures (12.7 ppg).
Ashley Ducharme leads the team in rebounds (5.8 rpg).

ALL-TIME AGAINST THE BEARS

In 87 games dating back to 1978, Dartmouth leads the all-time series over Brown, 59-29.
Since 2000, the Big Green hold a 28-14 advantage over Brown.

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 will look forward to the 2020-21 campaign.