Big Green Down Texas State Bobcats

Thursday, December 16

San Marcos, Texas

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

1-10,0-0Ivy Lea

Texas State

5-5,0-0Sun Belt

Dartmouth

Texas St.

Photo by: Chris Poss

12/16/2021 3:48:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Dartmouth women's basketball won its first game of the season with a 62-39 defeat of Texas State on Thursday

By: Charlotte Brackett

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Dartmouth women's basketball defeated Texas State after leading from start to finish at Strahan Arena on Thursday afternoon, 62-39.

Adrienne Shibles, the Gail Koziara Boudreaux '82 and Family Head Coach of Women's Basketball, picked up her first Division I victory and the program's first win over the Bobcats.

Katie Douglas led with 11 points, while Victoria Page was right behind with nine after going 3-for-5 in 3-pointers. Doreen Ariik was first with 10 rebounds while also getting a new season-best eight points.

"I am so proud of this young, resilient team," Shibles said after the game. "They came to battle today and exhibited poise and toughness throughout the contest. Doreen had incredible presence in the paint and her rebounding made a big difference for our squad. The growth that I have witnessed in each of these women has been vast, but we won't be satisfied. Every day is an opportunity to get better and to prepare for conference play."

Dartmouth (1-10) at Texas State (5-5)
After starting for the first time, Ariik got scoring going a minute into the first quarter with her layup. Texas State tied things up 25 seconds later, but a 3-pointer by Page and a free throw by Mia Curtis made it 6-2 in the Big Green's favor as we edged towards the halfway point. The Bobcats got back within two before five straight from a Rosie Jennings jumper and a Douglas trey put distance between the teams (11-4). Three minutes of scoreless play for Texas State allowed Dartmouth to make it an eight-point game, highlighted by Page's second three. With less than a second remaining, Ariik got two more points (17-9)

The first five minutes of the second belonged to the Green, which went 4-for-5 (.800) in 3-pointers, hit by Carrington Washburn, Page, Grace Niekelski and Mekkena Boyd (32-14). Texas State had the advantage during the last five minutes, scoring seven of the last 10 points, but Dartmouth still held on to a 35-21 lead at the end of the first half.

A shot by Ariik and Curtis' 3-pointer within the first 90 seconds of the third gave the Big Green a boost, while all eight of the Bobcats' points came from one player (40-29). Defense was tough and the score remained the same for almost two minutes until Dartmouth went on an 8-0 run over an 88-second stretch with under 5:00 to go. Emma Koch added a jumper to make it 10 unanswered points before Texas State ended its six-minute scoreless period with two free throws. Douglas' trey with five ticks left ended the third on a high note (53-31).

Scoring was very low during the first half of the final quarter, with Dartmouth sporting a 4-0 advantage thanks to Jennings and Ariik before another six-minute drought for the Bobcats was ended with a pair of foul shots, a jumper and a layup. Layups by Jennings and Isabella DiGiovanni added to the Big Green's score, while Karina Mitchell ended the game with her free throw (62-39).

The Big Green will head back east to prepare for their game against the Maine Black Bears on Sunday.