GAME 23
Dartmouth (2-20, 1-9) at Cornell (8-12, 3-6)
Date: Friday, Feb. 18 – 6 PM
Location: Ithaca, N.Y. – Newman Arena at Bartels Hall
Series: Dartmouth leads, 62-24
Last Time: Jan. 2, 2022 (L, 46-35)
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GAME 24
Dartmouth at Columbia (17-4, 8-1)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 19 - 5 PM
Location: New York, N.Y. – Schiller Court at Levien Gymnasium
Series: Dartmouth leads, 57-19
Last Time: Jan. 29, 2022 (L, 65-46)
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THIS WEEKEND
The Dartmouth women's basketball team will head to New York for games against Cornell and Columbia. This is just the third time this season that the Big Green have played games on consecutive days.
LAST TIME OUT
Dartmouth put pressure on Princeton in the 70-48 loss at Leede Arena on Saturday afternoon.
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Victoria Page had a career-high 16 points to go with five rebounds and one assist.
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Emma Koch led the Big Green with six caroms, while
Mekkena Boyd was perfect at the free throw line, going 4-4.
· As a team, Dartmouth led in defensive rebounds, 25-22, had 23 bench points to Princeton's 15 and outscored the Tigers, 20-16, in the paint.
· The Green kept it close in the first half and were down 19-10 after the first quarter and 29-21 at the half. Page led both teams with 12 points after the first 20 minutes.
· Princeton ran away with it in the third, but Dartmouth got some back in the fourth, winning the quarter with a 19-15 advantage.
SCOUTING THE BIG RED
Since opening Ivy League play against each other on Jan. 2, Cornell has gone 2-6 in conference play, with both of its wins coming against Brown. The Big Red are 8-12 overall and 3-6 in Ivy action, currently sitting in sixth place.
As a team, they're strongest in blocked shots (third) and offensive rebounds (third). Individually, Theresa Mbanefo is someone to watch. She's second in field goal percentage (.483) and blocked shots (35), fifth in rebounding (7.7 rebounds/game) and offensive rebounding (3.2 rebounds/game) and ninth in defensive rebounds (4.5 rebounds/game).
LAST TIME AGAINST CORNELL
The day after ringing in the New Year, the Big Green fell to the Big Red at Leede Arena, 45-36. Koch led the way with seven points after going 2-3 in 3-pointers and was first with a career-high seven rebounds.
Allie Harland also had a pair of treys to end the game with six points.
SCOUTING THE LIONS
Columbia is 17-4 and 8-1 with five games to go. The Lions started conference play on an eight-game winning streak before Princeton got in the way with its 57-39 win. With the Tigers sitting alone at the top, Columbia is right behind in second.
The Lions are first among their Ancient Eight opponents in field goal percentage (.406), assists (15.7/game) and defensive rebounds (619, 29.5/game). They have someone in the top 10 in every category, with Abbey Hsu leading in 3-point field goals made (72, 3.4/game) and second in scoring (16.3/game).
LAST TIME AGAINST COLUMBIA
On Jan. 29, the Big Green fell to the ever-tough Lions, 65-46. Boyd and
Carrington Washburn both ended the game with eight points, while
Doreen Ariik collected eight rebounds and two blocks. Dartmouth outscored Columbia in both the second quarter (16-12) and the fourth (10-6).
LEADING THE WAY
Mia Curtis remains team leader in points with 141 (7.4 points/game), while Boyd isn't far behind with 124 (5.9 points/game). Boyd leads in assists (36), steals (28) and has seen the most playing time of her teammates with 522 minutes (24.9 minutes/game).
Ariik has finally broken her way into the Ivy League top 10 in rebounds and is currently seventh with 52 offensive boards (2.5 rebounds/game).
FOLLOW ALONG
Game information can be found on DartmouthSports.com. To keep up to date on all of the Big Green's basketball news, follow the team on
Twitter and Instagram at @dartmouthwbb.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Dartmouth will play its final road game of the 2021-22 season on Saturday, Feb. 26, at Penn. After that, it's just Harvard for senior day remaining.