Coming off a win over Keene State, the Big Green face another intrastate foe
By: Kyle Relf
GAME 4
Dartmouth (1-2, 0-0 Ivy League) vs. New Hampshire (2-4, 0-0 America East) Date & Time: Sunday, Nov. 26 | 1 p.m. Location: Durham, N.H. | Lundholm Gymnasium All-Time Series: 19-26 Last Meeting: Nov. 13, 2022 (L, 59-56)
FIRST WIN UNDER CIMINO
Dartmouth's first win under first-year Gail Koziara Boudreaux '82 and Family Head Coach Linda Cimino is in the books after a 65-41 win over Keene State.
PAGE TAKES OVER Victoria Page, who led the Big Green in scoring last season, scored 23 points (two shy of matching her career high) against Keene State. Her 19 second-half points were key in pulling away from the Owls. The junior also grabbed a career-high seven rebounds.
OWNING THE GLASS
Dartmouth has outrebounded its opponent in each of its three games this season and currently leads the Ivy League, and ranks among the top 40 in the nation, in rebounds per game with 45. Doreen Ariik ranks second in the Ivy League with 9.7 rebounds per game. 55 rebounds against Keene State is the most for any team around the Ivy League so far this season.
FEW FOULS
Dartmouth ranks second in the nation in fouls per game (9.7), behind only Mississippi State (9.4). The Big Green and the Bulldogs are the only teams in Division I with fewer than 10 fouls per game. West Virginia is the closest with 11. Dartmouth has allowed its opponent just six free throws in back-to-back games (Siena and Keene State).
MINICOZZI'S DOUBLE-DOUBLE
First-year guard Nina Minicozzi needed just two games to record her first career double-double (10 points and 10 rebounds against Siena). It was the Big Green's first double-double since Emma Koch's at Penn in the second-to-last game of the 2021-22 season.
TWO WITH DOUBLE-DIGIT BOARDS Nina Minicozzi and Cate MacDonald both grabbed 10 rebounds against Siena and it was the first time Dartmouth has had two players with double-digit boards since the 2016-17 season (Kate Letkewicz and Olivia Smith against Brown).
LAST YEAR'S MATCHUP
A couple squandered possessions late in the game made the difference in a 59-56 loss to New Hampshire at Leede Arena on Nov. 13, 2022. Dartmouth led by as many as eight in the second half and had a 48-39 rebounding edge on the Wildcats.
SCOUTING NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Wildcats are coming off a 56-46 home loss to Utah Tech and are looking to snap a three-game losing streak. Senior guard Adara Groman leads the team with an even 10 points per game. New Hampshire is a combined 4-of-43 from the perimeter in its last two games.
DEFENSE STEPPING UP
Dartmouth leads the Ivy League in scoring defense, allowing just 55.7 points per game.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Big Green travel to Vermont on Thursday, Nov. 30 for a 6 p.m. tip before returning home to square off with UC Riverside on Monday, Dec. 4.