Late Push Falls Short vs. New Hampshire

Sunday, December 1

Hanover, N.H.

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

2-3,0-0Ivy League

New Hampshire

5-4,0-0America East

New Hampshire

Dartmouth

12/1/2024 5:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Victoria Page ties a career high 25 points in the defeat

By: Justin Lafleur

HANOVER, N.H. — New Hampshire broke open a tie by outscoring the Dartmouth women's basketball team 37-21 over the middle two stanzas, and despite the Big Green's fourth-quarter push, it wasn't enough in a 64-57 loss to the Wildcats on Sunday afternoon inside Leede Arena.

Victoria Page led the Big Green in scoring for the fourth time in the first five games this season, finishing with 25 points to tie a career high. Eva DeChent led New Hampshire with 34 points.

Dartmouth pulled as close as five in the final minute, but UNH hit enough free throws down the stretch to keep the Big Green at bay.

Score: New Hampshire 64, Dartmouth 57
Records: Dartmouth (2-3, 0-0 Ivy League), New Hampshire (5-4, 0-0 America East)
Location: Hanover, New Hampshire (Leede Arena) 
Date: Sunday, December 1, 2024
Attendance: 765

UP NEXT:

After five straight at home to begin the season, the Big Green hit the road for games at Navy on Wednesday (7 p.m.) and Bucknell on Friday (6 p.m.) before returning home to host UMass next Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m.

FIRST QUARTER: 

After UNH scored first, the Big Green jumped out to early leads of 7-2, 9-4, 11-6 and 13-8.
Dartmouth's lead reached as much as six at 16-10 following a Cate MacDonald 3-pointer.
The Wildcats scored the final six points of the stanza to pull even at 16 after one quarter of play.
Page led Dartmouth with five points in the first while Zeynep Ozel scored four.

SECOND QUARTER:

New Hampshire began the second quarter on a 7-2 run, extending its run to 13-2 including the end of the first. A DeChent 3-pointer gave the Wildcats a 23-18 advantage with 6:33 on the clock.
UNH pulled as close as two in the quarter following MacDonald's second 3-pointer of the game. That made the score 25-23 with 3:50 until halftime.
Page pulled Dartmouth within 31-27 with just over a minute remaining, but DeChent hit a jumper as the buzzer sounded to give the Wildcats a 33-27 halftime lead.

THIRD QUARTER:

UNH began the third quarter on a 14-1 run to open a 47-28 advantage with 5:21 on the clock.
The Big Green clawed back to within four at 51-37, but again, UNH scored in the final seconds of a quarter. This time, DeChent hit two free throws for a 53-37 lead heading to the fourth.

FOURTH QUARTER:

With Dartmouth trailing 57-43, Page went on a personal 7-0 run behind a layup, 3-pointer and jumper, pulling the Big Green within 57-50 with 2:05 left in regulation.
UNH's lead got back to 10, but Page would go on to convert a fast break layup and another three, getting the Big Green within 62-57.
However, DeChent responded with two free throws to account for the 64-57 final.
Page scored 14 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, shooting 5-of-8 from the floor, including 2-of-4 from behind the arc.

"Oh, look at that!"

Victoria Page finished today's game with 25 points, 14 coming in the fourth quarter — none better than this dazzling coast-to-coast finish.#GoBigGreen | #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/NRr3P4b1UH
— Dartmouth Women's Basketball (@DartmouthWBB) December 1, 2024

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

The Big Green shot 34.0% from the floor (18-of-53), including 24.0% from 3-point range (6-of-25).
UNH finished at 40.0% from the floor (24-of-60) and 16.7% from behind the arc (4-of-24).
Page's 25 points tied her career high originally set on Dec. 10, 2022 at Monmouth.
UNH held a slim 40-35 edge in rebounds.
Sierra Carson's 11:35 of action marked a career high against a Division I opponent.
Sunday marked Dartmouth's fourth straight America East opponent.

QUOTABLE:
Hear from Page, Cimino and Carson following the victory.