Penn’s Hot Shooting Too Much for Dartmouth

Friday, March 1

Philadelphia, Pa. / The Palestra

5:00 PM

Dartmouth College

7-17,1-11Ivy League

Penn

14-11,6-6Ivy League

Dartmouth

Penn

Philadelphia native Clare Meyer tied for the team lead with eight points.

Photo by: Kyle Relf

3/1/2024 7:48:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The Quakers shot better than 50 percent from the field and knocked down 10 3-pointers

By: Kyle Relf

PHILADELPHIA — Opening its weekend of back-to-back Ivy League games, the Dartmouth women's basketball team suffered a 79-41 loss to Penn on Friday evening inside The Palestra.

Dartmouth dropped to 7-17 on the season and 1-11 in the Ivy League, while Penn, vying for a spot in Ivy Madness, improved to 14-11 and 6-6 in the Ancient Eight.

A two-pronged attack of Stina Almqvist and Mataya Gayle paced the Quakers, combining for 39 points. Almqvist had the game high in the scoring column (21) and Jordan Obi grabbed a game-best 11 rebounds. Philadelphia native Clare Meyer and Mia Curtis led the Big Green offense with eight points apiece.

Penn connected on 10 of their 24 attempts from deep (41.7 percent) and shot better than 50 percent from the field. The Quakers were 11-of-15 from the floor in the first quarter, jumping out to a 20-point lead with a Floor Toonders bucket in the final seconds, and would later take a 43-15 lead into halftime. The Quakers had their first 40-point lead, their largest of the game, at the 5:34 mark of the fourth after Saniah Caldwell's 3-pointer.

Dartmouth faced a 10-0 deficit before scoring its first points of the evening and Carrington Washburn helped weather the storm with a pair of first-half 3-pointers. The Big Green were just 4-of-16 from deep and shot worse than 30 percent from the field.

With two games remaining in the 2023-24 season, the Big Green head to Princeton for a 4 p.m. Saturday tip to close the weekend. The season concludes on Tuesday, March 5 with a trip to Harvard.