Dartmouth Continues Historic Start, Beats Penn 61-49 in Philly

Saturday, January 11

Philadelphia, Pa. / The Palestra

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

8-7,2-0Ivy League

Penn

9-6,0-2Ivy League

Dartmouth

Penn

Dartmouth Continues Historic Start, Beats Penn 61-49 in Philly

1/11/2025 6:43:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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The Big Green are 2-0 in the Ivy League for the first time since the 2009-10 season

By: Justin Lafleur

PHILADELPHIA — The Dartmouth women's basketball team took control early and wouldn't relinquish the lead in an impressive 61-49 win at Penn on Saturday afternoon inside the historic Palestra. With the victory, the Big Green snapped an 18-game losing streak against the Quakers and beat Penn for the first time since February of 2014. Now at 2-0 in the Ivy League for the first time in 15 years, Dartmouth is tied with Princeton and Columbia for first place in the league standings.

The Big Green trailed for just 59 seconds on Saturday, outscoring Penn in the first, second and third quarters before dropping the fourth by just two points. Counting the Ivy League opener at Brown, Dartmouth has trailed for just 1:31 over the first two league games.

Victoria Page was sensational in tying a career high with 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting. In front of many friends and family in a homecoming to Philadelphia, Clare Meyer posted 14 points and eight rebounds. Olivia Austin added five points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

Dartmouth improves to 8-7 overall and 5-3 on the road. The Big Green own their best record after 15 games since the 2017-18 season (when they were 9-5).

BIG GREEN KEEP ROLLING.@DartmouthWBB improves to 2-0 in Ivy League play with a 61-49 road win over Penn. Victoria Page led the way for the Big Green with 26 points and six rebounds. 🌿🏀 pic.twitter.com/OWTvHYba4K
— Ivy League (@IvyLeague) January 11, 2025

Score: Dartmouth 61, Penn 49
Records: Dartmouth (8-7, 2-0 Ivy League), Penn (9-6, 0-2 Ivy League)
Location: The Palestra (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025
Attendance: 482

UP NEXT:

The Big Green remain on the road next Saturday for a 2 p.m. showdown at Princeton.

FIRST QUARTER: 

Neither team led by more than one possession in a very tight first quarter.
An Austin layup opened the scoring with 7:01 on the clock.
The score was later tied at five, seven and nine before an Austin free throw, followed by Meyer putback, gave the Big Green a 12-9 lead after one quarter of play.

SECOND QUARTER:

The Big Green increased their lead over the course of the second quarter.
After Penn got as close as one, Cate MacDonald scored five straight points for a 19-13 Dartmouth lead, forcing a Quakers' timeout.
A Page 3-pointer with 5:05 remaining gave the Big Green a 24-17 advantage.
In the final seconds of the first half, Minicozzi finished a tough layup at the rim to give Dartmouth a seven-point lead back, 31-24, after 20 minutes of play.

Another look at that Minicozzi finish!#SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/9nSzt4bCAl
— Dartmouth Women's Basketball (@DartmouthWBB) January 11, 2025

THIRD QUARTER:

Dartmouth was held scoreless for the first 4:46 of the third quarter, but the Big Green offense caught fire with 15 points over the final 5:14.
After Penn cut the score to 31-29, Dartmouth ended the half on a 15-3 run to take a 46-32 lead into the fourth.
The run featured three 3-pointers — from Page, Minicozzi and Ozel. Page scored seven of her points in the quarter on a perfect 3-of-3 shooting.

FOURTH QUARTER:

Penn wouldn't go away quietly, pulling as close as eight at 54-46 with 4:10 remaining.
But that's as close as the Quakers would come, as Page went on a personal 7-0 run to erase any doubt. Included was a 3-point play. She later hit two free throws to put Dartmouth up 61-46 with 31 seconds remaining, on the way to the 61-49 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Dartmouth's eight overall wins are already its most in a season since 2019-20.
The Big Green held Penn to a season-low 49 points, marking its fewest points since Dec. 10, 2023 at Temple, fewest at home since Nov. 14, 2023 against Saint Joseph's and fewest against an Ivy League opponent since Mar. 10, 2022 at Princeton in Ivy Madness.
Dartmouth improved to 2-0 in the Ivy League for the first time since the 2009-10 season.
The Big Green have now won their first two road Ivy League games for the first time since the season prior (2008-09).
Dartmouth has now won five of its last six games overall, marking its best six-game stretch since going 5-1 to begin the 2007-08 season.
The Big Green snapped an 18-game losing streak against Penn and beat the Quakers for the first time since Feb. 22, 2014 at home (a 53-50 final).
Dartmouth snapped a 13-game losing streak against Penn in Philadelphia and beat the Quakers at home for the first time since Feb. 5, 2010 via a 51-37 final.
Victoria Page's 26 points tied her previous career high (earlier this season at Navy) and are the most points she's ever scored against an Ivy League opponent.
Page has now led the Big Green in scoring in seven straight games and 12 games this season.
Dartmouth has trailed for just 1:31 over the first 80 minutes of Ivy League action (32 seconds at Brown and 59 at Penn).
The Big Green are now 5-3 on the road, already their most road wins since the 2018-19 season.
Dartmouth's 5-3 road record marks its best record through eight road games since the 2005-06 season when Dartmouth stood 6-2 through eight away contests.
For the game, the Big Green shot 39.7% from the floor (23-of-58), including 46.7% from 3-point range (7-of-15).
Penn finished at 33.3% from the floor (20-of-60) and 15.8% from behind the arc (3-of-19).
The Big Green held a dominant 47-31 edge in rebounds, marking their best margin on the glass against a Division I opponent since Dec. 18, 2019 when they held a 42-26 edge over New Hampshire. It's their best margin against an Ivy League opponent since a 38-22 edge over Columbia on Feb. 9, 2019.
The Big Green's last four wins have come by double figures, the first time that's happened since the 2018-19 season.