Big Green Fall Just Short in Valiant Effort at UVM, 61-59

Sunday, December 28

Burlington, Vt. / Patrick Gymnasium

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

8-4,0-0Ivy League

Vermont

11-4,0-0America East

Dartmouth

Vermont

Big Green Fall Just Short in Valiant Effort at UVM, 61-59

12/28/2025 5:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Four finished with double-figure points

By: Justin Lafleur

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Dartmouth women's basketball team impressed against defending America East Champion Vermont on Sunday, leading for more than 21 minutes of action, but the Catamounts used a 12-2 run to take a 59-55 lead, on the way to beating the Big Green 61-59. Four Dartmouth players scored double-figure points, led by 15 from Zeynep Ozel.

The Big Green began the second quarter on a 16-0 run to turn a 14-7 deficit into a 23-14 lead, then the teams went back-and-forth for the rest of the game.

Along with Ozel's 15 points, Alexandra Eldredge scored 12 with Cate MacDonald and Olivia Austin each adding 10.

Dartmouth outrebounded Vermont, 36-27 and held the Catamounts to their lowest point total at home this season and lowest since February 8 (10 games ago).

Score: Vermont 61, Dartmouth 59
Records: Vermont (11-4, 0-0 America East), Dartmouth (8-4, 0-0 Ivy League)
Location: Burlington, Vt. (Patrick Gymnasium)
Date: Sunday, December 28, 2025
Attendance: 1,072

UP NEXT:

The Big Green wrap up nonleague play when they host St. Joseph's Brooklyn on Tuesday at 1 p.m.

FIRST QUARTER:

Baskets by MacDonald and Austin gave the Big Green an early 4-2 lead.
Vermont responded with 12 of the final 15 points of the stanza, ending with a 7-1 run to take a 14-7 lead after one quarter of play.

SECOND QUARTER:

The Big Green dominated early in the second, with Eldredge and Clare Meyer combining for the first 10 points of the quarter.
Ozel then scored four of the next six points, as two free throws made it a 16-0 run and gave Dartmouth a 23-14 lead with 2:20 on the clock.
Vermont responded with the final six points of the quarter to pull within 23-20 at the half.

THIRD QUARTER:

Early in the third quarter saw four ties and two lead changes, with the score tied at 23, 25, 27 and 29.
An Eldredge jumper gave the Big Green the lead back at 33-32 with 3:44 on the clock.
Dartmouth's led swelled to six at 40-34 after a MacDonald layup. Then two MacDonald free throws gave the Big Green a 42-36 lead after 30 minutes of play.

Pick and roll to perfection and the Big Green have re-opened a six-point, 40-34 lead late in the third!

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— Dartmouth Women's Basketball (@DartmouthWBB) December 28, 2025

FOURTH QUARTER:

Dartmouth's lead hovered between one and six through the beginning half of the fourth.
A Ozel 3-pointer gave the Big Green a 53-37 lead with 4:35 on the clock.
But Vermont quickly answered with a 7-0 run in the span of 1:23 as a Malia Lenz 3-pointer gave the Catamounts the lead back at 54-53 with 2:02 on the clock.
Two Nina Minicozzi free throws gave Dartmouth the lead back, but Vermont's Jadyn Weltz responded with a jumper for a 56-55 lead.
The Big Green couldn't pull any closer in the 61-59 defeat.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Dartmouth finished at 40.4% from the floor (21-of-52) and 17.6% from behind the arc (3-of-17).
Vermont shot 41.8% (23-of-55), including 31.6% from three (6-of-19).
The Big Green held a 36-27 edge in rebounds.
Fourth Dartmouth players reached double-figures points for the second time this season.

QUOTABLE:
Hear from Coach Cimino following the victory.