Big Green Fall at Columbia

Friday, February 14

New York, N.Y. / Levien Gymnasium

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

8-14,2-7Ivy League

Columbia

18-4,9-0Ivy League

Dartmouth

Columbia

2/14/2025 10:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: Justin Lafleur

NEW YORK — The Dartmouth women's basketball team scored six of the first eight second-quarter points to pull within eight, but Columbia went on to open an 18-point lead, then used a dominant third quarter to erase any doubt, as the Lions were victorious 89-37 on Friday evening.

The win improved Columbia's Ivy League record to 9-0 and was the Lions' 20th win in a row at home dating back to last season.

Alexandra Eldredge scored 11 first-half points for the Big Green and finished with 13 to tie her Dartmouth career high. Victoria Page added eight points.

Rebounds proved critical, with Columbia holding a 60-22 edge, including 34 offensive boards which led to 85 field goal attempts (compared to the Big Green's 47).

Score: Columbia 89, Dartmouth 37
Records: Dartmouth (8-14, 2-7 Ivy League), Columbia (18-4, 9-0 Ivy League)
Location: Levien Gymnasium (New York, N.Y.)
Date: Saturday, February 14, 2025
Attendance: 1,324

UP NEXT:

The Big Green return to action in less than 24 hours at Cornell. Opening tipoff is set for 5 p.m.

FIRST QUARTER: 

A tight start saw neither team lead by more than five until almost halfway through the first quarter.
Eldredge scored Dartmouth's first four points of the evening, with a Page jumper getting the Big Green within 8-6 with 6:42 on the clock.
A Clare Meyer layup pulled Dartmouth within 11-8, but the Lions answered with a 12-0 run.
Eldredge's third field goal of the first quarter made the score 25-12 after 10 minutes of play.

SECOND QUARTER:

Dartmouth began the second quarter with a 6-2 surge (8-2 spanning the end of the first quarter). Baskets came from three different Big Green players — Cate MacDonald, Meyer and Page — to make the score 27-19 with 7:07 left in the second.
Not long after, an Eldredge jumper got Dartmouth within 30-21.
However, Columbia immediately staged a 14-1 run.
Field goals from Eldredge and Page over the final 1:03 pulled Dartmouth within 44-26 at the half.

THIRD QUARTER:

Columbia controlled the third, with Dartmouth's only point coming behind an Olivia Austin free throw.
The Lions finished with a 24-1 edge to take a 68-27 lead into the fourth.
Dartmouth turned the ball over nine times in the quarter, which led to 14 Columbia points off turnovers.

FOURTH QUARTER:

Lucija Banovic came in off the bench to knock down a field goal with 6:39 on the clock, marking the Big Green's first field goal of the half.
Less than three minutes later, Eldredge connected on a reverse layup to give her 13 points.
A Tahira Muhammad layup rounded out the game's scoring.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Eldredge finished 6-of-11 from the floor.
Page added four rebounds and two assists.
As a team, Dartmouth shot 34.0% from the floor (16-of-47), including 42.4% from 3-point range (36-of-85).
Columbia finished at 42.4% (36-of-85) and 37.5% from behind the arc (9-of-24).
The Lions finished with a 60-22 edge in rebounds.
Cecelia Collins led Columbia with 20 points.