Yale Pulls Away from Big Green

Saturday, February 22

New Haven, Conn. / Payne Whitney Gymnasium

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

8-16,2-9Ivy League

Yale

3-21,2-9Ivy League

Dartmouth

Yale

2/22/2025 5:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Victoria Page scored 21 points in the defeat

By: Justin Lafleur

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — After a tight first quarter, Yale outscored the Dartmouth women's basketball team by 19 over the middle two quarters to pull away, beating the Big Green 76-59 on Saturday. Victoria Page scored 15 second-half points to finish with 21 on the afternoon, marking her fifth game with 20+ points on the season.

Along with her point total, Page added three assists, two rebounds and two steals. Nina Minicozzi added nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from three. Olivia Austin had eight points and five boards.

Four Yale players scored double-figure points, led by 20 from Grace Thybulle.

The loss marks Dartmouth's ninth straight, as the Big Green will close out the season with three straight home games.

Score: Yale 76, Dartmouth 59
Records: Dartmouth (8-16, 2-9 Ivy League), Yale (3-21, 2-9 Ivy League)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater (New Haven, Conn.)
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025
Attendance: 646

UP NEXT:

Next weekend, Dartmouth hosts Penn next Friday (8 p.m. opening tipoff) and Princeton on Saturday (7 p.m.).

FIRST QUARTER: 

Neither team led by more than two until 1:12 left in the first quarter.
A slow offensive start for both teams saw the Big Green lead 4-2 at the first media timeout.
Over the final 3:28, Yale held a 13-8 edge. Clare Meyer converted two layups in the span of 1:03 to give the Big Green an 8-7 lead, but five straight Bulldog points gave them a 12-8 lead, on the way to a 15-12 advantage after one quarter of play.

SECOND QUARTER:

Early in the quarter, Dartmouth pulled within one on three occasions (15-14, 20-19 and 22-21).
After a Page jumper with 5:38 remaining, Yale staged a 9-0 run to take a 30-21 lead.
An Austin layup got the Big Green within six at 33-27, but the Bulldogs ended the half with six unanswered points to take a 39-27 halftime lead.

THIRD QUARTER:

Yale continued to extend its advantage in the third, with the margin reaching 20, 51-31, just over midway through the quarter.
The Bulldogs held Dartmouth without a field goal until 5:42 was on the clock, as Page had a steal near midcourt before finishing a 3-point play.
Dartmouth inched within 16 at 55-39, but Yale again ended the quarter on a 6-0 run to take a 61-39 lead into the fourth.

Stellar sequence earlier this half by Victoria Page with the steal and ensuing 3-point play.

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— Dartmouth Women's Basketball (@DartmouthWBB) February 22, 2025

FOURTH QUARTER:

Dartmouth outscored Yale 20-15 in the fourth, but it was too little, too late.
Yale built its lead to as much as 27.
One stretch saw Page score 10 straight Big Green points, all in the span of 2:54.
An Austin layup with 30 seconds remaining pulled Dartmouth within 76-59, which proved to be the final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Nine different Dartmouth players scored on Saturday.
Page's other games with 20 points this season came against New Hampshire, at Navy, at Penn and vs. Yale.
Page finished the season by scoring 50 points against the Bulldogs over the two games.
For the game, Dartmouth shot 38.9% from the floor (21-of-54), including 38.5% from 3-point range (5-of-13).
Yale finished at 45.5% (30-of-66) and 46.2% from behind the arc (6-of-13).
The Bulldogs held a 44-30 edge in rebounds.