Big Green Battle in Loss at No. 22/24 Princeton

Saturday, January 17

Princeton, N.J. / Jadwin Gymnasium

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

9-7,0-3Ivy League

Princeton

15-1,3-0Ivy League

Dartmouth

Princeton

Big Green Battle in Loss at No. 22/24 Princeton

1/17/2026 7:17:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Nina Minicozzi and Debra Hill combined for 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting

By: Justin Lafleur

PRINCETON, N.J. — No. 22/25 Princeton scored the game's first eight points and wouldn't look back, as the Dartmouth women's basketball team fell to the Tigers 69-41 on Saturday afternoon. Nina Minicozzi scored 12 points, with Debra Hill adding 10 and six rebounds to lead the Big Green, who had a number of highlight moments, but it wasn't enough.

Minicozzi knocked down three 3-pointers in the span of 1:53 in the third quarter to provide a spark. Meanwhile, Hill had seven points and four rebounds in the fourth quarter alone.

With the loss, Dartmouth falls to 9-7 and 0-3 in the Ivy League. Princeton improves to 15-1 and 3-0 in league play.

Ashley Chea led three Princeton Tigers with double-figures points, scoring 16.

The Big Green return to action on Monday at Penn for a 2 p.m. opening tipoff on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Score: No. 22/25 Princeton 69, Dartmouth 41
Records: Princeton (15-1, 3-0 Ivy League), Dartmouth (9-7, 0-3 Ivy League)
Location: Princeton, N.J. (Jadwin Gymnasium)
Date: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026
Attendance: 1,232

UP NEXT:

The Big Green continue their three-game road trip with a Monday afternoon showdown at Penn. Gametime is 2 p.m.

FIRST QUARTER:

Princeton scored the game's first eight points before the Big Green's first points, via a Miniccozi 3-pointer, with 4:26 on the clock. That pulled Dartmouth within 8-3.
Two Ozel free throws pulled the Big Green within 10-5 with 3:31 left in the quarter, which proved to be the score after 10 minutes of play.

SECOND QUARTER:

The Tigers' lead quickly reached double figures, extending to 17 at 23-6 after a 13-1 Princeton run to begin the stanza.
The margin reached 20 before an Ozel 3-pointer with 56 seconds left in the half.
But Grace O'Sullivan connected on a three on the ensuing possession to give the Tigers a 36-16 halftime lead.

THIRD QUARTER:

A 9-0 Princeton run to begin the quarter extended its lead to 45-16 with 5:57 on the clock.
The Big Green responded by outscoring the Tigers 14-8 the rest of the quarter.
A big reason was Minicozzi, who knocked down threes with 3:44, 2:56 and 1:51 on the clock, pulling the Big Green back within 20 at 49-29 and forcing a Princeton timeout.
The Tigers led 53-30 after three quarters of play.

Three 3-pointers for Nina Minicozzi in less than two minutes 👌#GoBigGreen | #TheWoods🌲 pic.twitter.com/GES47OLxPk
— Dartmouth Women's Basketball (@DartmouthWBB) January 17, 2026

FOURTH QUARTER:

Princeton's lead reached as much as 33 at 66-33 just over midway through the fourth.
The Big Green responded with eight of the game's final 11 points, all points coming from first-years.
Emma Olausson had a driving layup while Hill scored Dartmouth's final six points to round out the scoring.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Hill's points came in just 19 minutes. She shot 3-of-5 from the floor and 4-of-6 from the free throw line.
Minicozzi was 4-of-6 from the floor, including 4-of-5 from behind the arc. She finished one made three short of tying her career high for triples.
Minicozzi's 80% shooting from three marked a career high when making at least four threes in her career.
As a team, Dartmouth shot 27.5% from the floor (14-of-51), including 30.0% from behind the arc (6-of-20).
Princeton finished at 39.7% (27-of-68) and 28.6% from 3-point range (6-of-21).
The Big Green held the Tigers to their second lowest shooting percentage of the season and lowest at home. Their only time lower than 39.7% came in the season opener at Georgia Tech when Princeton shot 36.8%.
It was Princeton's lowest shooting percentage at home since shooting 37.5% against Middle Tennessee State on Dec. 29, 2024.
The Tigers finished with a 46-33 edge in rebounds.
Eighteen Dartmouth turnovers hurt, compared to 10 for Princeton.