WBB Leads Wire-to-Wire, Dominates Big Green in 66-37 Win
Aiming to get revenge and win the return trip, the University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team never trailed in a 66-37 victory over Dartmouth Friday evening at Leede Arena.
The win is the Quakers' fourth straight, improving to 15-10 overall with a 6-6 record in Ivy League play. With just two games remaining, Penn sits two games ahead of Brown for fourth place. The Big Green have dropped 10 straight contests, falling to 8-16, 2-9.
*Penn achieved a winning record for the third straight season with the victory.
*The Quakers pull ahead in the all-time series at Leede Arena, leading 20-19. Penn has won 10 consecutive games in Hanover dating back to the 2014-15 season.
*Stina Almqvist (24 pts, 10 rebs) and Katie Collins (14 pts, 10 rebs) both registered their sixth double-doubles of the season. It's the second time this season both Almqvist and Collins had double-doubles in the same game, the other instance happening back on Jan. 18 at Cornell.
*Mataya Gayle had a career-high tying nine assists on the night. It's the third time this year she's recorded nine helpers. She also finished with six points and five rebounds.
*Saniah Caldwell led the second unit with eight points on a pair of three-pointers.
*Penn shot 44.3 percent (27-for-61) overall from the floor and assisted on 16 of its 27 field goals.
*The Quakers' defense held the Big Green to just 23.1 percent (12-for-52) from the field and 21.7 percent (5-for-23) from deep. Penn scored 21 points off 18 Dartmouth turnovers.
The Quakers opened the contest by winning the opening tipoff, yet both teams failed to score on their first few possessions. Collins scored the game's first bucket on a three-pointer to take an early 3-0 lead. The run ballooned to 8-0, prompting Dartmouth to take an early timeout with 6:56 to go in the quarter.
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Penn continued its dominant first quarter with six points for Almqvist, as the Quakers took a 16-4 cushion with under four minutes to play.
Almqvist, who pushed her point total up to 10 in just the first quarter alone, had Penn ahead of the Big Green, 20-9, to close the opening period.
The Quakers opened the second quarter on a 6-3 push, leading 26-12 at the under-5 media timeout.
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Mataya Gayle came through big in the final couple minutes with two shots from deep as Penn had a 36-14 lead at the half.
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Dartmouth hit a couple shots to begin the third quarter, but Penn took over on defense and offense—led by an outstanding stretch from Sawyer—going on a 9-0 run to take a 47-20 advantage with 5:13 remaining in the period.
Almqvist reached the 20-point plateau for a third consecutive game, closing the stanza with 22 as the Quakers took a 53-28 lead into the final frame.
Penn outscored Dartmouth, 13-9, in the fourth quarter to come out with the 66-37 victory.
For the second straight season, Penn enters its second matchup against Harvard with Ivy Madness implications. A win over the Crimson on Saturday at 7 p.m. gets the Quakers into the Ivy League Tournament for the third straight season.
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