Ke'iara Odume.
Sam Rubin
Ke'iara Odume (shown here) was one of four Bulldogs to score in double digits.
59
Yale Yale 5-15,1-6 Ivy League
77
Winner Dartmouth Dart 10-10,1-6 Ivy League
Yale Yale
5-15,1-6 Ivy League
59
Final
77
Dartmouth Dart
10-10,1-6 Ivy League
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Yale Yale 6 16 18 19 59
Dartmouth Dart 20 14 16 27 77

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Sam Rubin

Four Score in Double Digits, but Bulldogs Fall at Dartmouth

HANOVER, N.H. – A large early deficit proved too much for the Yale women's basketball team to overcome against Dartmouth at Leede Arena Saturday night as the Bulldogs fell 77-59.
 
Dartmouth scored the first 17 points of the game, before junior forward Mary Meng got the Bulldogs on the board with a layup at 3:53 of the first. Yale heated up after that, and eventually cut the deficit into single digits on the second of two Meng free throws at 3:27 of the second. It was down to five, 27-22, after a free throw by sophomore guard Ke'iara Odume at 2:00 of the second. Dartmouth regrouped, though, and got the lead to 12 (34-22) heading into halftime.
 
The third quarter was a back-and-forth affair, but Yale closed it with an 11-7 run that included six points from sophomore guard Marisa Chapman. The Bulldogs trailed 50-40 heading into the fourth.
 
A 9-4 run by Dartmouth to start the fourth prompted a Yale timeout with 7:13 to play. The Bulldogs got baskets from Chapman and Meng to close within 11, but Dartmouth's Nina Minicozzi answered with a three-point play and Yale would get no closer than within 12 after that. 
 
Yale falls to 5-15 (1-6 Ivy League) while Dartmouth improves to 10-10 (1-6 Ivy League).
 
STATISTICAL LEADERS
  • Sophomore guard Ciniya Moore led Yale in points with 17.
  • Sophomore guard Marisa Chapman and junior forward Mary Meng led Yale in rebounds with eight each.
  • Meng led Yale in blocks with four.
  • Four Bulldogs had two assists each.
 
KEY STAT
  • Dartmouth shot .440, its second-best shooting percentage this season against a Division I opponent.
 
NOTES
  • Yale had four double-digit scorers: Moore, sophomore guard Ke'iara Odume (14), Chapman (13) and Meng (11).
  • Yale had a 36-34 advantage in rebounds and a 25-11 advantage in bench scoring.
  • The Bulldogs' 11 steals were one shy of their season high.
  • Meng, whose high in rebounds is 15, has had seven or more rebounds in a game six times this season.
  • Meng's 11 points were a career high. 
  • Odume has scored 12 or more points in a game four times this season; she had done so only once in her first year.
 
AROUND THE IVY LEAGUE
  • Penn 64, Columbia 55
  • No. 19 Princeton 72, Cornell 61
  • Brown at Harvard, 7:00 p.m.
 
UP NEXT
  • Yale plays at Brown next Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
 
 
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