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Women's Basketball Weekend Wrap-Up for Feb. 4-5
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Christine Clark had 18 points and Brogan Berry added 17 as Harvard won the battle of the unbeatens in a 73-67 thrilling victory over Princeton Friday night. The Crimson snapped the Tigers' 22-game conference win streak, which was the fourth best in the nation.
Elsewhere around the League, Dartmouth's Faziah
Steen poured in a career-high 28 points for the second
consecutive game as the Big Green picked up its first Ivy win of
the year, a 68-65 final over Penn. In Ithaca, N.Y., Yale outlasted
Cornell, 57-49 and in New York, Columbia cruised to a 72-49 win
over Brown.
On Saturday, Penn's Alyssa Baron went off for a
career-high 38 points – also the highest output of any Ivy
this season – but the Quakers came up just short in an 88-84
double-overtime loss to now 5-0 Harvard.
Princeton bounced back from its first Ivy loss with a 75-50 win at
Dartmouth, Columbia made it three in a row with a 67-57 win over
Yale and Brown snapped an eight-game losing streak with its first
Ivy win of the year, a 66-53 final at Cornell.
Columbia 72, Brown 49
Columbia Postgame Release | Brown Postgame Release | Box Score
NEW YORK -- The Columbia
women's basketball team connected on a season-high 15
three-pointers and broke open a close game in the second half to
pick up its second straight Ivy League victory, a 72-49 decision
over Brown on Friday evening at Levien Gymnasium. Junior
Melissa Shafer led
the long-range assault with five three-pointers and closed with a
game-high 17 points to lead four Lions in double
figures.
Harvard 73, Princeton 67
Harvard Postgame Release | Princeton Postgame Release | Box Score
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard women's basketball team
took the driver's seat in the Ivy League race with a 73-67 win over
Princeton Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion. The Crimson had three
players in double figures and shot 50 percent from the field to
improve to 12-6 overall and 4-0 in the Ancient Eight.
Christine Clark equaled her career-high in points
for the fourth time in points, scoring 18 against the Tigers. She
was 5-for-11 from the field and 8-for-8 from the charity
stripe.
Yale 57, Cornell 49
Yale Postgame Release | Cornell Postgame Release | Box Score
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Sophomore guard Megan
Vasquez scored 11 of her 14 points in the second half,
shooting 8-for-10 from the free-throw line in the half, to lead
Yale to a 57-49 road win over Cornell in Ivy League action Friday
night. Senior forward Mady Gobrecht scored a
game-high 18 points, 10 in the second half, and grabbed six
rebounds to power the Bulldogs' offense. Freshman forward
Janna Graf scored 10 of her 14 points in the
second half.
Dartmouth 68, Penn 65
Dartmouth Postgame Release | Penn Postgame Release | Box Score
HANOVER, N.H. -- Sophomore Faziah Steen scored a career-high 28
points for the second straight game to lead a trio of double-digit
scorers as the Dartmouth women's basketball team topped Penn,
68-65. The victory was the first Ivy win of the season for
Dartmouth (5-13, 1-3 Ivy) which dressed only nine players to take
on a much improved Penn squad (7-11, 1-3 Ivy).
Harvard 88, Penn 84 (2ot)
Harvard Postgame Release | Penn Postgame Release | Box Score
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard women's basketball team
needed a little extra time to secure a win over Penn on Saturday
afternoon. The Crimson defeated Penn, 88-84 in double overtime to
improve to 13-6 overall and 5-0 in the Ivy League. Emma
Markley scored 21 points, grabbed six rebounds, collected
four steals and blocked two shots in the win. Brogan
Berry added 17 points for the second night in a row,
including clutch free throws down the stretch, to go along with
eight assists, six rebounds and three steals. Victoria
Lippert chipped in with 16 points and a team-high 11
rebounds, while Christine Clark added 11
points.
Brown 66, Cornell 53
Brown Postgame Release | Cornell Postgame Release | Box Score
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Led by sophomore Hannah
Passafuime's 15 points and eight rebounds, the Bears
earned its first Ivy League victory with a 66-53 win over Cornell
University on Saturday night at Newman Arena. The Bears improve to
5-15 overall with a 1-5 mark in the Ivy League, as Cornell drops to
5-15 and 2-4.
Columbia 67, Yale 57
Columbia Postgame Release | Yale Postgame Release | Box Score
NEW YORK -- A total team
effort helped the Columbia women's basketball to its third straight
victory on Saturday night. Four players reached double-figures in
scoring led by reserve guards Melissa
Shafer and Taylor
Ball, as the Lions moved to 4-2 in the Ivy League
with a 67-57 triumph over Yale in front of 1,248 fans on WBCA Pink
Zone Night at Levien Gymnasium.
Princeton 75, Dartmouth 50
Princeton Postgame Release | Dartmouth Postgame Release | Box Score
HANOVER, N.H. -- Sophomore Megan
Bowen scored a career-high 14 points as the Princeton
women's basketball team defeated Dartmouth 75-50 at Leede Arena on
Saturday, Feb. 5. All 12 Princeton players played in the game and
each had at least two points, as the bench scored 38 of the team's
points. Princeton got 52 points in the paint, 34 more than
Dartmouth.
