Penn vs. Dartmouth Box Score (PDF)

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania (12-6, 5-0) completed the weekend Ivy League sweep following a 68-38 win over the Dartmouth Big Green (6-12, 1-5) on Saturday night at The Palestra. With the victory, the Quakers remain the only undefeated team in the Ancient Eight with an unblemished 5-0 conference mark.

Tonight's victory marked the third-straight for the Quakers over the Big Green and the ninth in 10 games dating back to the 2010-11 season. Additionally, Penn put up the largest margin of victory over Dartmouth in series history dating back to 1979 and the contest marked the biggest Ivy League win for the Quakers dating back to 2000 vs. Columbia.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
* The Quakers shot 45.3% from the field (29-of-64) while Dartmouth hit just 23.6% of their shots for the evening (13-of-55). Penn also won the rebound battle, 47-35, and had a 17 assists to just eight turnovers. The Red and Blue also had a big advantage in the paint, outscoring the Big Green 34-8 in the lane.

*Penn had three players in double-digits: Sydney Stipanovich (15, 5), Anna Ross (12, 7) and Ashley Russell (11, 6). Russell's 11 points tied a career-high while Ross had a game-high five assists. Kasey Chambers and Michelle Nwokedi also added nine points each while Nwokedi added in a game-high 11 boards.

HOW IT HAPPENED
In a game where the Quakers never trailed, the Red and Blue had to overcome a slow start as neither team could get shots to fall off the tip. The Quakers gained momentum and  followed through with a 9-0 run off the heels of the Red and Blue backcourt, with Ross, Chambers, Brzozowski and Russell combining for 11 points as the Red and Blue took a 13-5 lead at the end of the first.

Penn pushed the issue in the second, and amassed a 14-point advantage at 24-10 by the media timeout with 4:56 on the clock. The Red and Blue dominated the paint in the frame, notching six points in the lane including four from Stipanovich in just over five minutes of action. Penn finished the quarter hitting 4-for-4 from the field as they led 36-17 at the half.

The Penn advantage continued to grow coming out of the locker rooms and creeped up to 28 points following a Brzozowski trey with 2:42 left to play in the stanza. The Red and Blue defense carried the Quakers through the frame as Penn held Dartmouth scoreless for nearly six minutes in the quarter.

With the contest never in doubt, the Quakers finished the game to put up the largest margin of victory over the Big Green in series history. Penn held Dartmouth to another scoring drought of six minutes, and the Red and Blue defense stifled their opponents to just 1-of-12 shooting from the field in the final 10 minutes of action to pull away with the win, 68-38.

UP NEXT
The Quakers hit the road for the continuation of their Ivy schedule next Friday and Saturday when they travel to Columbia and Cornell on Feb. 10 and 11, respectively.

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