PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team has a pair of Ivy League matchups this weekend, traveling to Dartmouth on Saturday before hosting Princeton on Monday.
 
GAME 14 – PENN (6-7, 1-0 Ivy) at DARTMOUTH (1-12, 0-1 Ivy)
Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022 | 2 p.m.
Leede Arena | Hanover, N.H.
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GAME 15 – PENN (6-7, 1-0 Ivy) vs PRINCETON (10-4, 2-0 Ivy)
Monday, Jan. 17, 2022 | 2 p.m.
The Palestra | Philadelphia, Pa.
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Penn-Dartmouth Series
Meeting for the 84th time in program history on Saturday, the Big Green owns a slim 43-40 edge in the all-time series against the Quakers. Penn is currently on a 12-game win streak that dates to the 2014-15 season including six victories inside Leede Arena. Head Coach Mike McLaughlin has only fell three times to Dartmouth during his tenure with the Quakers with two losses coming by just three points. The past two outings have been the largest margin of victories against the Big Green in program history, winning by 36 on February 21, 2020, in The Palestra after defeating them on their home court in New Hampshire by 33 on February 1.
 
Last Time We Met
On February 21, 2020, the two squads battled in Philadelphia with the Quakers running away with a 67-31 decision behind a 24-point, 13-rebound effort by Eleah Parker. Although Parker was the only Quaker in double figures, Penn stifled the Big Green on the defensive end, holding Dartmouth to 19.7 percent shooting while forcing 18 turnovers.
 
About Dartmouth
The Big Green are in search of their first Ivy League victory of the season, falling to Cornell in the opener, 45-36, on January 2. Dartmouth is 1-12 overall this year with its lone victory coming at Texas State, 62-39. Averaging 45.8 points per game, the Big Green are led offensively by Mia Curtis with 7.1 points. As a team, they are shooting 31.3 percent from the floor and 26.8 percent from beyond the arc.   
 
Penn-Princeton Series
Monday marks the 92nd time the two squads will play one another with the Tigers holding a 61-30 lead in the all-time series. Entering Monday's contest, Princeton is on a four-game win streak that dates to February 26, 2019. The Quakers have seven wins over Princeton in the McLaughlin coaching era, with three of them coming at The Palestra.
 
Last Time We Met
The last meeting was on February 26, 2020, at Jadwin Gym with the Tigers securing an 80-44 decision. Kayla Padilla led all scorers with 24 points, shooting 8-for-17 from the field with three from beyond the arc. Princeton, led by Bella Alarie with 21 points, shot 42.6 percent for the game while the Quakers shot at a 32 percent clip.
 
About Princeton
The Tigers enter the weekend on a three-game win streak, boasting a 10-4 record including 2-0 in Ivy play. The highlight of the season was on December 1, defeating No. 22 Florida Gulf Coast down in the Sunshine State, 58-55, for their first top-25 victory in 43 years. Princeton's last outing was on Wednesday, defeating Towson, 68-54, behind Abby Meyers' 18 points. Defensively, the Tigers held Towson to just 29.8 percent shooting. For the season, Meyers is averaging 18.6 points per game, the top mark in the Ivy League (To be ranked, you must play in at least 75 percent of games).
 
Penn's Last Time Out
The Quakers last game was on January 2 at Brown, topping the Bears 66-37. Freshman Stina Almqvist put together a career performance off the bench, dropping in 18 points on 58.3 percent shooting with two three-pointers. The victory extended Penn's win streak against Brown to 19 games, while it marked the least points the Bears have scored in a game in the all-time series that dates to 1974. Since that game, COVID-19 protocol has postponed three contests: Cornell, Columbia, and most recently Temple.