PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team moved to .500 in Ivy League play, after downing Dartmouth, 79-41, Friday evening.

Quaker Notemeal
*Junior Stina Almqvist led all scoring with 21 points in 21 minutes, the eighth time she has scored 20-plus points this season. Almqvist also added nine rebounds, one block and an assist.

*Freshman Mataya Gayle put up 18 points, the 18th time this season the rookie has scored in double-figures.

*Gayle, and fellow freshman Ese Ogbevire each dished out four assists, one shy of Ogbevire's career high.

*Senior Jordan Obi pieced together a well-rounded stat line with eight points, 11 rebounds, three blocks, two assists and one steal.

*Off the bench, senior Floor Toonders corralled three rebounds and put up nine points.

*Penn shot 52.4% from the field, 41.7% from three, including an 11-15 performance in the first quarter.

*The Quakers dropped 40 points in the paint, scored 10 points off turnovers and added 29 points off the bench.

How it Happened
Penn jumped on the Big Green early in the game and did not let Dartmouth score until the 5:06 mark in the first quarter. Later on, a spin-move and layup from Almqvist extended the lead, 17-2 in the final minutes of quarter one. By the end of the first, the Quakers led by 20 points, only surrendering five.

Penn hit two straight buckets to open the second quarter before allowing the Big Green to get back on the board.

The Quakers added 10 straight points in the second quarter, capped off by Gayle's floater, to push the lead, 41-11 at the 3:56 mark.

At the half, the Red and Blue led 43-15.

To start the second half, Penn went back up by 30 points with a jumper in the paint from Obi. Eventually the Quakers led 63-28 heading into the final quarter.

By the middle of the fourth, Penn built up its biggest lead of the night, going up by 40 on a triple from Saniah Caldwell. The Quakers continued to gel offensively, going back up by 40 with just under 1:30 remaining, to close out their scoring, securing the sizeable win.

Up Next
Penn will return to the Palestra tomorrow afternoon, for a 4:00 p.m. tip against Harvard. The Quakers will then close out regular season play against Princeton, next Saturday in New Jersey.