Nov. 20, 2010
Box Score
BURLINGTON, VT. - Sophomore Kate Oliver (Sydney, Australia) scored a game-high 14 points, including 12 in the second half as the Marist women's basketball team collected a 77-46 victory over Dartmouth in its second game of the TD Bank Classic hosted by the University of Vermont. The Red Foxes shot 43.8 percent from the field in the game, and Oliver led Marist with a 7-for-11 clip from the floor.
Marist claimed the TD Bank Classic Tournament Title in its first appearance in the event. Both the Red Foxes and Boston College Eagles were 2-0 on the weekend. The tie was broken because Marist allowed fewer points than the Eagles over the two game span.
Juniors Corielle Yarde (Reading, Pa.) and Brandy Gang (Hartville, Ohio) joined Oilver in double figures with 13 and 12 points respectively. Gang led the way on the boards for Marist and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. Yarde and senior Elise Caron (Quebec, Canada) each had six assists as the Red Foxes totaled 21 helpers in the contest.
Marist (3-1) scored the first seven points of the game over a span of 1:20. During the run, Yarde scored five of her seven first half points. Gang added a pair of free throws.
Dartmouth (0-4) and Marist traded baskets until a Louise Vanden Bosch three-pointer cut the Red Foxes lead to five at 20-15 with 10:19 to play in the first stanza. The Vanden Bosch basket sparked a 7-0 run for the Big Green. Dartmouth took a 22-20 lead, its only advantage of the contest when Faziah Steen nailed a pair of free throws to put Dartmouth in front temporarily.
At the 7:10 mark of the first half, the Red Foxes responded with a 28-0 run over the next 11:47. After the stretch concluded, Marist held a 50-22 lead. The Marist defense held the Dartmouth offense without a field goal from the 8:32 mark of the first half, until a Nicola Zimmer triple capped the Marist run with 16:12 remaining in the game.
The run helped build a 19-point halftime lead, 41-22. During the run the Red Foxes got contributions from six different players - Gang, Oliver, Caron, freshman Erica Allenspach (Miamisburg, Ohio) and junior Emily Stallings (Newburgh, N.Y.).
In the second half, the Big Green used six free throws from Sasha Dosenko to get within 19 points, but could draw no closer.
Conversely, the Red Foxes finished the game with their largest lead of the contest, 31 points, after Dulin hit a pair of free throws. The two points for Dulin and Marist made the score 77-46.
Defensively, Marist collected a season-high 15 steals and won the rebounding battle. The Red Foxes snatched 44 caroms to the Big Green's 34. The team forced 19 Dartmouth giveaways during the contest.
In the second half, Marist held Dartmouth to just 26.9 percent from the floor and only surrendered seven field goals on 26 attempts.
Individually, Yarde shot an efficient 5-for-6 from the floor including 2-for-3 from beyond the three-point line. Allenspach shot 4-for-7 from the field, grabbed six rebounds and amassed three steals. Both Allenspach and Yarde were named to the TD Bank Classic All-Tournament Team.
The Red Foxes will have eight days off before their next contest. Marist will close its five-game season-opening road trip at Villanova on Sunday, Nov. 28. Tipoff is slated for noon at The Pavilion. The Wildcats are the second of three Big East teams on the Red Foxes' schedule this season.
Notes: Oliver's 14 points was one away from tying a career-high... Dulin tied a career-high with eight points... Marist totaled 45 assists on 55 baskets this weekend... Allenspach is 13 points from 1,000... Giorgis is three wins from 200... Marist improved to 3-1 against Dartmouth all-time... Marist has won the last three meetings against Dartmouth... The Red Foxes are 1-0 against the Ivy League this season and 25-20 all-time against the league.
