Noin Records Double-Double At Dartmouth

The Central Connecticut State women's basketball team dropped its final game of a three-game road trip, falling 53-44 to host Dartmouth on Friday evening.

Lucia Noin led the Blue Devils with her first double-double of the season, that included a career-high dozen rebounds, to go along with 18 points.

The Blue Devils are back home on Sunday, hosting Vermont at 1:00 pm on Sunday at Kaiser Hall.

GAME INFORMATION | BOX SCORE

Score: Dartmouth 53, CCSU 44
Records: Blue Devils (0-7), Big Green (4-2)
Location: Leede Arena | Hanover, NJA

KEY MOMENTS

• Noin opened the scoring with a three-pointer as the teams exchanged baskets on the opening positions
• Cate MacDonald drained a three at the 5:44 mark for Dartmouth, putting the Big Green on top 8-7, but Christa Ramos answered on the next possession with a triple of her own to put the Blue Devils back on top
• The Blue Devils would lead by as many as three several times the rest of the period, but a last second Olivia Austin layup brought the Big Green within a point, 14-13 at the end of the period
• Both squads scored in the first 30 seconds of the second quarter, with a Dartmouth three tying the game 16-16 at 9:30
• A Nicora Patrick free throw was the next point for either team, at the 4:11 mark as the teams exchanged the lead on the ensuing possessions, with MacDonald netting a layup with 74 seconds to play to give Dartmouth a 22-21 advantage
• Jah'Nae Stevens scored 13 seconds later to give CCSU a 23-22 lead that it would take into the locker room
• Jessica Farrell scored to open the second half, before the Big Green put together an 8-0 run to take a 30-26 lead until a Noin free throw at the 6:52 mark
• The Blue Devils next field goal came from Farrell with 2:28 to play in the third quarter and cut the deficit to 37-31
• Noin scored the final points of the third quarter, and the teams went to the final period with Dartmouth leading 41-33
• Dartmouth opened its largest lead of the game when Nina Minicozzi's layup made the score 48-37 with 6:43 to play
• The Blue Devils scored the next four points, with a jumper from Noin and a pair of Patrick free throws coming in the next 40 seconds of play
• A Farrell conventional converted a conventional three-point play, to close within 50-44 with 3:03 to play, but could get no closer

NUMBER TO KNOW

12 – Career-high rebound total for Noin, who also had four assists

NOTES & NUMBERS

• The double-double is the first of the season for Noin and the third of her career as she tallied 18 points on the night, shooting 8-18
• Farrell finished with a dozen points, four steals and three assists
• The Blue Devils had nine steals as a team
• CCSU handed out 11 assists on 17 made field goals
• Dartmouth was 8-8 at the free throw line in the third quarter, after not getting to the line in the first-half and only had two other chances (1-2) in the fourth quarter
• The Blue Devils hit 2-3 from behind the arc to start the game, but went 1-9 the remainder of the contest