BOX SCORE

Hanover, NH – Wagner was handed a 69-56 defeat by Dartmouth in the consolation game of the Blue Sky Classic at Leede Arena. The Seahawks cut a 20-point second half deficit to nine with just over six minutes remaining but could get no closer in falling to 4-7 while the Big Green improve to 3-8.

The three-guard tandem of senior Casey Stokes (Hummelstown, PA / Lower Dauphin), junior Andrea Reed (Pocomoke City, MD / Pocomoke) and sophomore Stephanie McBride (Mechanicville, NY / Catholic Central) combined for 41 points – fueled by nine triples – and 12 assists, against just six turnovers, and seven steals.

Stokes led the trio with a career-best matching 15 points, on 5-10 shooting from beyond the arc, with four steals and three assists, against no turnovers. McBride chipped in with 14 second-half points while also recording four rebounds and three steals. Reed hit for 12 points with a game-high seven assists and two steals.

In the first with the scored tied at 16-16, Dartmouth scored nine-straight points over the next 3:48 to go in front 25-16 with 7:39 remaining. Wagner would cut it to five at 32-27 with 2:30 to go in the first stanza before the Big Green pushed the lead back out to 36-29 at intermission.

Dartmouth opened the second half with a 20-7 run to extend the lead out to 20 at 56-36 with 11:29 to play. McBride then put the Green & White on her back, scoring the next 14 Wagner points , highlighted by four three pointers, while the Seahawk D limited the Big Green to three points and just one field goal over the next 5:30, cutting the deficit to 59-50 with just 5:42 remaining. The Green & White had an opportunity to further dent the lead but they could not convert a pair from the line on the next possession as Dartmouth claimed third place of the Blue Sky Classic with a 69-56 victory.

For the game, the Big Green shot a blistering 48.9 percent (23-47) from the floor, including 42.9 percent (6-14) from beyond the arc and outrebounded Wagner 44-21, leading to a 22-12 advantage in points in the paint. The Seahawks managed to say in the game thanks to pressuring Dartmouth into 22 turnovers, leading to a 15-9 advantage in points off turnovers.

The Big Green also converted 73.9 percent (17-23) from the charity stripe, led by Brittney Smith, who knocked down all 10 of her attempts, on the way to game-highs in points (24) and rebounds (11). Meghan McFee added 14 points while Darcy Rose (11 points) and Koren Schram (10 points) rounded out the double-digit scorers for Dartmouth.

Wagner returns home to host St. Francis (NY) on Saturday, Jan. 3 at 4:00 pm in the first game of a doubleheader with the men's team playing the Terriers at 7:00 pm.

NOTES: Reed was named to the All-Tournament Team after averaging a team-best 19.0 ppg, on 56.0 percent (14-25) shooting, with 6.5 apg and 4.0 rpg over the two games … She has now earned All-Tourney accolades in the Green & White's last three in-season tournaments ... Wagner connected on a season-best nine three pointers (five by Stokes, four by McBride) and shot 36.0 percent (9-25) , including 42.9 percent (6-14) in the second ... Stokes' five triples gives her 74 for her career, placing her eighth in Seahawk annals ... She is now just 14 off of Kim McGhee for seventh place ... Stokes has connected on  36.2 percent of her threes on the year and 34.9 percent for her career.