Bison Stay North to Face Dartmouth on Sunday

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell women's basketball is staying up north for its second game of the weekend as it takes on Dartmouth on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. in Hanover, NH at Leede Arena. The Bison are 1-0 against the Big Green, with the teams lone contest coming in a 2024 53-50 victory for Bucknell in Lewisburg. The Bison enter the contest 3-6 off of a loss to Vermont, while the Big Green are 4-2 off of a win over CCSU.

What: Bucknell at Dartmouth

When: Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m.

Where: Leede Arena

Streaming: ESPN+

Radio: 90.5 WVBU

Live Statistics: dartmouthsports.com

Probable Bison Starters:

Guard: So. Isabella Casey (7.6 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.44 apg)

Guard: So. Reese Zemitis (13.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.0 apg)

Guard: Jr. Anna Kunzwiler (2.6 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.0 apg)

Forward: Jr. Tuana Coskun (10.2 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.0 apg)

Forward: So. Elana Weisman (10.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.89 apg)

Bucknell at a Glance

Bucknell is staying up north for its second of a two-game road trip, this time in New Hampshire. The Bison will take on Dartmouth on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. in Leede Arena.
The Bison enter the contest with a 3-6 overall record, after falling to Vermont on Friday in a game that came down to the final ten minutes of play.
Reese Zemitis leads Bucknell in scoring with 13.0 points per game.
Tuana Coskun leads the team in rebounds per game with 4.2 and total assists with 18.
Zemitis leads the team with seven blocks, and Tuana Coskun has six.
Zemitis and Ella Kreuzer lead the team in total steals with 10 each.
The Bison finished their 2024-25 season 17-14 overall with an 11-7 Patriot League record.
The Bison returned eight players from last season and lost four to a combination of graduation and the transfer portal. • Bucknell welcomed five newcomers to the squad ahead of the 2025-26 season; four freshman and one sophomore transfer.
Sophomore Reese Zemitis returns to the Bison after a stellar freshman campaign earned her 2024-25 All-Patriot League Rookie Team honors.
Bucknell was picked seventh in the 2025-26 Patriot League Preseason Poll. This is a step above last season, when they were picked eighth and finished sixth.
The Bison did not place any members on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team this season.
Junior Tuana Coskun was named captain of the Bison for the 2025- 26 season.
Bucknell women's basketball is entering its seventh season under head coach Trevor Woodruff. Woodruff was named Patriot League Coach of the Year in his first two seasons.
In addition to Woodruff and returning assistant coaches Edward Joyner Jr. and Shelby Case, the Bison had two new additions to their coaching staff in the off-season. Lauren Holden joined the Bison as the associate head coach and Danielle Patterson joined Bucknell as an assistant coach.

Dartmouth at a Glance

Dartmouth comes into the contest 4-2 overall and are most recently coming off of a 53-44 home win over Central Connecticut State on Friday night.
In their win over CCSU, the Dartmouth women's basketball team outscored visiting Central Connecticut State 19-10 in the second half to turn a one-point deficit into an eight-point lead, on the way to a 53-44 win.Cate MacDonald just missed her second double-double in three games, finishing with 14 points and nine rebounds, as the Big Green improved to 4-2 on the season.
Dartmouth is in the midst of its best start to a season since 2017-18, when the Big Green were 5-1 after six games.
The Big Green ranks 1st in the country in fouls per game (10.5).
Dartmouth ranks 7th in the country in scoring defense (51.0).
The Big Green ranks 49th in the country in threepoint percentage defense (25.8).
Olivia Austin leads the team in points per game with 10.2
Cate MacDonald leads the team in rebounds per game with 7.7.
Zeynep Ozel leads the team in assists per game with four.
Nina Minicozzi leads the team in steals per game with 1.17.

Series History with the Big Green

The two teams have only met one time ahead of Sunday's contest.
Bucknell leads the series 1-0.
The Bison defeated the Big Green 53-50 in Lewisburg last season (2024)
This will be the first contest between the two teams in New Hampshire.

Bucknell's Last Time Out

Bucknell women's basketball (3-6) fell to the University of Vermont (7-3) 64-48 on Friday night in Patrick Gymnasium. The Bison came back from a nine-point first quarter deficit to take a lead in the third, but it wouldn't be enough as the Catamounts would outscore the Bison 26-16 in the final ten minutes to take the home win.
Elana Weisman led the team in scoring with 16 points on the evening on 5-of-11 shooting from the field, 2-for-2 from three and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. She also had two rebounds, two steals and one assist. Hope Masonius made her first collegiate start in the loss and broke her career high in points with 14 on 4-of-8 shooting from the field and 6-of-7 shooting from the free-throw line. She also recorded three rebounds, one assist and two steals, which are all new career-highs for the Bison that previously struggled with injury last season. Isabella Casey led the team in rebounds with four.
The Bison shot 37.5% from the field and from three in the loss. They shot 78.9% overall from the free-throw line.
The Catamounts were led by Jadyn Weltz, who had 17 points in the contest. Despite being limited to just seven points in the second quarter, the Catamounts came into the second half swinging and were able to find the consistent offensive success in the fourth quarter that both teams were looking for to create separation and earn the victory in Burlington.

A Bison Win Would…

Improve Bucknell's record to 4-6 on the season.
Improve the Bison's record on the road to 2-4.
Give Bucknell a 2-0 all-time record against Dartmouth.
Improve the Bison's record against Dartmouth under Coach Woodruff to a perfect 2-0.
Improve Bucknell's overall record under Coach Woodruff to 104-72.

Inside the Record Book

Reese Zemitis holds sixth place in three-pointers made in a single season with 62 in 2024/25 and fifth place in three-point attempts in a single season with 169 in 2024/25.

Milestone Watch

Anna Kunzwiler is 10 rebounds away from 100 at Bucknell.
Reese Zemitis is 19 three-pointers away from 100.

Up Next

Bucknell will have a break before it hosts Gwynedd Mercy in Sojka Pavilion on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Isabella Casey

Tuana Coskun

Ella Kreuzer

Anna Kunzwiler

Hope Masonius

Elana Weisman

Reese Zemitis