Dartmouth Men's Basketball Falls at Siena

Monday, December 31

Loudenville, N.Y.

2:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

5-7

Siena

7-4

Dartmouth

Siena

12/31/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Dartmouth

December 31, 2007

Boxscore

ALBANY, N.Y.- The Dartmouth men's basketball team got 15 points from senior Johnathan Ball, but fell behind early and couldn't recover as the Big Green fell to Siena, 89-54, on Monday afternoon at the Times Union Center.

For Siena (7-4), Tay Fisher had a career-high 23 points, including 6-of-11 from beyond the arc. Ryan Rossiter pulled down a career-high 10 boards, while Edwin Ubiles poured in 13 points of his own.

For Dartmouth (5-7), senior Johnathan Ball (Memphis, Tenn.) posted a team-high 15 points, while junior Alex Barnett (St. Louis, Mo.)added 12 points and 10 rebounds. Junior Marlon Sanders (Cleveland, Ohio) equaled Barnett with 12 points.

Siena opened the game with a 10-0 run over the first five minutes of play. Ubiles and Kenny Hasbrouck led the way with four points apiece. Dartmouth came out cold, missing its first five shots of the contest.

The Saints continued to hit from the outside with Fisher sinking his first two 3-pointers to increase the lead to 18-2, after sophomore Elgin Fitzgerald (Colorado Springs, Colo.) got the Big Green on the board with 14:30 left in the first half. Ball added back-to-back hoops to cut the lead to 18-6 with 11:33 remaining.

Dartmouth chipped away at the lead and cut it to 25-14 on baskets by sophomore Robby Pride (Denver, Colo.) and freshman Ronnie Dixon (Danville, Ill.). Siena, however, hit two shots from beyond the arc to push the lead back to 28-14 at the 7:30 mark.

The Saints opened it up once again with a 13-2 run over the next six minutes to earn their largest lead of the half at 41-18. Sanders would help the Big Green slice the lead to 45-26 going into the half with four points over the final two minutes.

Ball was the top scorer for Dartmouth with eight points in the opening half, while Barnett had four points and seven boards and Sanders added six points.

Fisher led Siena in the opening half, sinking four trays and posting 15 points in the half. Hasbrouck was a force down low with nine points and Clarence Jackson had seven points.

The Saints shot 56 percent from the field in the half, including 5-of-7 from beyond the arc and committed only six turnovers. Dartmouth shot 39 percent and was 0-of-7 on 3-pointers and turned the ball over 11 times.

In the second half, Siena started where they left off as Fisher hit a 3-pointer on the first possession of the half to make it 48-26.

The Big Green matched the Saints throughout the first eight minutes, but could not bite into the lead. Ubiles led Siena over the eight minutes with seven consecutive points, while Ball poured in seven points for Dartmouth as the Saints had a 67-41 lead with 11:20 remaining in the half.

Following a baseline jumper from DeVon Mosley (Mesquite Texas), Siena opened up a 70-43 advantage with 10:06 left on a three-point play by Jackson. The Saints added to the lead with a short 8-3 run and with 7:17 remaining Siena was on top, 78-46.

Siena closed out the game with a 9-2 run and the Saints took the 89-54 victory from Dartmouth.

The Big Green will be traveling to Harvard for its fourth straight road contest as Dartmouth opens Ivy League competition at the Crimson on Saturday with the tip coming at 2 p.m.