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Battling Army and Lyndon State After Exams
12/11/2009 3:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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Going to Battle vs. Army, Lyndon State
• The game against Army is the first for the Big Green in 11 days, having gone through exams since faltering against Vermont back on Dec. 1, 63-58.
• Under head coach Terry Dunn, Dartmouth has won its first game after exams four times in five years.
• One more victory is all that is needed to give Dartmouth 1,200 in the program's history, which dates back to the 1900-01 season.
• A different player has led the Big Green in scoring in each of the first six contests. Junior Clive Weeden was the latest to join the group with a career-high 14 points against the Catamounts.
• Weeden also grabbed 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season (and career).
• Also scoring in double figures versus Vermont were junior Ronnie Dixon with 13 points and sophomore Jabari Trotter with 10. Dixon hit every shot he took in the game save one.
• Senior guard Marlon Sanders is expected to return to the court after missing the previous three games with a leg injury, but sophomore forward Herve Kouna is likely out with a shoulder injury.
Series vs. Army
• Army won both meetings last year to even the all-time series at 16 wins apiece.
• The Black Knights won the 2008-09 season opener at West Point, 63-48, then pulled out a 61-54 triumph here at Leede Arena in the first game of the new year.
• Dartmouth won 11 of the first 13 contests against Army before the Black Knights won nine straight to even things up. But Army has never had the series advantage.
• It has been nearly 83 years since the first game between the two institutions, a 26-18 Big Green victory at West Point on Dec. 22, 1926.
Scouting the Black Knights
• With first-year head coach Zach Spiker at the helm, Army is off to a surprising 6-2 start with wins over Princeton, Harvard and Yale.
• Guard Julian Simmons is the Black Knights' leading scorer at 14.6 points per game. He has been deadly from deep, hitting 48.9 percent (22-of-45) of his three-point attempts — the rest of the team has just 24 treys combined in 87 tries (.276).
• Simmons is complemented by forward Cleveland Richard (13.0 ppg), who tallied 20 points on this floor a year ago.
• The big reason for Army's turnaround (11-19 last season) is defense as the Black Knights' opponents are shooting just 38.9 percent overall and 30.1 percent from long range. Plus, Army is enjoying a slight rebounding advantage as well.
• The top rebounder comes off the bench — forward Jeremy Hence at 5.4 boards per game. Richard averages five caroms a contest.
• Most of the production comes from the senior class, with 60.5 percent of the points, 65.9 percent of the rebounds, 84.2 percent of the assists and 80.7 percent of the steals coming from the eldest class.
Series vs. Lyndon State
• This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools on the hardwood.
• Dartmouth is 3-0 against non-Division I opponents during Coach Dunn's tenure, having beaten Plymouth State last year, 96-47, Daniel Webster in 2007-08, 88-52, and Keene State in Dunn's first season, 72-56.
Scouting the Hornets
• Lyndon State was 3-4 entering the weekend with a game yesterday afternoon against New England College.
• Until a 74-60 loss at Plymouth State on Thursday, the Hornets had played in mostly high-scoring affairs — LSC and its opponents are both averaging scores in the mid-80s. The most offensive game was a 111-97 victory over College of St. Joseph.
• Avery King, a 5-10 freshman guard, is the team's most prolific scorer (and shooter) at 21.9 points per game while taking more than 19 shots each time he takes the court.
• Two other Hornets are averaging in double figures — freshman forward Jason Gray at 13.3 ppg (but shooting just 37.9 percent) and sophomore guard Ben Sackett at 11.9 ppg. Gray actually averages a double-double at 10.1 rebounds, while Sackett is the top outside threat with 22 three-pointers and a 41.5 percentage from downtown.
• The tallest player on the roster is center Mike Norcross at 6-6, but 260 pounds. Only three other players are even 6-5.
• Guard Jose Fortunato may be just 6-1 and a slim 152 pounds, but the sophomore has managed to grab six boards per game. He is also a judicious shooter at 65.5 percent with just 29 FG attempts.
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