Completed Event: Men's Basketball at Colorado State on December 9, 2025 , Loss , 55, to, 76
Final
Men's Basketball
at Colorado State
55
76
Rematch Against Harvard on Saturday
1/22/2015 3:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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Rematch with Harvard
• Dartmouth finishes its season series with Harvard in search of a split having fallen to the Crimson at Leede Arena on Jan. 10, 57-46.
• Last time out, the Big Green defeated a solid NJIT squad — which won at Michigan earlier this season — in Hanover a week ago, 62-53. It was the sixth time in seven games Dartmouth held its opposition to less than 60 points.
• Most of the offense for the Big Green came from the starting five (52 of 62 points), and the bench attempted just four field goals (although it did convert 5-of-7 at the foul line).
• Alex Mitola continued his three-point assault with three more triples to lead Dartmouth with 15 points. He leads the Ivy League with 3.1 treys per game at a 40.7 percent clip (sixth).
• The Big Green's leading rebounder, Gabas Maldunas, had a team-high six boards, but also had a season-high four steals and matched another with five blocks to go with 12 points.
• While Dartmouth did turn the ball over 18 times, its defense was causing even more chaos by forcing 23 Highlander miscues, the most by a Big Green opponent in over four years.
• Not only does Dartmouth have Mitola handling the ball with a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio, it also has Malik Gill at an even better 2.4, which is second in the Ivy League.
Series vs. Harvard
• While Dartmouth has a 94-85 advantage all-time, Harvard has won the last 11 encounters.
• Two weeks ago, Harvard won a defensive struggle in Hanover, 57-46, as Corbin Miller led four Crimson in double figures with 16 points. Connor Boehm had 16 for the Big Green, which shot just 33.3 percent for the game.
• At Lavietes Pavilion, the Big Green have an 11-20 mark, but their last win in the series came at this venue, a 75-66 overtime thriller on Jan. 24, 2009.
• Paul Cormier is 12-14 all-time against Harvard.
• While Dartmouth dominated the first 60 years of the series with a 56-14 record through 1960, the Big Green have mustered just a 38-71 mark since then, including a 5-26 record the last 16 seasons.
Scouting the Crimson
• Harvard is 7-0 at home but has not played a Division I opponent on its own court since handing Boston University a 70-56 defeat on Dec. 8.
• Since playing at Dartmouth two weeks ago, the Crimson have lost in overtime at Boston College, 64-57, and won at Bryant on Tuesday, 66-57.
• Wing Wesley Saunders is the only Harvard player scoring in double figures at 15.8 points per game, third in the league, while shooting 47.6 percent from the floor, good for sixth.
• Corbin Miller, who spent two years on a Mormon mission, is back this year and is Harvard's top three-point shooter with 39 triples at a 38.2 percent clip.
• Siyani Chambers runs the offense with a league-high 4.8 assists per game, and is a second long-ball threat with 18 triples on the season.
• On the boards, the Crimson have the same rebound marging (+2.5) as Dartmouth. Forward Steve Moundou-Missi leads the team with 6.6 rebounds a night, while Saunders chips in 5.7.
• The Crimson have attempted fewer three-pointers per game than any other Ivy school and have struggled the last three games from deep, hitting 12-of-44 (.273).
• Defense is the biggest weapon Harvard has at its disposal, holding opponents to a 38.8 field goal percentage, thanks in part to shot blockers Moundou-Missi (27) and Kenyatta Smith (21).
• Tommy Amaker (Duke '87) is in his eighth season at Harvard's helm with a 150-75 record in Cambridge and 326-214 in his career that has taken him to Seton Hall for four seasons (68-55) and Michigan for six (108-84).
Defense Clamps Down
Over the past month, the Dartmouth defense has kept opponents under 60 points six times in seven games, matching the total from all of last season. The most recent victim was NJIT on Jan. 17 as the Big Green held the Highlanders to 38.6 percent shooting from the floor and forced 23 turnovers thanks in part to 13 steals. The last opponent to cough up the ball that much was St. Francis Brooklyn back in December of 2010. And the last time Dartmouth swiped the ball 13 times against a Division I opponent was at Yale on March 6, 2009.
.500 Vs. Non-Conference Foes
Last year, Dartmouth posted a 7-7 record to post a .500 record against non-conference competition for the first time in six years. With the 62-53 victory over NJIT, the Big Green matched that 7-7 mark. Should Dartmouth duplicate the feat against its Ivy League foes, it would post its first .500 or better season since the 1998-99 team went 14-12.
Streaking Not Allowed
After 15 games this season, Dartmouth has yet to have a winning streak of more than two games. On the flip side, the Green haven't had a losing streak longer than two games either. It has been more than 30 years since the team has had a stretch of back-and-forth this long; the 1983-84 squad coached by Reggie Minton played its last 18 games winning or losing one or two games at a time.
Balanced Starting Lineup
Most of Dartmouth's offense in the 62-53 win over NJIT came from the starting five as they provided 52 points while attempting all but four of the team's field goals on the afternoon. Four of the five starters attempted exactly eight field goals, while Alex Mitola tossed up nine as he led the Big Green with 15 points with a trio of triples and six free throws in as many tries. Mitola has now scored in double figures in all but one game this season, and he was joined by Gabas Maldunas (12 points) and Connor Boehm (11).
Mitola an Active Leader
And not just in the way he serves the Big Green as a co-captain. Alex Mitola is among the nation's top 25 active players in both career three-pointers per game (2.5, 21st) and free throw percentage (.857, 18th). And only 12 current Division I players have made more three-pointers at a higher rate than Mitola's 40.5 percent.
Swiper No Swiping!
Sorry for the Dora the Explorer reference. My kid long since moved on from that, but some things just won't leave my consciousness from that show. Anyway … while Dartmouth was racking up a season-high 13 steals against NJIT, it was Gabas Maldunas and Miles Wright providing most of the thefts with four apiece, a season high for both.
Free Throws Fall Through
Foul shooting has been a problem at times this season, but with Dartmouth's 20-of-25 (80 percent) success rate against NJIT, the Big Green moved out of the Ivy's cellar when it comes to free throw percentage. A big boost to the improvement comes from Gabas Maldunas who got off to an awful start at the line, but has converted 16-of-20 (.800) over the last five games. Yes, blame me if he falls off the wagon. I am a jinx. While I'm jinxing people, I might as well mention that Alex Mitola has knocked down 14 straight at the charity stripe.
Dartmouth Defeated in Ivy Opener
For the 28th straight year, the Big Green began their Ivy League portion of the schedule by taking on Harvard, which has won three straight conference crowns outright after sharing one in 2010-11. Unfortunately, the Crimson improved to 18-10 in those league openers with a 57-46 win over Dartmouth on this court last Saturday. Harvard has won 11 straight games in the series dating back to the last Big Green win in Cambridge on Jan. 24, 2009. The good news for the team is that the next time the two meet on the hardwood will be at Lavietes Pavilion on Jan. 24, 2015, exactly six years since that game. Looking for lightning to strike twice …
50 Percent Threshold
Connor Boehm enters this game second among Ivy League players in field goal percentage at .548, making him one of just five players hitting at least half of their shots. Even more impressive is that Boehm is shooting better than 50 percent for his career (.508), a mark only seven other Dartmouth players with at least 200 field goals have achieved, led by Brian Burke '84 (.572, 406-of-710).
Others Among the League Leaders
Entering this game, junior Alex Mitola is leading the Ivy League not only in minutes played (35.6 per game) but also three-pointers per game (3.1) and is third in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.3). He and Malik Gill make for a good combination in that latter category as Gill is second with a 2.4 ratio. Gill is also fifth in steals (1.5), while Gabas Maldunas is third in blocked shots per game (2.0) and eighth in rebounding (6.5).
Man of Steal
Although he missed 10 games and averaged just 15.3 minutes per contest in his first two seasons, Malik Gill has made quite an impact on defense. He finished second in the Ivy League as a freshman with 50 steals, a total only four players in Dartmouth history had topped, including Kenny Mitchell '97 twice. Last year he once again led the team with 32, as he does this year with 22, giving him 104 in his career. Gill also has averaged one steal for every 9.2 minutes on the court. The next best ratio belongs to Miles Wright at 15.9 minutes per steal.
Block Party
Senior Gabas Maldunas has 30 of Dartmouth's 53 blocks to move into third place on the program's all-time list with 137. He swatted four against IPFW, but trumped that total on Dec. 10 when he rejected five UMass Lowell shots and again on NJIT on Jan. 17. His career high is seven against Longwood last year, and the school record is 12 (which is also the Ivy League record) by Walter Palmer '90. Without blocking seven a game the rest of the season, Maldunas will remain third on the career charts.
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