Final Weekend Features Brown and Ivy Co-Leader Yale

GAMEDAY INFORMATION vs. BROWN BEARS, YALE BULLDOGS (SENIOR NIGHT)
Date & Time	Friday, March 6, 7 p.m. // Saturday, March 7, 7 p.m.	Dartmouth	Stats	Brown	Yale
Location	Hanover, N.H.	12-14, 5-7	Record	13-16, 4-8	21-8, 10-2
Arena (Capacity)	Leede Arena (2,100)	Won 3	Streak	Lost 1	Won 2
All-Time Series	Big Green lead Bears 77-73 // Bulldogs lead 108-97	62.7	Scoring	66.1	68.7
Tickets	Information	.437	FG%	.421	.445
Broadcast vs. Brown	Big Green Insider on the Ivy League Digital Network	.357	3FG%	.318	.371
Broadcast vs. Yale	Big Green Insider on the Ivy League Digital Network	5.9	3FG/g	5.6	7.1
Logistics	Directions // Parking // Seating Chart	.648	FT%	.698	.708
Twitter	@DartmouthMBK // @DartmouthSports	+1.5	Reb Margin	+1.9	+5.7
Dartmouth Links	Home // Roster // Schedule // Stats // Notes // Live Stats	12.3	Assists	11.9	14.2
Brown Links	Home // Roster // Schedule // Stats // Notes	13.0	TO	14.9	12.6
Yale Links	Home // Roster // Schedule // Stats // Notes	7.3	Steals	4.6	6.0

Much on the Line in Final Weekend
•   Dartmouth has the opportunity to become postseason eligible if it can defeat both Brown and Yale on the final weekend of the regular season. The Big Green have not played in the postseason since a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 1959.
•   The result of the season finale versus the Bulldogs could also have implications as to who wins the Ivy title as Yale enters a Friday night showdown at Harvard tied atop the standings with the Crimson.
•   Last week the Big Green pulled off their first sweep at Columbia and Cornell in 12 years, beating the Lions with a season-high 84 points before holding the Big Red to 45 points, the fewest by a Dartmouth opponent this season.
•   Malik Gill earned a share of the Ivy League Co-Player of the Week honor after scoring 14 points in each game while shooting 70 percent and hitting all 11 foul shots, plus dishing out 10 total assists.
•   The Big Green's leading scorer, Alex Mitola, averaged 16.0 points in the two games and needs just 18 points this weekend to become the 27th player in program history with 1,000 in a career.
•   No less than six players scored in double figures against Columbia, the first time Dartmouth has had even five in one game since a victory over UMass Lowell on Nov. 16, 2013.
•   The Big Green have won three straight games for the first time since the end of last season. They have not won five in a row in 10 years.

Series vs. Brown
•   While the Bears have won 13 of the last 16 and 22 of 29 against Dartmouth, the Big Green still hold the advantage in the all-time series, 77-73.
•   Brown held off Dartmouth in the first meeting of the year, 67-64, thanks to five three-pointers by J.R. Hobbie and a double-double for Rafael Maia to counter 21 points by Miles Wright and a season-high 15 rebounds by Gabas Maldunas.
•   Since Leede Arena opened in 1987, Dartmouth has won 18 of the 27 contests against Brown, although the Bears have won the last two games here.
•   Head coach Paul Cormier is 13-12 against Brown in his head coaching career, 11-12 at Dartmouth.

Scouting the Bears
•   Starting with the last meeting between these two teams, Brown has won four of seven to snap out of a five-game skid.
•   The Bears' biggest win this year came back on Dec. 8 when the Bears knocked off cross-town rival Providence College, 77-67.
•   The Bears have four active players who average between nine and 11 points a game, however, including two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year Cedric Kuakumensah (10.8 ppg, 7.3 rpg)
•   Keep an eye on J.R. Hobbie, who is Brown's best deep threat with 67 three-pointers (five vs. Dartmouth four weeks ago) at a 40.9 percent clip.
•   The Bears have solid free throw shooters, including Hobbie (.897), Steven Spieth (.831) and point guard Tavon Blackmon (.815).
•   Joining Kuakumensah in securing the boards is Rafael Maia (8.4 rpg) as the Bears have outrebounded their opposition by 1.9 boards a night.
•   Brown alum Mike Martin '04 is in his third season as the 31st head coach in the program's history, sporting a 41-44 record. He spent a year at his alma mater as an assistant before serving on the staff at Penn for six seasons.

Series vs. Yale
•   Dartmouth has played the Bulldogs 205 times entering this contest. Yale has the advantage with a 108-97 mark against the Big Green.
•   The Bulldogs won the first showdown this season, besting Dartmouth in New Haven, 81-66. Jack Montague hit 5-of-6 three-pointers for 19 points while Justin Sears add 16, half coming at the line. Miles Wright led the Big Green with 20 points for the first time in his career.
•   Alex Mitola has enjoyed playing Yale the second time in each of his first two seasons, tallying 27 points as a freshman and 29 last year.
•   The Big Green are 14-12 all-time against the Bulldogs at Leede Arena.
•   Yale has won 24 of the last 29 meetings.
•   Head coach Paul Cormier is 11-15 all-time against the Bulldogs, 9-14 while at Dartmouth.

Scouting the Bulldogs
•   Yale enters the weekend with the chance to win the league outright for the first time in 53 years with wins over Harvard on Friday and Dartmouth on Saturday.
•   Back in the beginning of December, the Bulldogs caught the attention of the basketball world by defeating the defending national champion, UConn, on a last-second three-pointer, 45-44.
•   The Bulldogs are led by the terrific tandem of forward Justin Sears (14.5 ppg, 7.6 rpg) and guard Javier Duren (13.9 ppg, 4.1 apg, 48 threes).
•   Jack Montague is the Ivy League's deadliest outside shooter this year, hitting 67-of-148 (.453) from behind the arc.
•   With Sears, Armani Cotton (5.5 rpg) and Duren (5.3), Yale has dominated the boards this year, grabbing 5.7 more than its opponents per game.
•   As a team the Bulldogs shoot better than 70 percent from the foul line, but no one player that shoots 80 percent.
•   Head coach James Jones (Albany '86) is the longest tenured head coach in the Ivy League, now in his 15th year with an overall record of 230-230 and a share of an Ivy title to his credit (2001-02).

Still a Chance for Postseason Play
Dartmouth, which has the best postseason winning percentage among the Ivy schools at .588 (10-7), has not played in the postseason since a 1959 trip to the NCAA Tournament. Should the Big Green beat both Brown and Yale, its 14-14 record and 7-7 mark in Ivy play would make it eligible (but not a lock) for a spot in a postseason tournament, most likely the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Last year Dartmouth ended the season with victories over the Bears and Bulldogs, and on the road, no less.

Road Sweep
With victories at Columbia and Cornell last weekend, Dartmouth enjoyed its first road sweep of the Lions and Big Red in 12 years. The Big Green turned a 51-51 tie with just over 10 minutes to play into a 14-point lead five minutes later in posting an 84-71 triumph over the Lions. Less than 24 hours later, Dartmouth held the Big Red without a field goal for more than 13 minutes in building a 20-point lead, then withstood a late run to record its first victory in Ithaca since that sweep in 2003, 56-45.

Big Green Banter
•   The Big Green scored their most points (84) in the win over Columbia in 364 days (87 vs. Cornell).
•   The offensive output was a stark contrast to the defense played the next night as Cornell's 45 points were the fewest for a Dartmouth opponent since holding Columbia to 44 back on Feb. 19, 2010.
•   The Big Green also dominated the boards, outrebounding the not-as Big Red, 34-19. The last opponent with fewer was Longwood last year in Hanover with 18 in a 20-point Big Green victory.
•   Gabas Maldunas will play in his 100th career game when he takes the floor vs. Brown on Friday.
•   The last time Dartmouth won consecutive Ivy League games by at least 10 points? Coincidentally, the last time the Big Green won both games at Columbia and Cornell — 50-36 and 70-53 in 2003.

Gill Named Co-Player of the Week
A team doesn't get a weekend sweep without some standout performances, and junior Malik Gill did just that to earn Ivy League Co-Player of the Week honors. The 5-9 guard came up big by scoring 14 points at Columbia and Cornell while hitting 7-of-10 field goals with a trio of triples as well as 11-for-11 at the charity stripe. Gill also dished out a total of 10 assists and stole the ball three times, two statistical categories in which he leads the team for the season (83 assists, 37 steals).

Maldunas Close to Exclusive Club
Three weeks ago, Gabas Maldunas became the 26th player in program history to score 1,000 points in a career, and the following weekend topped 700 rebounds, a total only three other Big Green players have reached. But the senior has a chance to become one of just six players in Ivy League history to record 1,000 points, 600 rebounds, 100 blocks and 100 steals should he swipe the ball three times in the two games this weekend.

Mitola 18 Shy of 1,000
Gabas Maldunas may have more company soon among the 1,000-point scorers at Dartmouth as junior Alex Mitola needs just 18 points to reach the milestone before the end of his junior year. The odds are in his favor of doing so having just four instances all season of not scoring 18 points in consecutive games. But the Big Green's leading scorer did manage just 17 the first time against Brown and Yale when playing on the road on Feb. 6-7.

Most Telling Statistic
Dartmouth has had an up and down season, but one statistic at the end of every game has been a solid indicator as to whether or not the Big Green won — opposing field goal percentage, with the dividing line being 40 percent. When Dartmouth opponents shoot less than 40 percent, the Green are 10-1. When they shoot at least 40 percent, they are 2-13, with the win over Penn on Feb. 21 being the second of those two victories.

Back-To-Back Home Wins vs. Penn
The 67-62 victory over Penn on Feb. 21 was the second straight time the Big Green beat the Quakers at Leede Arena. It may not seem like much, but this is the first time since a three-season stretch in 1988-90 that Dartmouth has managed to win consecutive contests at home against Penn.

Mitola Breaks Loose
Opposing Ivy teams have done everything they can to contain junior guard Alex Mitola this season, and for the most part have limited his scoring opportunities. But the Big Green's leading scorer could not be contained any longer against Penn as he knocked down 7-of-12 shots, including 4-of-5 from downtown, to lead the way in the 67-62 victory with 18 points. In the last three games, Mitola is averaging 16.7 points while shooting 50 percent (16-of-32) overall and 56.3 percent (9-of-16) from long range.

Three-Pointers Rediscovered
Through the end of the 2014 calendar year, three-pointers were a common occurrence for the Big Green having shot 36.6 percent (82-for-224) from long range with at least seven in eight of the 12 games. But once the calendar turned to 2015, triples became scarce as Dartmouth managed just 32 in 116 attempts (.276) over the next eight contests with no more than six in any one game. Over the last three weeks, the trend has reverted back to early-season form with 40 treys in 91 attempts (.440), topping 50 percent in three of the six games with a season-high 58.3 percent vs. Columbia on Feb. 14.

Showing Off Carpenter-y Skills
Throughout his career, junior Tommy Carpenter has been a useful role player. But lately, he has upped his offensive game, most notably against Penn on Feb. 21. The 6-7 forward not only scored a career-high 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, but also handed out a career-best five assists without committing a turnover. He also scored 10 points against Cornell on Feb. 13 and Columbia on Feb. 27, giving him three career games in double figures. And since New Year's Even, Carpenter is shooting 61.9 percent (26-of-42) from the floor over 15 games.

Consistency is a Virtue
If there is one player on the Dartmouth roster that can be depended on to provide specific statistical figures by the end of the season, that one player would be Alex Mitola. Here are some totals from his first three seasons:

Stat	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Field Goals	102	103	107
Field Goal Pct.	.385	.410	.404
3-Pt Field Goals	65	66	65
3-Pt Field Goal Pct.	.392	.418	.389
Free Throws	46	59	57
Free Throw Pct.	.852	.868	.851
Rebounds	69	71	71
Assists	55	75	68
Points	315	331	336

Mitola can certainly improve on the counting stats with two games left in the season, but he has proven his consistency year in and year out.

Honor Among Thieves
Stealing is not frowned upon in basketball, and Dartmouth has been racking up the thefts this year, especially since Ivy play began. The Big Green have swiped the ball 191 times in 26 games to date, allowing them to lead the league with 7.3 per game. That rate is more pronounced in six conference games at 8.3, easily the most in the Ancient Eight. Twice Dartmouth has stolen the ball 13 times (vs. NJIT, at Harvard), and Malik Gill leads the team with 37 with Miles Wright (34) and Gabas Maldunas (32) not far behind. The Big Green have topped 200 in a season just three times, most recently 2007-08.

Mitola Academic All-District
Junior guard Alex Mitola was chosen for the Capital One Academic All-District I Team due to excellence on the court and in the classroom. The economics major currently owns a 3.47 cumulative grade point average and leads the Big Green in scoring (12.9 ppg), three-pointers made (65) and free throw percentage (.851), plus is second in the Ivy League in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1).

No Rest for the Weary
Well, Alex Mitola may not be weary, but the junior point guard has seen plenty of action this season and his entire career. He has started each of Dartmouth's 80 games since arriving on campus and has averaged close to 33 minutes a game. This year, he leads the Ivy League lead at 34:46 played per game. Mitola has played at least 32 minutes in every game except two this year, with a low of 25 at Yale.

Also Among the Ivy Leaders
Dartmouth has a number of players among the league leaders in various statistical categories:
•   Alex Mitola is among the top 10 in six other categories — FT percentage (.851, 1st), assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1, 2nd), 3FG per game (2.5, 2nd), scoring (12.9 ppg, 7th), and 3FG pct. (.389, 9th).
•   Gabas Maldunas is fourth in blocks (1.8), seventh in rebounding (6.9), eighth in FG percentage (.479), tied for ninth in steals (1.2) and 10th in scoring (11.3).
•   Malik Gill ranks in three categories — assist-to-turnover ratio (1.7, 4th), steals (1.4, 5th) and assists (3.2, 8th).
•   Connor Boehm is third in FG percentage (.516).
•   Miles Wright is sixth in steals (1.3).

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