Big Green Look to Avenge Harvard Loss Saturday at Leede

	DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN (4-10, 0-1)	vs.	HARVARD CRIMSON (6-10, 1-0)
LEEDE ARENA • HANOVER, N.H. • Jan. 20, 2018 • 7 p.m.

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BY THE NUMBERS
	STATISTIC	DARTMOUTH	HARVARD
	Scoring	70.5	64.0
	Scoring Margin	-4.1	-2.9
	FG Percentage	.466	.405
	Opponent FG Percentage	.480	.428
	3-Pointers/Game	8.1	6.9
	3FG Percentage	.374	.295
	Opponent 3FG Percentage	.362	.347
	FT Percentage	.739	.737
	Opponent FT Percentage	.777	.743
	Rebounding	29.6	34.1
	Rebound Margin	-3.5	-0.5
	Assists	13.6	12.4
	Turnovers	14.1	14.1
	Turnover Margin	-0.8	-0.6
	Blocks	3.2	3.8
	Steals	6.2	5.0

Avenging Ivy-Opening Defeat
• All Ivy League, all the time. With the non-conference slate concluded, Dartmouth has 13 games remaining in conference play, beginning with a Harvard team which beat the Big Green in the Ivy opener two weeks ago, 61-51.
• Dartmouth's leading scorer and rebounder on the season, Miles Wright, led the Green with 23 points and seven boards in that game, but was the only Dartmouth player to score in double figures.
• Last time out the Big Green dropped an 86-72 decision at Boston College as the Eagles blew open a three-point lead at the half to as many as 24 in the second stanza.
• In the two games since its loss to the Crimson, Dartmouth has shot 51.9 percent from the floor and 46.5 percent (20-of-43) from distance.
• Four active players are averaging double digits in scoring, led by Wright (12.5 ppg) and sophomore Brendan Barry (11.8), while senior Taylor Johnson (10.9) and freshman Chris Knight (10.4) are not far behind.
• The Big Green have lost four straight games while being outrebounded by an average of seven caroms, and in three of the contests, their opponent hit exactly a dozen 3-pointers.
• As a team, Dartmouth ranks second among Ivy League schools in the three percentages — field goal (.466), 3-point (.374) and free throw (.739).

Series vs. Harvard
• Dartmouth has a 96-89 advantage all-time, though the Crimson have won four of the last six.
• Two weeks ago, Harvard blew a 15-point lead in the second half, but recovered late to knock off the Big Green for the 11th straight time in the Ivy League opener, 61-51.
• Miles Wright led all players with 23 points and seven rebounds in the game, but the Crimson countered with four players in double figures, including Seth Towns with 16.
• At Leede Arena, Dartmouth has an 11-19 mark against Harvard and has won just one of the last nine games at home in the series, that being a 63-50 win two years ago.
• Wright has averaged 10.1 ppg in seven career games against Harvard while shooting 50 percent (13-of-26) from behind the arc.
• While Dartmouth dominated the first 60 years of the series with a 56-14 record through 1960, the Big Green have mustered just a 40-75 mark since then, including a 7-30 record this millennium.

Scouting the Crimson
• Picked to win the Ivy League in the preseason poll, Harvard struggled in non-conference play with a 5-10 record (but 3-1 at home), dropping its last four non-Ivy contests with the most recent a 63-62 loss on the road at Wofford.
• The Crimson have fared well against A-10 competition, beating UMass, St. Joe's and Fordham.
• Points have not come easy for the Crimson, which is shooting 40.5 percent from the floor and less than 30 percent (.295) behind the arc.
• Leading scorer Bryce Aiken (17.6 ppg) has missed all but four minutes of the last six games with an injury. His availability for this game is unknown.
• Two other Crimson average in double figures — Seth Towns at 13.2 ppg and Chris Lewis at 11.7. Towns is shooting 39.7 percent from long range but slightly worse inside the arc, while Lewis provides points down low at a 58.9 percent clip.
• That duo also make up the top rebounders on the squad, Towns at 5.2 rpg and Lewis 5.0.
• Sixteen players have seen court time this season, and every one has started at least one game.
• Tommy Amaker (Duke '87) is in his 11th season at Harvard's helm with a 199-115 record in Cambridge and a 375-254 mark in a career that has taken him to Seton Hall for four seasons (68-55) and Michigan for six (108-84).

Year Five of Ivy League Network
All home games and every Ivy League contest (19 in all) will be streamed live in high-definition this season through the Ivy League Network, now available on Apple TV, Roku and the ILN app for Android and Apple devices. Five of the conference games will be simulcast on ESPN3 as well while four more will be televised by Eleven Sports Network and another on SNY. Visit IvyLeagueNetwork.com for information on how to subscribe to the ILN.

Tale of Two Halves
It was the best of halves, it was the worst of halves. Well, the first half could have been better, but Dartmouth did hit 8-of-13 3-pointers in the first frame at Boston College on Jan. 13, ending the first 20 minutes trailing by just three points. And I suppose the second half could have been worse, but the Big Green were just 1-of-10 from downtown and the Eagles started the stanza on an extended 23-4 run, essentially putting the game out of reach.

Sistare Getting ACC-limated
If there is one thing Big Green fans should know about sophomore Ian Sistare (aside from the fact that he is a New Hampshire resident) is that he can't miss against ACC schools. Back on Dec. 19, he took three shots — all 3-pointers — against Notre Dame and hit all three. Then last week at Boston College, Sistare hit all five of his shots, four from the perimeter, for a career-high 14 points. That makes him 8-for-8 from the floor and 7-for-7 behind the arc in two games versus ACC schools. In contrast, the guard is 2-for-14 on 3-pointers against other teams this season.

Balanced Scoring a Burden
A balanced scoring team is generally considered a good thing, and Dartmouth has four active players who are averaging at least 10 points a game, but no more than 13. But apparently there is such a thing as too balanced, for in the five games that the Big Green have had at least four players reach double figures, they have lost all five. Three players seem to be the sweet spot as Dartmouth is 4-3 in those games.

Closing in on 1,000 Points
Senior Miles Wright is close to becoming the 29th player in Dartmouth history with 1,000 points in a career, needing just 30 more to hit the milestone. While it is unlikely he will achieve the mark at home, he does have a 30-point game to his credit, that against LIU Brooklyn two years ago, tying the Leede Arena record with 39 points. When he does get those 30 points, he will become the first Big Green player with 1,000 points, 400 rebounds, 100 steals and 100 3-pointers.

On Target
Even though Dartmouth lost to Vermont on Jan. 10, 91-78, it was the Big Green's eighth-best shooting performance (by field goal percentage) of the past 21 seasons. Dartmouth hit 58.3 percent (28-of-48) from the floor, its highest rate against a Division I team in nearly three years (60.4 in an 84-71 win at Columbia on Feb. 27, 2015). And only five other times in the past 21 years have the Big Green hit as many 3-pointers (11) at as high a percentage (.550).Dartmouth has now had 41 games since the 1997-98 campaign in which it shot at least 52.5 percent, boasting a record of 34-7 (.829) in those games.

No Place Like Home
Three of Dartmouth's four victories this season have come here at Leede Arena, and the team certainly enjoys shooting in the building. The Big Green are shooting 51.4 percent on their home court and nearly 40 percent (.395) from distance. Freshman Chris Knight has really enjoyed his time in Hanover, hitting 26-of-34 (.765) field goals while averaging over 13 points a game. Senior Taylor Johnson (.647) and sophomore Brendan Barry (.553) are both hitting well over half of their shots, with the latter at 50 percent from downtown (16-of-32) and Miles Wright at 44 percent (11-of-25).

Top-Three Shooting Teams
Over the last 10 seasons, a total of 15 Ivy League teams have ranked among the top three in the conference in all three shooting percentages — field goals, 3-pointers and free throws. Of those 15 teams, 13 finished in the top half of the final standings. Why do I bring this up? Well, Dartmouth currently is second in field goal percentage (.466), 3-point percentage (.373), and free throw percentage (.739). And only five teams in that time span finished in the top two in all three — three won the league title, the other two finished second.

Sudden Two-Sport Athlete
Joseph Cook, a fifth-year senior, completed his eligibility on the football field this fall, but became a two-sport athlete at the beginning of December by joining the basketball team. The Big Green were lacking some depth in the frontcourt, so Coach McLaughlin added the former all-league selection at Bishop Amat for averaging a double-double as the team's captain during his senior year. On Jan. 13, he recorded hit first stats with a rebound and putback at Boston College.

Taking Care of the Ball
At the halfway point of the season, sophomore Brendan Barry leads all Ivy League players in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.3 (55 assists, 24 turnovers). As a team, Dartmouth is just seven assists shy of a 1-to-1 ratio with 191 assists and 198 miscues.

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