Completed Event: Men's Basketball at Penn on February 21, 2025 , Loss , 75, to, 88
Final
Men's Basketball
at Penn
75
88
Friday, March 1
Hanover, N.H.
7:00 PM
Dartmouth College
vs
Princeton
Dartmouth will honor senior Guilien Smith in a pregame ceremony on Saturday.
Photo by: Gil Talbot
Final Home Games for the Men This Weekend
2/28/2019 10:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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Dartmouth hosts Princeton and Penn with an eye on avenging losses from two weeks ago
DARTMOUTH (11-15, 2-8)
vs. PRINCETON (15-8, 7-3)
and PENN (16-10, 4-6)
Friday-Saturday, March 1-2, 2019 | 7 PM | ESPN+
Leede Arena (2,100) | Hanover, N.H.
• Dartmouth is attempting to avenge a pair of close losses with Princeton and Penn in town for the final games at Leede Arena this season.
• The game on Saturday against the Quakers will be the 2,800th in program history.
• Six of the Big Green's eight conference losses this season have been by five points or fewer, and five have been one-possession games.
• Dartmouth has lost four straight and eight of its last nine with the lone victory in that span being an 82-66 home triumph over Columbia on Feb. 9.
• James Foye is coming off a big weekend at Yale and Brown in which he averaged 20.0 points, including a career-high 25-point performance with seven 3-pointers against the Bears last Saturday.
• Foye is just the eighth Big Green player in the last 22 years to hit seven or more triples in a game, a list which includes teammate Brendan Barry, who has done it three times this season.
• Of the Ivy players that have made at least one long ball per game, Foye (.495) and Barry (.461) have been the most accurate, helping Dartmouth lead the league at 38.3 percent behind the arc.
• The Big Green's leading scorer and rebounder this season is Chris Knight at 15.5 ppg and 6.9 rpg, both of which rank fifth in the Ancient Eight.
• Ian Sistare, who had started 18 straight games, missed both contests last week with an injury, the first he has not appeared in after playing in the first 78 of his career.
• Dartmouth will honor its lone senior, Guilien Smith, in a pregame ceremony on Saturday night before taking on Penn.
Series vs. Princeton
• This is the 217th game in the series that dates back to 1905 with the Tigers leading, 153-63.
• Princeton is 103-23 against the Big Green since the inaugural Ivy season in 1956-57, losing consecutive games just twice in that span with Dartmouth sweeping the season series once (2007).
• The Big Green are trying to earn a split of the series for the second straight year having lost a heartbreaker at Princeton two weeks ago, 69-68.
• Brendan Barry had a game-high 26 points while James Foye added 17, and four Tigers scored in double digits led by Richmond Aririguzoh with 18.
• Princeton has won 17 of the last 19 meetings.
• Dartmouth is 10-21 against the Tigers in Leede Arena since the venue opened in the fall of 1987.
Scouting the Tigers
• Princeton enters the weekend tied for second with Harvard in the league standings and has won three straight since dropping three in a row.
• The Tigers are 7-5 on the road, one of three Ivy teams with a winning record away from home.
• Princeton ranks last in the league in shooting accuracy overall and from the perimeter, but it rained down 12 triples in its last outing against Columbia.
• Devin Cannady, the Tigers' leading scorer (18.2 ppg) and 3-point threat (50-of-139, .360), did not play last weekend.
• The Tigers have two others averaging double digits in Myles Stephens (13.1 ppg) and Richmond Aririguzoh (11.3) with the latter shooting 70 percent from the floor.
• Those two are also Princeton's leading rebounders with Stephens at 6.4 rpg and Aririguzoh 6.1.
• Jaelin Llewellyn tops the team with 48 assists despite playing in only 16 games.
• Mitch Henderson (Princeton '98) is in his eighth year guiding his alma mater with a 147-84 record entering the weekend. He played in three NCAA Tournaments with the Tigers and spent 11 years as an assistant at Northwestern.
Series vs. Penn
• Dartmouth has squared off against the Quakers 216 times (like Princeton) with Penn sporting a record one game better than the Tigers, 154-62.
• The Big Green won three straight in the series for the first time since 1958-59, but Penn has since won the last three meetings, including an 82-79 overtime game at the Palestra two weeks ago.
• Chris Knight led Dartmouth with 25 points, but A.J. Brodeur countered with 36 for Penn.
• Last year, the Quakers ended Dartmouth's four-game win streak at home in the series, 64-61.
• Just like Princeton, Penn has posted a 21-10 record in Leede Arena. The Big Green won the first four but won just two of the next 21 prior to the team's four-game streak that was snapped last year.
Scouting the Quakers
• Penn, which won the Big 5 title outright, is in sixth place in the Ivy standings but just one game out of fourth.
• The Quakers were 12-4 in non-conference play, their best record in 17 years.
• Penn is 1-4 in overtime games with the lone win coming over Dartmouth two weeks ago.
• Forward A.J. Brodeur leads the team in scoring (16.8 ppg), rebounding (8.1 rpg), assists (3.8 apg) and field goal percentage (.521).
• Devon Goodman also scores in double figures (13.7 ppg) and Antonio Woods is just shy (9.9).
• Dartmouth did not see freshman Michael Wang (9.3 ppg) in the first meeting, but he is expected to play on Saturday.
• Another rookie, Bryce Washington, is the Quakers' top 3-point threat (50-of-123, .407).
• Free throw shooting has been an Achilles' heel this year at 63.9 percent (bottom 30 in NCAA).
• Steve Donahue (Ursinus '84) is in his fourth year guiding Penn with a 64-51 record entering the weekend. He also led Cornell to the Sweet 16 in 2010 and sports a 264-265 mark in 18 years as a D-I head coach.
Senior Night
Dartmouth has just one senior to honor prior to the final home game of the season — Guilien Smith. After a sophomore campaign in which he started every game and averaged 12.0 points, Smith has played in just 17 games since due to injuries. A dynamic playmaker when healthy, he flashed some of his brilliance at Brown last time out with eight points in 18 minutes of action. For his career, Smith has scored 552 points in 72 games (7.7 ppg) with 55 3-pointers. He also just had a streak of 27 consecutive free throws made come to an end last weekend.
2,800 Games
When the Big Green take the floor against Penn on Saturday night, they will be suiting up for the 2,800th game in program history. Dartmouth enters the weekend with an all-time record of 1,281-1,516-1 (yes, one tie against Minnesota in 1905 that I just don't have time to explain).
Hard Luck
With Dartmouth's 68-65 loss at Brown on Feb. 23, the team's record in games decided by five points or fewer this season dropped to 1-9 with eight of those losses coming since the lone victory at Loyola Maryland, 82-80, on Nov. 11. Seven of the defeats have been by no more than three points, and five of those seven have been in conference play. According to the analytical KenPom.com website, only 22 other Division I teams have had worse "luck" than the Big Green, one of which is fellow Ivy member Columbia. On the flip side, Princeton has been the third-luckiest team by that metric.
Foye Toy
Junior James Foye enjoyed the best shooting night of his career at Brown on Feb. 23, raining down seven 3-pointers in 10 attempts while going 9-of-14 overall from the floor to score a career-high 25 points. Three of those long balls came in the final 1:15, and two in the final 10 seconds, but his long-distance prowess could not get Dartmouth over the hump in the 68-65 loss.
Yale Jail
Ever since Dartmouth shocked Yale in the final game of the 2014-15 season on a last-second, game-winning shot that denied the Bulldogs the outright Ivy League title and eventually led to them missing out on postseason play altogether, Yale has imprisoned the Big Green on the court, winning the last eight meetings. Six of those eight games have been decided by double figures, including both contests this year. The Bulldogs led Dartmouth by 10 or more points in 66 of the 80 minutes of those two games. In contrast, no other Ancient Eight squad has had a lead of more than nine points at any point this season.
Slajchert Starter Kit
Freshman Wes Slajchert (along with classmate Taurus Samuels) has played in all 26 games thus far this season, but he cracked the starting lineup for the first time on Feb. 22 at Yale. Never mind that he was pressed into starting duty due to an injury to junior Ian Sistare. I mean, Lou Gehrig got his career going due to Wally Pipp's headache back in 1925. Not that Slajchert is going to Pipp Sistare, just making an observation …
Lighting It Up
• Dartmouth has hit at least five 3-pointers in all but one game this year (Yale on Feb. 22) and is 21st in 3-point percentage (.383).
• Twelve of the 14 players on the active roster have recorded at least one 3-pointer, and the two that haven't made one have attempted a total of three from the perimeter.
• In half of the first 26 games, the Big Green have hit at least 10 treys. That is second only to the 2001-02 squad that hit double digits 16 times.
• The Big Green need just 17 3-pointers in the final four games to break the program record of 263 made — set in that same 2001-02 campaign. But that 2001-02 club hit more on a per-game basis as that season consisted of 27 games.
• Brendan Barry, whose 77 3-pointers are the most by a Big Green player in 20 years, ranks 10th in the nation behind the arc at 46.1 percent.
• James Foye has hit 49.5 percent of his 3-point attempts, but has only made 51 in 26 games; the NCAA minimum for qualifying for the national rankings is 2.5 made per game.
• Dartmouth started the year with four straight games with at least 10 3-pointers, its longest such streak since a six-game stretch in 2002.
• The Big Green hit 22 trifectas in the season opener, breaking the team record of 18 set in a win over Albany on Jan. 20, 2001.
• Dartmouth has had 15 or more 3-pointers in a game three times this season after reaching that total just four times previously since the 3-point line was instituted in 1986-87.
Masquerading Ian
For those who were wondering how Ian Sistare suddenly grew several inches, don't worry, he didn't. That was just Ian Carter wearing Sistare's uniform number at Yale on Feb. 22. Carter committed the gaffe of forgetting his jerseys back in Hanover, and the spare the team brings on every trip was a little snug on Carter. So, he settled on masquerading as another Ian, who missed the first game of his career.
vs. PRINCETON (15-8, 7-3)
and PENN (16-10, 4-6)
Friday-Saturday, March 1-2, 2019 | 7 PM | ESPN+
Leede Arena (2,100) | Hanover, N.H.
• Dartmouth is attempting to avenge a pair of close losses with Princeton and Penn in town for the final games at Leede Arena this season.
• The game on Saturday against the Quakers will be the 2,800th in program history.
• Six of the Big Green's eight conference losses this season have been by five points or fewer, and five have been one-possession games.
• Dartmouth has lost four straight and eight of its last nine with the lone victory in that span being an 82-66 home triumph over Columbia on Feb. 9.
• James Foye is coming off a big weekend at Yale and Brown in which he averaged 20.0 points, including a career-high 25-point performance with seven 3-pointers against the Bears last Saturday.
• Foye is just the eighth Big Green player in the last 22 years to hit seven or more triples in a game, a list which includes teammate Brendan Barry, who has done it three times this season.
• Of the Ivy players that have made at least one long ball per game, Foye (.495) and Barry (.461) have been the most accurate, helping Dartmouth lead the league at 38.3 percent behind the arc.
• The Big Green's leading scorer and rebounder this season is Chris Knight at 15.5 ppg and 6.9 rpg, both of which rank fifth in the Ancient Eight.
• Ian Sistare, who had started 18 straight games, missed both contests last week with an injury, the first he has not appeared in after playing in the first 78 of his career.
• Dartmouth will honor its lone senior, Guilien Smith, in a pregame ceremony on Saturday night before taking on Penn.
Series vs. Princeton
• This is the 217th game in the series that dates back to 1905 with the Tigers leading, 153-63.
• Princeton is 103-23 against the Big Green since the inaugural Ivy season in 1956-57, losing consecutive games just twice in that span with Dartmouth sweeping the season series once (2007).
• The Big Green are trying to earn a split of the series for the second straight year having lost a heartbreaker at Princeton two weeks ago, 69-68.
• Brendan Barry had a game-high 26 points while James Foye added 17, and four Tigers scored in double digits led by Richmond Aririguzoh with 18.
• Princeton has won 17 of the last 19 meetings.
• Dartmouth is 10-21 against the Tigers in Leede Arena since the venue opened in the fall of 1987.
Scouting the Tigers
• Princeton enters the weekend tied for second with Harvard in the league standings and has won three straight since dropping three in a row.
• The Tigers are 7-5 on the road, one of three Ivy teams with a winning record away from home.
• Princeton ranks last in the league in shooting accuracy overall and from the perimeter, but it rained down 12 triples in its last outing against Columbia.
• Devin Cannady, the Tigers' leading scorer (18.2 ppg) and 3-point threat (50-of-139, .360), did not play last weekend.
• The Tigers have two others averaging double digits in Myles Stephens (13.1 ppg) and Richmond Aririguzoh (11.3) with the latter shooting 70 percent from the floor.
• Those two are also Princeton's leading rebounders with Stephens at 6.4 rpg and Aririguzoh 6.1.
• Jaelin Llewellyn tops the team with 48 assists despite playing in only 16 games.
• Mitch Henderson (Princeton '98) is in his eighth year guiding his alma mater with a 147-84 record entering the weekend. He played in three NCAA Tournaments with the Tigers and spent 11 years as an assistant at Northwestern.
Series vs. Penn
• Dartmouth has squared off against the Quakers 216 times (like Princeton) with Penn sporting a record one game better than the Tigers, 154-62.
• The Big Green won three straight in the series for the first time since 1958-59, but Penn has since won the last three meetings, including an 82-79 overtime game at the Palestra two weeks ago.
• Chris Knight led Dartmouth with 25 points, but A.J. Brodeur countered with 36 for Penn.
• Last year, the Quakers ended Dartmouth's four-game win streak at home in the series, 64-61.
• Just like Princeton, Penn has posted a 21-10 record in Leede Arena. The Big Green won the first four but won just two of the next 21 prior to the team's four-game streak that was snapped last year.
Scouting the Quakers
• Penn, which won the Big 5 title outright, is in sixth place in the Ivy standings but just one game out of fourth.
• The Quakers were 12-4 in non-conference play, their best record in 17 years.
• Penn is 1-4 in overtime games with the lone win coming over Dartmouth two weeks ago.
• Forward A.J. Brodeur leads the team in scoring (16.8 ppg), rebounding (8.1 rpg), assists (3.8 apg) and field goal percentage (.521).
• Devon Goodman also scores in double figures (13.7 ppg) and Antonio Woods is just shy (9.9).
• Dartmouth did not see freshman Michael Wang (9.3 ppg) in the first meeting, but he is expected to play on Saturday.
• Another rookie, Bryce Washington, is the Quakers' top 3-point threat (50-of-123, .407).
• Free throw shooting has been an Achilles' heel this year at 63.9 percent (bottom 30 in NCAA).
• Steve Donahue (Ursinus '84) is in his fourth year guiding Penn with a 64-51 record entering the weekend. He also led Cornell to the Sweet 16 in 2010 and sports a 264-265 mark in 18 years as a D-I head coach.
Senior Night
Dartmouth has just one senior to honor prior to the final home game of the season — Guilien Smith. After a sophomore campaign in which he started every game and averaged 12.0 points, Smith has played in just 17 games since due to injuries. A dynamic playmaker when healthy, he flashed some of his brilliance at Brown last time out with eight points in 18 minutes of action. For his career, Smith has scored 552 points in 72 games (7.7 ppg) with 55 3-pointers. He also just had a streak of 27 consecutive free throws made come to an end last weekend.
2,800 Games
When the Big Green take the floor against Penn on Saturday night, they will be suiting up for the 2,800th game in program history. Dartmouth enters the weekend with an all-time record of 1,281-1,516-1 (yes, one tie against Minnesota in 1905 that I just don't have time to explain).
Hard Luck
With Dartmouth's 68-65 loss at Brown on Feb. 23, the team's record in games decided by five points or fewer this season dropped to 1-9 with eight of those losses coming since the lone victory at Loyola Maryland, 82-80, on Nov. 11. Seven of the defeats have been by no more than three points, and five of those seven have been in conference play. According to the analytical KenPom.com website, only 22 other Division I teams have had worse "luck" than the Big Green, one of which is fellow Ivy member Columbia. On the flip side, Princeton has been the third-luckiest team by that metric.
Foye Toy
Junior James Foye enjoyed the best shooting night of his career at Brown on Feb. 23, raining down seven 3-pointers in 10 attempts while going 9-of-14 overall from the floor to score a career-high 25 points. Three of those long balls came in the final 1:15, and two in the final 10 seconds, but his long-distance prowess could not get Dartmouth over the hump in the 68-65 loss.
Yale Jail
Ever since Dartmouth shocked Yale in the final game of the 2014-15 season on a last-second, game-winning shot that denied the Bulldogs the outright Ivy League title and eventually led to them missing out on postseason play altogether, Yale has imprisoned the Big Green on the court, winning the last eight meetings. Six of those eight games have been decided by double figures, including both contests this year. The Bulldogs led Dartmouth by 10 or more points in 66 of the 80 minutes of those two games. In contrast, no other Ancient Eight squad has had a lead of more than nine points at any point this season.
Slajchert Starter Kit
Freshman Wes Slajchert (along with classmate Taurus Samuels) has played in all 26 games thus far this season, but he cracked the starting lineup for the first time on Feb. 22 at Yale. Never mind that he was pressed into starting duty due to an injury to junior Ian Sistare. I mean, Lou Gehrig got his career going due to Wally Pipp's headache back in 1925. Not that Slajchert is going to Pipp Sistare, just making an observation …
Lighting It Up
• Dartmouth has hit at least five 3-pointers in all but one game this year (Yale on Feb. 22) and is 21st in 3-point percentage (.383).
• Twelve of the 14 players on the active roster have recorded at least one 3-pointer, and the two that haven't made one have attempted a total of three from the perimeter.
• In half of the first 26 games, the Big Green have hit at least 10 treys. That is second only to the 2001-02 squad that hit double digits 16 times.
• The Big Green need just 17 3-pointers in the final four games to break the program record of 263 made — set in that same 2001-02 campaign. But that 2001-02 club hit more on a per-game basis as that season consisted of 27 games.
• Brendan Barry, whose 77 3-pointers are the most by a Big Green player in 20 years, ranks 10th in the nation behind the arc at 46.1 percent.
• James Foye has hit 49.5 percent of his 3-point attempts, but has only made 51 in 26 games; the NCAA minimum for qualifying for the national rankings is 2.5 made per game.
• Dartmouth started the year with four straight games with at least 10 3-pointers, its longest such streak since a six-game stretch in 2002.
• The Big Green hit 22 trifectas in the season opener, breaking the team record of 18 set in a win over Albany on Jan. 20, 2001.
• Dartmouth has had 15 or more 3-pointers in a game three times this season after reaching that total just four times previously since the 3-point line was instituted in 1986-87.
Masquerading Ian
For those who were wondering how Ian Sistare suddenly grew several inches, don't worry, he didn't. That was just Ian Carter wearing Sistare's uniform number at Yale on Feb. 22. Carter committed the gaffe of forgetting his jerseys back in Hanover, and the spare the team brings on every trip was a little snug on Carter. So, he settled on masquerading as another Ian, who missed the first game of his career.
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