Back-to-Back Weekends Begin with Trip to Princeton, Penn

Friday, January 31

Princeton, N.J. / Jadwin Gym

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Princeton

Ian Carter men's basketball action versus Bryant

Senior Ian Carter has hit 13 of his last 21 field goal attempts (.619).

Photo by: Doug Austin

Back-to-Back Weekends Begin with Trip to Princeton, Penn

1/30/2020 1:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Dartmouth is aiming to snap a nine-game skid in conference play

By: Rick Bender

DARTMOUTH (7-10, 0-2)
at PRINCETON (7-8, 2-0)
and PENN (8-7, 0-2)
Friday / Saturday, Jan. 31 / Feb. 1, 2020 | 7 / 6 PM | ESPN+
Jadwin Gym (6,854) / The Palestra (8,722) | Princeton, N.J. / Philadelphia, Pa.

• Dartmouth enters the grind of the Ivy League schedule this weekend, starting with games at Princeton and Penn.
• The Big Green have not won a game in over a month, dropping five straight with three coming by five points or fewer, including both matchups with Harvard the last two weeks.
• The most recent outing featured Taurus Samuels scoring a team-high 18 points in Leede Arena, boosting his season average just shy of double digits (9.9 ppg).
• Dartmouth's leading scorer, Chris Knight, was held to eight points last Saturday, ending a streak of seven straight games with at least 10 points, but he did grab a team-best nine boards to boost his season total to 6.0 rpg.
• Aaryn Rai, who had 16 points and seven rebounds, ranks sixth in the Ivy League on the glass at 6.7 per game while producing 11.5 ppg.
• James Foye became the 18th player in Big Green history to drain 100 3-pointers, but one of only four to do so at a 40 percent clip or better (.415).
• Dartmouth has performed much better at the foul line since Ivy play began; the Green shot 64 percent in the 15 non-conference games, but 80 percent in the two contests against Harvard.

Series vs. Princeton
• This is the 218th game in the series that dates back to 1905 with the Tigers leading, 154-63.
• Princeton is 104-23 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).
• Both Big Green losses last year came by a single point, first 69-68 defeat at Princeton followed by a 77-76 overtime loss in Hanover.
• Brendan Barry had 46 points in the two games, including 26 in the first contest, while Chris Knight (22) and Aaryn Rai (21) both topped 20 back at Leede Arena.
• Princeton has won 18 of the last 20 meetings.
• The last Big Green victory at Princeton came on Feb. 21, 2009, one of three wins at Jadwin Gym (1987, 2007) in the 50 Big Green games there.

Scouting the Tigers
• Princeton got off to a slow start this season, losing seven of its first eight games. Since then, the Tigers have come on strong, winning six of their last seven, including a season sweep of Penn.
• Princeton leads the Ivy League with a 46.3 FG percentage, but opponents have shot a league-high 47.1 percent against the Tigers, though Penn managed just 38.4 percent.
• Jaelin Llewllyn (14.8 ppg) and Richmond Aririguzoh (13.7) are the top two scorers with the former a high-usage shooter (13 FG attempts a game) and the latter a high-efficient one (61.5 FG pct.)
• Freshman Ryan Schwieger (12.7) gives the Tigers are strong third scoring option as he shoots 52.0 percent from the floor.
• Aririguzoh is the top rebounder at 8.7 per game, more than double any teammate (Llewellyn 4.0).
• While Schwieger has good range (14-of-31 from distance, 45.2 pct.), Drew Friberg is the leading marksman with 31 triples at a 40.3 percent clip.
• Mitch Henderson (Princeton '98) is in his ninth year guiding his alma mater with a 155-96 record and an Ivy title to his credit (2016-17) entering the weekend . He played in three NCAA Tournaments with the Tigers and spent 11 years as an assistant at Northwestern.

Series vs. Princeton
• Dartmouth has squared off against the Quakers 217 times (like Princeton) with Penn sporting a record one game better than the Tigers, 155-62.
• The Big Green won three straight in the series for the first time since 1958-59, but Penn has since won the last four meetings, including an 82-79 overtime game at the Palestra last year.
• The Quakers have a slight edge in the last 13 games in the series at 7-6.
• Chris Knight averaged 16 points in the two games last year against the Quakers.
• Since the Palestra opened on Jan. 1, 1927, the Big Green have posted a 19-73 record against the Quakers there and won just five of their last 60 in the arena (but three in the last 11 years).

Scouting the Quakers
• Penn ended a three-game slide last weekend with a 66-59 victory over Temple to finish its Big 5 schedule at 2-2.
• The Quakers are the top-scoring team in the Ivy League at 76.1 points per game while allowing the most at 73.6, givign them the third-best margin at 2.5, just ahead of Dartmouth's 2.1.
• Penn also plays at the fastest pace in the league by far with over 70 possessions per game (Dartmouth is at just under 66).
• Forward A.J. Brodeur once again leads the team in scoring at 17.2 ppg (fourth in the Ivy League) while adding 9.1 rebounds a night (second).
• Three others also average in 13-plus points — four-time Ivy Rookie of the Week Jordan Dingle (14.7 ppg), Devon Goodman (13.2) and Ryan Betley (13.1).
• All three will fire it up from 3-point range with Betley leading the team with 35 treys, but Max Martz has been the most accurate at 21-of-41 (.512).
• Steve Donahue (Ursinus '84) is in his fifth year guiding Penn with a 75-60 record entering the weekend. He also led Cornell to the Sweet 16 in 2010 and sports a 275-274 mark in 19 years as a D-I head coach.

Coaches Powering Forward
This week is Coaches Powering Forward for Autism, and the Dartmouth coaching staff will be wearing blue puzzle pieces on their suits to raise awareness of autism. Last year, 420 schools, including Dartmouth, participated in the awareness campaign to increase global understanding and acceptance of people with autism.

Glad Taurus is For Us
Sophomore Taurus Samuels was thrust into the starting point guard slot when Brendan Barry was injured in the preseason, and he is getting comfortable in his role, particularly with his scoring. Over the last nine games, he has alternated between scoring in double figures or not, culminating with his 18-point performance to lead the Big Green in the four-point loss to Harvard on Jan. 25. It was his third time leading the team in scoring this season and fourth in his career, and he is just shy of being the fourth member of the team averaging at least 10 points a game (9.9).

Foye Hits 100th Triple
He isn't a baseball player, otherwise 100 triples would be an NCAA record by a long shot (32 is the career record). But hitting triple digits on 3-pointers is nothing to sneeze at. James Foye became the 18th Dartmouth player with 100 long balls in a career when he launched a desperation heave with the shot clock about to expire early in the game against Harvard on Jan. 25, and the ball found its way through the iron after kissing the glass. Of the 18 Big Green shooters with 100 treys, only four have hit them at a 40 percent clip or better — Len Bazelak '88 (.466), Jim Barton '89 (.455), teammate Brendan Barry (.445) and Foye (.415)

Two More Close Losses to Harvard
The last five times the Big Green have entertained the Crimson, Dartmouth has won one by 18 points and lost the other four by no more than five. Two years ago, Harvard rallied late and went on to beat the Green in overtime at Leede Arena, 62-57. Twice the Crimson sent the Green home from Cambridge with losses by scores of 64-59 and 67-62. Most recently, it was a four-point defeat at home on Jan. 25, 70-66. The only saving grace was the 81-63 victory in Hanover last year when Dartmouth shot 68.1 percent from the floor, its best ever at Leede Arena.

Five-Game Slide
With the 70-66 defeat against Harvard on Jan. 25, Dartmouth achieved the ignominious distinction of dropping five straight games (or more) in each of the last 23 consecutive seasons. The last team to not suffer through a five-game skid was the 1996-97 squad that was 18-8 overall and 10-4 in the Ivy League to tie for second.