Completed Event: Men's Basketball at Penn on February 21, 2025 , Loss , 75, to, 88
Final
Men's Basketball
at Penn
75
88
Saturday, February 29
New York, N.Y. / Levien Gym
7:00 PM
Dartmouth College
12-15, 5-7Ivy
76
at
57
Columbia
6-22, 1-11Ivy
1
2
F
Dartmouth
37
39
76
Columbia
30
27
57
Chris Knight was perfect from the floor in scoring 19 points.
Photo by: Doug Austin
Weekend Sweep on the Road as Big Green Tame Lions, 76-57
2/29/2020 8:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Chris Knight recorded his fourth double-double in the last five games
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Dartmouth rode a barrage of 3-pointers in the first half and junior Chris Knight in the post in the second stanza to defeat host Columbia on Saturday night at Levien Gymnasium, 76-57. Knight finished the game with 19 points and 10 rebounds — his fourth double-double in the last five contests — as the Big Green (12-15, 5-7 Ivy) earned their first weekend league sweep on the road in five years and won for the fifth time in the last six outings. The Lions (6-22, 1-11 Ivy) suffered their 11th straight defeat despite getting 25 points from Mike Smith, the league's leading scorer.
Knight was a perfect 7-of-7 from the floor, six of those field goals coming in the second half, and 5-of-6 at the line for his 19 points. Not only did he stuff his stat sheet with the 10 rebounds, but also six assists, a block and a steal, the last of which led to a wide-open, two-hand slam.
Joining Knight in double figures was senior James Foye with 15 points, all coming from behind the arc as he drilled 5-of-9 from long range. Dartmouth rained down 12 3-pointers as a team with seven players hitting one apiece, including walk-on New York native Jayden Reaves in the final seconds, sending his local friends and family into a frenzy in the stands.
The game was tight for the first 10 minutes with neither side gaining an advantage of more than four points. A three-point play by Smith with 11:24 left in the half gave Columbia a 17-16 lead, but Foye answered with consecutive 3-pointers to quickly give the Big Green a 22-17 lead that it would not relinquish.
Later in the half, Foye hit back-to-back treys again, and sophomore Trevon Ary-Turner followed with one of his own to open up a 35-25 lead with four minutes still to go until the intermission. Smith scored the next five points to cut that Columbia deficit in half, but Knight laid one in with just under a minute to go — his first shot of the game — allowing Dartmouth to hold a 37-30 edge at the break.
The Big Green hit 9-of-22 (.409) from distance over the first 20 minutes (more attempts than they had for 16 entire games this season) and 12-of-30 (.400) overall while holding the Lions to just 27.3 percent (9-of-33) from the floor with one 3-pointer.
Three times in the first seven-plus minutes of the second stanza Columbia managed to climb back within a point, the last on a Jake Killingsworth layup with 12:53 to play, making it a 44-43 game. But Knight provided the answer, knocking down a 12-footer before stealing the ball and coasting for his big dunk.
Ike Nweke, who also had a double-double for Columbia with 14 points and 12 boards, scored on a layup before Knight answered with a pair of free throws and added another layup after junior Aaryn Rai (nine points and rebounds) hit 1-of-2 at the line.
The 6-7 forward pushed the lead into double digits 64-53, with consecutive buckets in the paint, and Rai kept it there with a three-point play after a Smith jumper in the lane. Dartmouth then sank 6-of-8 at the foul line in the final 2:07, and Reaves put the exclamation point on the win with his trifecta shortly before the buzzer sounded.
It took Smith 27 field goal attempts to score his 25 points, hitting nine of those shots, while going 1-of-9 from the perimeter and a perfect 6-of-6 at the charity stripe. He added eight rebounds and seven assists to his evening as well.
Columbia finished the night shooting 33.3 percent from the floor (22-of-66) and a woeful 9.5 percent (2-of-21) behind the arc. The Big Green, on the other hand, was 25-of-58 (.431) overall and 12-of-36 (.333) on their 3-pointers, plus won the battle of the boards, 45-38, matching a season-high on the glass.
Dartmouth will enter the final weekend of the season with an outside shot at qualifying for the Ivy League Tournament, sitting in sixth place, a game behind Penn and Brown. The Big Green must win both games on their home court to keep those hopes alive, first hosting league-leading Yale (22-6, 10-2 Ivy) on Friday at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Bob Lipman and Dave Faucher calling the action, while Brett Franklin will provide play-by-play on a free audio broadcast through the official website of Big Green athletics, DartmouthSports.com.
Notes: The last road sweep for Dartmouth came on this same trip on almost exactly the same dates five years ago — Feb. 27 and 28 — but in reverse order at Columbia then Cornell … the Big Green had 18 assists in the game, improving to 10-1 this season when dishing out at least 13 … Knight has been perfect from the floor twice this season, going 8-for-8 in a win over Central Connecticut State back on Dec. 18 … the Big Green improved to 6-6 all-time on Leap Day.
Knight was a perfect 7-of-7 from the floor, six of those field goals coming in the second half, and 5-of-6 at the line for his 19 points. Not only did he stuff his stat sheet with the 10 rebounds, but also six assists, a block and a steal, the last of which led to a wide-open, two-hand slam.
Joining Knight in double figures was senior James Foye with 15 points, all coming from behind the arc as he drilled 5-of-9 from long range. Dartmouth rained down 12 3-pointers as a team with seven players hitting one apiece, including walk-on New York native Jayden Reaves in the final seconds, sending his local friends and family into a frenzy in the stands.
The game was tight for the first 10 minutes with neither side gaining an advantage of more than four points. A three-point play by Smith with 11:24 left in the half gave Columbia a 17-16 lead, but Foye answered with consecutive 3-pointers to quickly give the Big Green a 22-17 lead that it would not relinquish.
Later in the half, Foye hit back-to-back treys again, and sophomore Trevon Ary-Turner followed with one of his own to open up a 35-25 lead with four minutes still to go until the intermission. Smith scored the next five points to cut that Columbia deficit in half, but Knight laid one in with just under a minute to go — his first shot of the game — allowing Dartmouth to hold a 37-30 edge at the break.
The Big Green hit 9-of-22 (.409) from distance over the first 20 minutes (more attempts than they had for 16 entire games this season) and 12-of-30 (.400) overall while holding the Lions to just 27.3 percent (9-of-33) from the floor with one 3-pointer.
Three times in the first seven-plus minutes of the second stanza Columbia managed to climb back within a point, the last on a Jake Killingsworth layup with 12:53 to play, making it a 44-43 game. But Knight provided the answer, knocking down a 12-footer before stealing the ball and coasting for his big dunk.
Ike Nweke, who also had a double-double for Columbia with 14 points and 12 boards, scored on a layup before Knight answered with a pair of free throws and added another layup after junior Aaryn Rai (nine points and rebounds) hit 1-of-2 at the line.
The 6-7 forward pushed the lead into double digits 64-53, with consecutive buckets in the paint, and Rai kept it there with a three-point play after a Smith jumper in the lane. Dartmouth then sank 6-of-8 at the foul line in the final 2:07, and Reaves put the exclamation point on the win with his trifecta shortly before the buzzer sounded.
It took Smith 27 field goal attempts to score his 25 points, hitting nine of those shots, while going 1-of-9 from the perimeter and a perfect 6-of-6 at the charity stripe. He added eight rebounds and seven assists to his evening as well.
Columbia finished the night shooting 33.3 percent from the floor (22-of-66) and a woeful 9.5 percent (2-of-21) behind the arc. The Big Green, on the other hand, was 25-of-58 (.431) overall and 12-of-36 (.333) on their 3-pointers, plus won the battle of the boards, 45-38, matching a season-high on the glass.
Dartmouth will enter the final weekend of the season with an outside shot at qualifying for the Ivy League Tournament, sitting in sixth place, a game behind Penn and Brown. The Big Green must win both games on their home court to keep those hopes alive, first hosting league-leading Yale (22-6, 10-2 Ivy) on Friday at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Bob Lipman and Dave Faucher calling the action, while Brett Franklin will provide play-by-play on a free audio broadcast through the official website of Big Green athletics, DartmouthSports.com.
Notes: The last road sweep for Dartmouth came on this same trip on almost exactly the same dates five years ago — Feb. 27 and 28 — but in reverse order at Columbia then Cornell … the Big Green had 18 assists in the game, improving to 10-1 this season when dishing out at least 13 … Knight has been perfect from the floor twice this season, going 8-for-8 in a win over Central Connecticut State back on Dec. 18 … the Big Green improved to 6-6 all-time on Leap Day.
Team Stats
DART
COL
FG%
.431
.333
3FG%
.333
.095
FT%
.667
.733
RB
45
38
TO
7
2
STL
2
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
19
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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