Shot at the Buzzer Off the Mark in 67-65 Loss at Brown

Friday, February 7

Providence, R.I. / Pizzitola Sports Center

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

7-13, 0-5Ivy

Brown

10-8, 3-2Ivy

Dartmouth

Brown

Chris Knight had a game-high 17 points.

Photo by: Gil Talbot

Shot at the Buzzer Off the Mark in 67-65 Loss at Brown

2/7/2020 9:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Foye's heave as time expired would not fall

By: Rick Bender

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — After falling behind by 10 points with 2:18 to play, Dartmouth nearly pulled off a late comeback at Brown, but James Foye's 3-point try at the buzzer would not fall as the Bears survived Friday night on their home court, 67-65. All five starters scored in double figures for Brown (10-8, 3-2 Ivy) while Chris Knight led the Big Green (7-13, 0-5 Ivy) with 17 points.

A 12-point Brown run in a four-minute span, capped by a Perry Cowan 3-pointer and a Tamenang Choh free throw, gave the Bears a 62-52 lead with 2:18 remaining and sent the Pizzitola Sports Center crowd of 1,106 into a frenzy. But Dartmouth maintained its composure and fought its way back as sophomore Taurus Samuels drove for a layup then canned a long ball to quickly make it a six-point game, 63-57, with 1:39 still to play. Knight cut that deficit in half with three points the hard way, making it a one-possession game.

After Choh (team-high 15 points and 11 rebounds) made 1-of-2 at the line with 24.3 ticks left, Knight tapped in a miss to close the gap to two, 64-62, with 15 seconds on the clock. Two Brown free throws by Zach Hunsaker (also 15 points) gave Brown some breathing room, only to have sophomore Trevon Ary-Turner drill a 3-pointer with 7.1 seconds showing to make it a one-point contest.

Brandon Anderson then sank the second of two free throws, leaving the door open for the Big Green to earn a win on the road. Foye, who had drained a long 3-pointer just before halftime, tried to give the crowd déjà vu, but his try from in front of the Big Green bench hit the front of the iron and bounded away as the buzzer sounded.

Dartmouth shot 54.0 percent (27-of-50) for the game and 60 percent (9-of-15) from the perimeter but was outscored by 17 at the foul line, negating its big edge in field goal accuracy as Brown was just 21-of-53 (.396) overall and 6-of-19 (.316) behind the arc. Other contributing factors to the Big Green's defeat were an 18-13 disadvantage in turnovers and 13 offensive rebounds for the Bears that led to 14 second-chance points.

"When you shoot as well as we did tonight and defense as well as we did, it's tough to come away with a loss," said head coach David McLaughlin after the game. "I told the team that we can't turn the ball over and allow as many second chances as much as we did. But when the game started getting away from us because we were trying to answer a bit too quickly, once we slowed down and got back to our game, we were able to give ourselves a chance to win."

The Big Green were in control in the first half, taking an eight-point lead into the locker room, 35-27, while hitting 15-of-25 (.600) from the floor and 5-of-7 (.714) from downtown. Brown, meanwhile, was just 8-of-29 (.276) but kept its deficit to single digits by going 8-of-9 (.889) at the line as Dartmouth failed to attempt even one. All nine Big Green players to take the court in the first half had at least one field goal.

Dartmouth held the lead for more than 23 minutes bridging the two halves before a Cowan 3-pointer put the Bears ahead, 52-50, with 7:35 to play. Buckets by Knight and junior Aaryn Rai (13 points) flipped the lead, but Brown answered with its 12-point run.

Up next for the Big Green is another road game — their fifth in the first six conference contests — at Yale (16-5, 4-1 Ivy) on Saturday live on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. The Bulldogs are coming off their own heart-breaking loss, 78-77 at home to Harvard, when a free throw was missed with 2.1 seconds to play that would have tied the score after trailing by 13 with five minutes to go.

Notes: Dartmouth has lost its last eight contests and last 13 Ivy League games dating back to last season … this is the Big Green's fifth consecutive game decided by three points or fewer against Brown with the Bears winning four of the five … Dartmouth still leads the all-time series, 81-79.