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 6
Hanover, N.H.
7:00 PM
Dartmouth College
12-16, 5-8Ivy
61
vs
72
Yale
23-6, 11-2Ivy
1
2
F
Yale
33
39
72
Dartmouth
30
31
61
Junior Aaryn Rai led Dartmouth with 18 points.
Photo by: Doug Austin
Dartmouth Eliminated from Ivy Tournament Race in 72-61 Loss to Yale
3/6/2020 8:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Aaryn Rai had 18 points and Chris Knight 17 for the Big Green.
HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth Big Green rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to take the lead early in the second stanza, but Yale (23-6, 11-2 Ivy) hit a barrage of 3-pointers to beat Dartmouth (12-16, 5-8 Ivy) on Friday night at Leede Arena, 72-61. The loss eliminated the Big Green from earning a berth at the Ivy League Tournament next week, while Yale clinched the outright conference crown coupled with Harvard's 64-55 loss to Brown this evening.
Eric Monroe led the Bulldogs with 15 points on five 3-pointers — four coming during a crucial run in the second half — while Paul Atkinson and Azar Swain contributed 14 points apiece. Jordan Bruner did all of the little things, leading Yale with 11 rebounds, four assists and four steals. As a team, the Bulldogs shot 44.1 percent (26-of-59) for the game with 10 trifectas, plus had a slim 35-34 edge on the boards but a 15-8 advantage in second-chance points thanks to eight offensive rebounds.
Juniors Aaryn Rai and Chris Knight led Dartmouth with 18 and 17 points, respectively, combining to hit 14-of-21 from the floor. Although the Green essentially matched the Bulldogs' overall accuracy, they managed just 6-of-21 (.286) from long range and converted only 9-of-16 (.563) at the foul line.
Yale jumped out to a 27-11 lead before 11 minutes had expired, hitting 12-of-19 shots while holding Dartmouth to a mere 4-of-14. But a Knight layup with 9:10 left in the half ignited an 11-point run for the Big Green with sophomore Taurus Samuels contributing a 3-pointer and capping the run with a contested layup, closing the gap to five, 27-22.
A Swain 3-pointer with under two minutes before the intermission boosted the Bulldog lead back to seven, but Knight and Rai each had buckets in the paint to close the half and cut the deficit to three at 33-30.
Dartmouth maintained its momentum at the start of the second half as senior Ian Sistare knocked down a triple and Knight followed with a hook shot just outside the paint for the first Big Green lead of the night at 35-33. Jalen Gabiddon and Knight traded buckets before Swain launched one from the perimeter to put the Bulldogs back on top, 38-37.
Rai provided a three points the hard way, but that's when Monroe heated up with his first trey. A long Ian Carter baseline jumper gave Dartmouth its last lead at 42-41, and Yale answered with an Atkinson three-point play and another triple by Monroe. Two free throws by Carter couldn't slow down the Bulldogs, which rattled off the next 10 points with five from Wyatt Yess and another three from Monroe, and suddenly Yale was back up by 13, 57-44.
Monroe's last three built the bulge to 15 points, 63-48, with 4:52 to play, and although Dartmouth rallied to get back within seven with just under a minute to play, 67-60, that was as close as it would get.
The Big Green will close out the 2019-20 season by hosting Brown (14-12, 7-6 Ivy), which needs to beat Dartmouth and have Penn lose at home to a Columbia team that has lost 12 straight contests, to earn the 4-seed for the Ivy League Tournament. Tip time is 7 p.m. with the game streamed live on ESPN+ featuring Bob Lipman and Dave Faucher calling the action. Brett Franklin with bring the action home to listeners as well through a free audio stream on the official website of Big Green athletics, DartmouthSports.com.
Notes: Dartmouth is locked into sixth place in the Ivy League standings no matter what happens tomorrow being two games ahead of seventh-place Cornell and two games behind Brown and Penn who are tied for fourth … the Big Green players wore black socks as part of Black Sock Awareness Night in honor of junior Ben Swett's younger brother, Jeremiah, who suffers from a vascular condition known as May Thurner Syndrome.
Eric Monroe led the Bulldogs with 15 points on five 3-pointers — four coming during a crucial run in the second half — while Paul Atkinson and Azar Swain contributed 14 points apiece. Jordan Bruner did all of the little things, leading Yale with 11 rebounds, four assists and four steals. As a team, the Bulldogs shot 44.1 percent (26-of-59) for the game with 10 trifectas, plus had a slim 35-34 edge on the boards but a 15-8 advantage in second-chance points thanks to eight offensive rebounds.
Juniors Aaryn Rai and Chris Knight led Dartmouth with 18 and 17 points, respectively, combining to hit 14-of-21 from the floor. Although the Green essentially matched the Bulldogs' overall accuracy, they managed just 6-of-21 (.286) from long range and converted only 9-of-16 (.563) at the foul line.
Yale jumped out to a 27-11 lead before 11 minutes had expired, hitting 12-of-19 shots while holding Dartmouth to a mere 4-of-14. But a Knight layup with 9:10 left in the half ignited an 11-point run for the Big Green with sophomore Taurus Samuels contributing a 3-pointer and capping the run with a contested layup, closing the gap to five, 27-22.
A Swain 3-pointer with under two minutes before the intermission boosted the Bulldog lead back to seven, but Knight and Rai each had buckets in the paint to close the half and cut the deficit to three at 33-30.
Dartmouth maintained its momentum at the start of the second half as senior Ian Sistare knocked down a triple and Knight followed with a hook shot just outside the paint for the first Big Green lead of the night at 35-33. Jalen Gabiddon and Knight traded buckets before Swain launched one from the perimeter to put the Bulldogs back on top, 38-37.
Rai provided a three points the hard way, but that's when Monroe heated up with his first trey. A long Ian Carter baseline jumper gave Dartmouth its last lead at 42-41, and Yale answered with an Atkinson three-point play and another triple by Monroe. Two free throws by Carter couldn't slow down the Bulldogs, which rattled off the next 10 points with five from Wyatt Yess and another three from Monroe, and suddenly Yale was back up by 13, 57-44.
Monroe's last three built the bulge to 15 points, 63-48, with 4:52 to play, and although Dartmouth rallied to get back within seven with just under a minute to play, 67-60, that was as close as it would get.
The Big Green will close out the 2019-20 season by hosting Brown (14-12, 7-6 Ivy), which needs to beat Dartmouth and have Penn lose at home to a Columbia team that has lost 12 straight contests, to earn the 4-seed for the Ivy League Tournament. Tip time is 7 p.m. with the game streamed live on ESPN+ featuring Bob Lipman and Dave Faucher calling the action. Brett Franklin with bring the action home to listeners as well through a free audio stream on the official website of Big Green athletics, DartmouthSports.com.
Notes: Dartmouth is locked into sixth place in the Ivy League standings no matter what happens tomorrow being two games ahead of seventh-place Cornell and two games behind Brown and Penn who are tied for fourth … the Big Green players wore black socks as part of Black Sock Awareness Night in honor of junior Ben Swett's younger brother, Jeremiah, who suffers from a vascular condition known as May Thurner Syndrome.
Team Stats
YALE
DART
FG%
.441
.442
3FG%
.385
.286
FT%
.667
.563
RB
35
34
TO
7
10
STL
7
4
Game Leaders
Pts
17
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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