Everyone Gets Into the Act in 114-74 Victory

Tuesday, November 16

Hanover, N.H.

7:00 PM

Dartmouth College

2-1,0-0Ivy League

114

NVU-Lyndon

1-3,0-0North Atlantic

NVU-Lyndon

Dartmouth

114

Izaiah Robinson scored 10 points against NVU-Lyndon, Nov. 16, 2021

Izaiah Robinson was one of five to score in double figures for the Big Green.

Photo by: Gil Talbot

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All 17 players that dressed scored in the win over NVU-Lyndon

By: Rick Bender

HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth men's basketball team had little trouble with Division III NVU-Lyndon on Tuesday night, handing the visiting Hornets a 114-74 defeat in the home opener for the Big Green (2-1). All 17 players that dressed for Dartmouth put points on the board — a school record — with five finishing in double figures, led by graduate Brendan Barry with 15.

Barry, the sixth-most accurate 3-point shooter among active Division I players, put his form on display by hitting all five of his shots from the perimeter in just 13 minutes on the court. Senior Aaryn Rai contributed 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds in 12 minutes, and junior Cam Krystkowiak (12), senior Garrison Wade (10) and sophomore Izaiah Robinson (10) also finished in double digits.

As a team, Dartmouth blistered the nets at a 60.5 percent clip (46-of-76) while drilling 14-of-32 (.438) from downtown. The Big Green also handed out 20 assists, blocked six shots and turned the ball over once, plus held a 37-28 advantage on the glass.

NVU-Lyndon, which came into the game shooting just 26.5 percent from long distance, hit 15-of-27 (.556) 3-pointers on the night, led by Antonio Carlisle who was 5-of-6 outside the arc and 10-of-15 overall with a game-high 31 points in a contest that counted as an exhibition for the Hornets.

Dartmouth quickly took command of the game, opening up a 17-2 point lead after just four minutes of play with Rai providing nine of those points. A Wade putback in the opening run gave the Green a double-digit lead that remained the rest of the night.

NVU-Lyndon didn't back down, however, with 3-pointers by Zach Falkenburg, Carlisle and Mondwell Bukle, yet the undersized Hornets had trouble containing the Big Green. Buckets down low from sophomore Dusan Neskovic, freshman Romeo Myrthil and junior Nate Ogbu left Dartmouth with a 26-13 advantage.

Barry added two more 3-pointers only to have NVU-Lyndon answer each one in kind, both by Jeremy Peralta. The Big Green then went on a 13-0 run, fueled by the defense that forced turnovers eight times in the next nine Hornet possesions while blocking a shot on the other for a 48-19 lead. The run incluced Barry's fifth triple of the night, and he subbed out shortly thereafter to conclude his evening as head coach David McLaughlin went deep into his bench.

Carlisle scored 11 of his 16 first-half points in the final three minutes of the half to make it a 57-35 game when the buzzer sounded for the intermission. No fewer than 12 Big Green had at least one field goal in the opening stanza, led by Barry's 15 points and Rai's 11.

After the break, McLaughlin relied on his younger players almost exclusively. Robinson found the range on back-to-back possessions for his first two 3-pointers of the year, and rookie Romeo Myrthil followed with another. Sophomore Robert McRae then scored five straight points with a long ball of his own and freshman Cade Haskins hit his first trifecta during a 21-4 spurt that ballooned the lead over 40 points at 93-52 with nearly 11 minutes still to play.

Even with the Hornets hitting five 3-pointers in the next six minutes, they could not put a significant dent in their deficit. Sophomore Jaren Johnson put Dartmouth over the century mark on a jumper in the paint with 7:10 on the clock, freshman Nikola Dimitrijevic added another and junior Jayden Reaves laid one in, giving all available Big Green players at least one field goal on the night.

Dartmouth will take a break for fall exams, then return to action in 12 days at Bryant on Nov. 28. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Notes: The 114 points are tied for the second most in program history, seven shy of the 121 scored by the 2015-16 version of the Big Green against Pine Manor … combined with the 16 3-pointers hit on Saturday in the win over Georgetown, Dartmouth has 30 treys in its last two games, its second most in conseuctive outings in a season (37 in the first two games of the 2018-19 campaign).