Completed Event: Men's Basketball at Penn on February 21, 2025 , Loss , 75, to, 88
Final
Men's Basketball
at Penn
75
88
Friday, November 10
Hanover, N.H.
6:00 PM
Dartmouth College
0-2,0-0Ivy League
48
vs
81
UMass Lowell
2-0,0-0America East
1
2
F
UMass Lowell
49
32
81
Dartmouth
19
29
48
Photo by: Justin Lafleur
UMass Lowell Spoils Big Green’s Home Opener
11/10/2023 9:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Jaren Johnson led Dartmouth in rebounding for a second straight game
HANOVER, N.H. — Early in the first half, senior Robert McRae III knocked down a jumper to pull the Dartmouth men's basketball team within 15-9, but UMass Lowell scored the next seven points and wouldn't look back, leading by 30 at halftime and 81-48 at the final horn to spoil the Big Green's home opener on Friday evening inside Leede Arena. Senior Jaren Johnson led Dartmouth with 10 points, while his seven rebounds led the Big Green for the second straight game.
With the loss, Dartmouth falls to 0-2 while UMass Lowell improves to 2-0.
"We need to figure out who we are, and I'm talking the whole team with the coaches and the players and everyone," said Big Green head coach David McLaughlin. "We lacked a true toughness tonight and an ability to have a cutthroat mentality against pressure and an ability to finish plays at both ends of the floor. We need to address those; we're going to learn from the film and we'll apply the film the next time we're together with the group. We need to figure out where we need to make major strides."
Turnovers really hurt the Big Green, especially early. They had 15 for the game, 10 coming in the first half. UMass Lowell was also strong at the rim, tallying seven blocks, led by three from Max Brooks and two from Abdoul Karim Coulibaly.
"If we had a good take to the rim, they blocked a few shots early in the first half and made some incredible plays at the rim," said McLaughlin. "That made us rush offensively and now instead of trying to move the ball from one side of the floor to the other, trying to get paint touches and make decisions off of that, we were making rushed decisions. Their pressure and athleticism at the rim had something to do with that, and when that happened, now we're making rushed decisions and that turned into quicker shots for us, which is just as bad as blocked shots. All those types of shots led to transition opportunities for Lowell."
Johnson's 10 points came on 4-of-7 shooting. Sophomore Brandon Mitchell-Day added seven points and four rebounds while senior Dusan Neskovic had six. As a team, the Big Green were just 2-of-21 from 3-point range, including one of their last 19.
"We knew how physical they were going to be when we came in," said McRae III. "We knew how quick they were going to be. We knew their style of play. With that being said, unfortunately, we didn't execute to our abilities, we didn't fight back and we didn't match the physicality."
An early Neskovic 3-pointer tied the score at five less than two minutes into the contest. UMass Lowell immediately responded with a 10-0 run, capped off by a Coulibaly and-one jumper with 15:13 on the first-half clock.
The Big Green answered with four straight points, behind a Neskovic layup and McRae III jumper in the paint, pulling Dartmouth within 15-9 with 14:03 left in the first.
That's as close as the Big Green would come, however, as the River Hawks responded with a 7-0 run, which extended to 12-2 as an Andres Fulgencio 3-pointer gave them a 27-11 lead.
UMass Lowell's lead reached 20 after a Brooks dunk with 5:19 to go made the score 38-17. The River Hawks ended the first half on a 17-2 run to take a 49-19 lead into intermission.
The second half wasn't much better for the Big Green. The UMass Lowell lead reached as much as 37 before an 8-0 Dartmouth surge, featuring points from four different players, got Dartmouth within 60-31 with 11:18 left in the second half. The River Hawks quickly took the momentum back, however, extending their lead back to 36. Dartmouth got back to within 27 with 3:43 remaining, but UMass Lowell posted 11 of the game's final 16 points for the 81-48 final.
Dartmouth shot 32.7 percent for the game (18-of-55), including 9.5 percent from 3-point range (2-of-21). UMass Lowell came in at 51.6 percent (33-of-64) and 33.3 percent from behind the arc (7-of-21). The River Hawks held a 41-34 edge in rebounds.
"They're a good opponent and a great team," said McRae III. "They won a lot of games last year and are projected to win a lot of games this year, but there's no way in the world that this team should be down 30 to that team at halftime. Absolutely unacceptable. There are no X's and O's about it that says that should happen. It was purely physicality, it was purely focus and that's something we didn't match. You saw the end result."
Dartmouth will look to bounce back on Wednesday when it hosts Westfield State at 7 p.m. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet. Season and single-game tickets are available for purchase through the Dartmouth Athletics ticket office or by clicking here to purchase online.
With the loss, Dartmouth falls to 0-2 while UMass Lowell improves to 2-0.
"We need to figure out who we are, and I'm talking the whole team with the coaches and the players and everyone," said Big Green head coach David McLaughlin. "We lacked a true toughness tonight and an ability to have a cutthroat mentality against pressure and an ability to finish plays at both ends of the floor. We need to address those; we're going to learn from the film and we'll apply the film the next time we're together with the group. We need to figure out where we need to make major strides."
Turnovers really hurt the Big Green, especially early. They had 15 for the game, 10 coming in the first half. UMass Lowell was also strong at the rim, tallying seven blocks, led by three from Max Brooks and two from Abdoul Karim Coulibaly.
"If we had a good take to the rim, they blocked a few shots early in the first half and made some incredible plays at the rim," said McLaughlin. "That made us rush offensively and now instead of trying to move the ball from one side of the floor to the other, trying to get paint touches and make decisions off of that, we were making rushed decisions. Their pressure and athleticism at the rim had something to do with that, and when that happened, now we're making rushed decisions and that turned into quicker shots for us, which is just as bad as blocked shots. All those types of shots led to transition opportunities for Lowell."
Johnson's 10 points came on 4-of-7 shooting. Sophomore Brandon Mitchell-Day added seven points and four rebounds while senior Dusan Neskovic had six. As a team, the Big Green were just 2-of-21 from 3-point range, including one of their last 19.
"We knew how physical they were going to be when we came in," said McRae III. "We knew how quick they were going to be. We knew their style of play. With that being said, unfortunately, we didn't execute to our abilities, we didn't fight back and we didn't match the physicality."
An early Neskovic 3-pointer tied the score at five less than two minutes into the contest. UMass Lowell immediately responded with a 10-0 run, capped off by a Coulibaly and-one jumper with 15:13 on the first-half clock.
The Big Green answered with four straight points, behind a Neskovic layup and McRae III jumper in the paint, pulling Dartmouth within 15-9 with 14:03 left in the first.
That's as close as the Big Green would come, however, as the River Hawks responded with a 7-0 run, which extended to 12-2 as an Andres Fulgencio 3-pointer gave them a 27-11 lead.
UMass Lowell's lead reached 20 after a Brooks dunk with 5:19 to go made the score 38-17. The River Hawks ended the first half on a 17-2 run to take a 49-19 lead into intermission.
The second half wasn't much better for the Big Green. The UMass Lowell lead reached as much as 37 before an 8-0 Dartmouth surge, featuring points from four different players, got Dartmouth within 60-31 with 11:18 left in the second half. The River Hawks quickly took the momentum back, however, extending their lead back to 36. Dartmouth got back to within 27 with 3:43 remaining, but UMass Lowell posted 11 of the game's final 16 points for the 81-48 final.
Dartmouth shot 32.7 percent for the game (18-of-55), including 9.5 percent from 3-point range (2-of-21). UMass Lowell came in at 51.6 percent (33-of-64) and 33.3 percent from behind the arc (7-of-21). The River Hawks held a 41-34 edge in rebounds.
"They're a good opponent and a great team," said McRae III. "They won a lot of games last year and are projected to win a lot of games this year, but there's no way in the world that this team should be down 30 to that team at halftime. Absolutely unacceptable. There are no X's and O's about it that says that should happen. It was purely physicality, it was purely focus and that's something we didn't match. You saw the end result."
Dartmouth will look to bounce back on Wednesday when it hosts Westfield State at 7 p.m. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ and Stretch Internet. Season and single-game tickets are available for purchase through the Dartmouth Athletics ticket office or by clicking here to purchase online.
Hear from Jaren Johnson after tonight's defeat.#TheWoods🌲 | #GoBigGreen pic.twitter.com/CdmNdRnYlD
— Dartmouth Men's Basketball (@DartmouthMBB) November 11, 2023
Dusan Neskovic following tonight's defeat vs. UMass Lowell.#TheWoods🌲 | #GoBigGreen pic.twitter.com/Pt9encduYe
— Dartmouth Men's Basketball (@DartmouthMBB) November 11, 2023
Hear from head coach David McLaughlin after tonight's home opening defeat.#TheWoods🌲 | #GoBigGreen pic.twitter.com/P3z6KZvX5m
— Dartmouth Men's Basketball (@DartmouthMBB) November 11, 2023
Robert McRae III following tonight's loss.#TheWoods🌲 | #GoBigGreen pic.twitter.com/CV7YMHDwn2
— Dartmouth Men's Basketball (@DartmouthMBB) November 11, 2023
Team Stats
Lowell
Dart
FG%
.516
.327
3FG%
.333
.095
FT%
.667
.556
RB
41
34
TO
12
15
STL
12
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
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