Big Green Dominate Vermont, 84-54

Saturday, December 21

Hanover, NH

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

5-7,0-0Ivy League

Vermont

6-8,0-0America East

Vermont

Dartmouth

Photo by: Dartmouth Athletics

12/21/2024 3:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Callie Cyr

HANOVER, N.H. – Connor Amundsen and Ryan Cornish combined for 48 points and Brandon Mitchell-Day added 15 as the Dartmouth men's basketball team dominated Vermont to an 84-54 victory on Saturday afternoon from Leede Arena.

Cornish grabbed nine rebounds and eight assists while Mitchell-Day grabbed nine rebounds.

The Big Green's record improves to 5-7 (0-0 Ivy League) and Vermont's falls to 6-8 (0-0 America East). 

Score: Dartmouth 84, Vermont 54
Records: Dartmouth (5-7, 0-0 Ivy League), Vermont (6-8, 0-0 America East) 
Location: Hanover, N.H. (Leede Arena) 
Date: Saturday, December 21, 2024
Attendance: 1,127

UP NEXT:

The Big Green return to action on New Year's Day when they welcome Colby Sawyer to Leede Arena for a 5 p.m. match up.

FIRST HALF: 

Cornish scored the first five points of the game putting the Big Green in front. Five more points from him and a three from Amundsen gave Dartmouth a 13-4 lead just 4:24 into the game.
Three three-pointers from Amundsen and one from Cade Haskins extended the Big Green lead to 27-13 with 8:52 remaining.
An 8-2 run for the Catamounts brought them within 10, 29-21, with 6:58 left in the half.
With 3:44 to go, the Big Green scored 13 unanswered to open a 42-21 lead.
In the final 6:12 of the half, Dartmouth held UVM to four points and scored 19 of their own.

SECOND HALF:

The Big Green kept scoring out of halftime, this time going on a 19-4 run with 11:21 left that included three-pointers from Jackson Munro, Amundsen and Haskins.
A layup by Romeo Myrthil with 9:32 remaining gave the Big Green a 72-35 lead, their largest of the game.
Vermont responded with an 11-0 run to close the gap to 72-46 with 7:15 left.
Dartmouth closed out the game with nine unanswered and took the victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Amundsen finished the game 64% from the field and 88% from three. He was also 80% from the charity stripe.
Cornish was 100% from the free throw line (8-8).
The Big Green out rebounded the Catamounts 43-23. Within that, Dartmouth grabbed 11 offensive rebounds compared to UVM's six.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

Amundsen's seven made threes are tied for the second most made threes by a first year in the NCAA this season.
This marks the first win over Vermont since 2007, snapping a 15-game losing streak against the Catamounts.
The margin of victory today was the most against UVM since a 77-46 win on Dec. 21, 2005.