Big Green Take Down Penn in Ivy Opener, 73-70

Saturday, January 11

Hanover, NH

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

7-7,1-0Ivy League

Penn

4-10,0-1Ivy League

Penn

Dartmouth

Big Green Take Down Penn in Ivy Opener, 73-70

1/11/2025 5:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Callie Cyr

HANOVER, N.H. – Brandon Mitchell-Day and Ryan Cornish combined for 49 points as the Dartmouth Men's Basketball team took down Penn 73-70 on Saturday afternoon from Leede Arena in the Ivy League opener.

Cornish drained 24 and added 10 rebounds for a double double and Mitchell-Day grabbed eight rebounds for the Big Green. Mitchell-Day shot 11-19 from the field in the contest.

The Big Green's record improves to 7-7 (1-0 Ivy League) and Penn's falls to 4-10 (0-1 Ivy League). 

Score: Dartmouth 73, Penn 70
Records: Dartmouth (7-7, 1-0 Ivy League), Penn (4-10, 0-1 Ivy League) 
Location: Hanover, N.H. (Leede Arena) 
Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025
Attendance: 918

UP NEXT:

The Big Green return to action when they welcome Princeton to Leede Arena on Saturday, January 18 with a 2 p.m tipoff.

FIRST HALF: 

Connor Amundsen drained a three to kick things off in the game and Mitchell-Day followed that with a layup to give the Big Green an early lead.
A dunk from Mitchell-Day sparked a 10-3 run by Dartmouth to give them a 22-11 lead with 7:45 to go in the half.
Over the next 3:05, Penn responded with an 8-2 run to close the Big Green lead to 24-19.
The Quakers ended the half outscoring the Big Green 12-2 to take a 31-29 lead into halftime.

SECOND HALF:

Dartmouth opened the half on a 12-0 run to regain a 41-31 lead. 10 of those points came from Mitchell-Day.
Three unanswered layups from Penn's Nick Spinoso brought the Quakers within four, 41-37 with 13:41 to go.
Another run from Penn tied the game at 48-48 with 10:13 remaining.
The Big Green forced five Penn turnovers in five minutes to really swing momentum their way with 1:11 remaining.
Three free throws from Cornish in the final 10 seconds secured the victory for the Big Green, 73-70.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

In Dartmouth's opening run of the second half, the Big Green held the Quakers from scoring for 3:43.
The game saw five ties and 10 lead changes with all but one tie coming in the second half.
Dartmouth forced 16 turnovers from Penn and capitalized with 20 points off the turnovers.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

Cornish's 24 points were a season high and his eight made baskets from the field tied a season high.
Mitchell-Day's 25 points was also a season high as well as his 11 made baskets from the field.
Dartmouth held a lead for a total of 32:51 in the game.
This marks the Big Green's first win in an Ivy League opener since the 2018-19 season.