HANOVER, N.H. –
Cameron McNamee recorded his first career double double as the Dartmouth men's basketball team took down Colby-Sawyer 108-55 on Wednesday evening from Leede Arena. He scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Jayden Williams added 21 points for the Big Green along with three additional Dartmouth players adding double digit points; Cornish, Amundsen and Mitchell-Day.
The Big Green's record improves to 6-7 (0-0 Ivy League) and Colby-Sawyer's falls to 2-10 (0-0 GNAC).
Score: Dartmouth 108, Colby-Sawyer 55
Records: Dartmouth (6-7, 0-0 Ivy League), Colby-Sawyer (2-10, 0-0 GNAC)
Location: Hanover, N.H. (Leede Arena)
Date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Attendance: 1088
UP NEXT:
- The Big Green return to action when they open Ivy League play on Saturday, Jan. 11 against Penn at Leede Arena. Tip off is set for 2:00 p.m.
FIRST HALF:
- A three from Cornish set the tone for the Big Green and put them on the board on the first procession. Another three from Cornish and six points from Mitchell-Day put Dartmouth ahead 12-4 with 16:05 left.
- A 19-0 run from Dartmouth, 11 of those points coming from Williams, put the Big Green ahead 36-10 midway through the half.
- Seven straight points for Colby-Sawyer brought some momentum back to the Chargers with 6:56 to go.
- Five three pointers in a span of 3:25 opened the Dartmouth lead to 58-26 with 2:05 remaining.
SECOND HALF:
- The Big Green started the second half on a 7-0 run with a three from Cornish and four points from Mitchell-Day.
- Back-to-back dunks from Shanon Simango and Kareem Thomas extended the Big Green lead to 90-51 with 6:54 left in the half.
- The Big Green ended the game on a 17-1 run to close out the victory, 108-55.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- The 32 assists from the Big Green tie the program record in the stat. Dartmouth's first 25 baskets were all assisted, with the first unassisted field goal coming with 9:51 left in the game.
- The Big Green out rebounded the Chargers 53-25.
- Dartmouth drained 17 threes which is tied for fourth in program history in the stat.
- Cornish was 5-11 from the field, 4-8 from three while Amundsen was 3-4 from the field and three plus 4-4 from the charity stripe.
- The team combined for a field goal percentage of 53% and a three-point percentage of 46%.
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
- Cornish and Mitchell-Day scored the first 12 points for the Big Green in the first half and followed that up with scoring the first seven in the second half.
- Dartmouth had 32 assists on 36 shots (88.9%), tying Liberty University's mark from earlier this season which puts them ranked 17th nationally in single-game assist percentage.