FORT COLLINS, COLO. – The Dartmouth men's basketball team closed out its trip to the Rocky Mountains on Tuesday night, falling 76-55 to Colorado State at Moby Arena.
Kareem Thomas led the team in points with 12, followed by Jayden Williams with 11. First-year Cam Hiatt scored a career-high of 10 points. Dartmouth's bench was responsible for 19 of the team's 55 points.
Score: 76 Colorado State, 55 Dartmouth
Records: Dartmouth (3-5, 0-0 Ivy), Colorado State (7-2, 0-0 MWC)
Location: Leede Arena
Attendance: 5,321
UP NEXT: The Big Green will return to Leede Arena to host Boston University on Saturday at 2 p.m.
FIRST HALF:
- Dartmouth jumped out to an early 5-2 before Colorado State evened the score. A three-pointer by Hiatt allowed Dartmouth to temporarily take the lead until back-to-back Rams three-pointers gave CSU a lead it wouldn't surrender.
- The Rams took as much as an 11-point lead with seven minutes left in the half, but the Big Green chipped away at the deficit to bring the score to 33-24 at halftime.
SECOND HALF:
- The Big Green came out strong in the second half, bringing the score within four points just three minutes in.
- The back-and-forth nature of the game continued, with Dartmouth just trailing until Colorado State's dominant offense ran away with a lead as large as 24 with less than two minutes remaining.
- A jumper by Tyler Garrett, along with good free throws and a layup by Anton Strelnikov, allowed Dartmouth to bring the final score to 76-55.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Dartmouth scored 20 points in the paint, while shooting
- The Big Green made 4 of 8 free throws (50%), 9 of 29 three-pointers (31%) and 21 of 52 field goals (40.4%).
QUOTABLE:
Hear from Coach
David McLaughlin following the game.