Five Score Double Digit Points in Victory Over Columbia, 95-89

Saturday, February 1

New York, NY / Levien Gymnasium

6:00 PM

Dartmouth College

9-10,3-3Ivy League

Columbia

11-8,0-6Ivy League

Dartmouth

Columbia

Five Score Double Digit Points in Victory Over Columbia, 95-89

2/1/2025 10:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Callie Cyr

NEW YORK, N.Y – Cade Haskins scored 18 points as the Big Green took down Columbia 95-89 from Levien Gymnasium on Saturday evening. Haskins buried four three pointers and recorded two blocks for the Big Green.

Romeo Myrthil drained 16 points shooting 5-6 from the field, 4-4 from beyond the arc and 2-2 from the charity stripe.

The Big Green's record improves to 9-10 (3-3 Ivy League) and Columbia's falls to 11-8 (0-6 Ivy League). 

Score: Dartmouth 95, Columbia 89
Records: Dartmouth (9-10, 3-3 Ivy League), Columbia (11-8, 0-6 Ivy League) 
Location: New York, N.Y. (Levien Gymnasium) 
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025

UP NEXT:

The Big Green are back in action when they welcome Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 8 with a 2 p.m. tip off.

FIRST HALF: 

An early 9-0 lead for the Big Green gave them an 11-6 lead 5:10 into the game forcing a Columbia timeout.
Threes from Jayden Williams and Cade Haskins and a steal and basket from Connor Amundsen put Dartmouth in front 23-13 with 10:43 left in the half.
The threes kept coming for the Big Green with baskets beyond the arc from Myrthil, Brandon Mitchell-Day and Williams extending the Dartmouth lead to 34-21 going into the third media timeout of the half.
The half ended on six unanswered points from the Big Green giving them a 53-31 going into halftime.

SECOND HALF:

Two threes from Amundsen and a three and dunk from Jackson Munro allowed Dartmouth to pull to a 64-39 lead with 16:10 to go.
Midway through the half, the Lions went on a 14-4 run of their own and closed the Big Green gap to 76-62. Another quick eight brought the score to 81-70, Dartmouth.
Columbia used the momentum and scored 14 compared to Dartmouth's six to close the gap further, 93-84 with just over a minute left.
The Lions ended the game with five unanswered points, but Dartmouth held on for the 95-89 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

The Big Green hit 16 three pointers in the contest shooting 67% from beyond the arc.
Dartmouth combined for seven blocks; a season high.
Myrthil's 85% from the field is a season high as well as the 100% shooting from three. His 16 points and two blocks are also a season high.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

The 67% from three ranks tied for eighth in the nation for single game three-point percentage (minimum 10 makes).
Dartmouth's 95 points are the most scored by an opponent in Levien Gymnasium this season.
The 95 points scored by Dartmouth are the program's most against Columbia since March 4, 1972 when the Big Green put up 107 in a 107-73 victory at Columbia.