Big Green Defeat Harvard 76-56

Saturday, February 8

Hanover, NH

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

10-10,4-3Ivy League

Harvard

7-13,2-5Ivy League

Harvard

Dartmouth

2/8/2025 5:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: Callie Cyr

HANOVER, N.H – Brandon Mitchell-Day led the Big Green with 21 points as the Dartmouth men's basketball team took down Harvard 76-56 on Saturday afternoon from Leede Arena. Mitchell-Day added nine rebounds to his stat line in addition to five assists and a block.

Ryan Cornish contributed 19 points and seven rebounds while Romeo Myrthil had nine points and a career high 12 rebounds.

The Big Green's record improves to 10-10 (4-3 Ivy League) and Harvard's falls to 7-13 (2-5 Ivy League). 

Score: Dartmouth 76, Cornell 56
Records: Dartmouth (10-10, 4-3 Ivy League), Harvard (7-13, 2-5 Ivy League) 
Location: Hanover, N.H. (Leede Arena) 
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025
Attendance: 1240

UP NEXT:

The Big Green are back in action when they welcome Columbia on Friday, Feb. 14 for a 6 p.m. tip off with the Lions on Valentine's Day.

FIRST HALF: 

The Big Green opened the game on a 6-0 run fueled by layups from Michell-Day, Jackson Munro and Myrthil.
The momentum continued for Dartmouth with a three-pointer from Munro and blocks from Mitchell-Day and Ryan Cornish, 9-4 Big Green going into the first media timeout.
A 10-2 run from the Crimson allowed them to jump ahead 14-11 with 11:43 to go in the half.
With 4:09 remaining, another run extended the Harvard lead to 31-24.
Dartmouth responded with nine unanswered, highlighted by a three pointer from Cade Haskins and a dunk from Mitchell-Day, to end the half up, 33-31.

SECOND HALF:

Cornish started the half with a basket and the Big Green scoring did not let up the rest of the half.
Five points from Myrthil and Cornish and a block from Munro put the Big Green ahead 55-46 midway through the second half.
The points kept coming with a massive 19-4 run from Dartmouth. The run included five three-pointers from four different players and a huge block from Haskins to but the Big Green up 74-52 with 2:22 to go.
A final layup from Ben Brown extended the lead and gave the Big Green the victory, 76-56.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

The Big Green held the Crimson from scoring for 3:02 to start the game.
Dartmouth drained seven three-pointers in the second half alone.
Mitchell-Day was 10-12 from the field in the contest.

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:

Dartmouth is now 5-1 over its last six games against Harvard, its best six-game stretch against the Crimson since winning seven straight from 1987-90.
The 20-point victory is Dartmouth's largest margin of victory over Harvard at home since December 15, 1992, a 90-64 win.