Completed Event: Men's Basketball at Penn on February 21, 2025 , Loss , 75, to, 88
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Jersey Number 20
Romeo Myrthil
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 185
- Hometown:
- Solna, Sweden
- High School:
- Marks Gymnasieskola
- Major:
- Computer Science
Bio
SENIOR (2024-25)
Played in and started in 27 games for the Big Green...recorded a season high 16 points in the team's victory over Columbia (2/01)...Scored double digit points in 10 games...Had a double double against Brown with 11 points and 10 rebounds (3/01)...Shot 43% from the field over the season.
JUNIOR (2023-24)
Saw action in 27 games while starting 14...averaged5.7 points per game...recorded 13 steals placing him third on the team in the stat while also notching 10 blocks...third on the team in free throw percentage at .783...scored 18 points, a career-high, had two rebounds and clocked 27 minutes against Boston University (12/13) which led to being named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
Played in 25 games, starting eight times … Averaged 3.6 points and 2.0 rebounds while adding 23 assists and 15 steals … Shot 42.7 percent from the floor (32-of-75), including 36.6 percent from 3-point range (15-of-41) … Shot 91.7 percent from the free throw line (10-of-11) … Had three games with double-figure points … Garnered Dartmouth men’s basketball’s Alvin F. "Doggie" Julian Award for spirit and enthusiasm … Scored five points while adding four rebounds and three assists in season opener at Fordham (11/7) … Recorded six points, four rebounds, an assist and steal against Incarnate Word (11/25) … Reached double-figure points for the first time, scoring 11 off the bench on 4-of-5 shooting, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range vs. CSU Bakersfield (12/3). Also tied a career-high three steals … Followed that up with nine points against Vermont (12/6) and seven at Central Connecticut State (12/9) … Scored 11 points at South Florida (12/16) … In Ivy League play, set a new career high with 12 points in big home win over Princeton (2/11), coming on 3-of-6 shooting, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range. Added five rebounds and two assists … Scored at least two points in each of final five games of the season, including five at Cornell (2/17) and Penn (2/25).
Got into 18 games, averaging 2.4 points per game … Scored at least two points in each of his first six collegiate games … Added 14 rebounds, seven steals and four assists … Finished 50.0 percent from the floor (17-of-34), including 41.2 percent from 3-point range (7-of-17) … Hit the first five shots of his collegiate career with a pair of 3-pointers … Scored five points in six minutes in season opener at Boston College (11/9), shooting 2-of-2 from the floor, including a 3-pointer … Perfect 3-of-3 from the floor with a triple to score seven points against NVU-Lyndon (11/16) … Saw action in the final seconds of the Stanford game (12/16), scoring on a layup … Recorded his first block at Penn (1/15) by hustling down the court to swat a breakaway layup … Swiped the ball twice at Princeton (2/12) … Played a season-high 14 minutes in the 79-50 win over Columbia (2/19), matching a season best with seven points as well … Three days later, had five points, three rebounds, an assist and steal vs. Yale (2/22) … Knocked down a 3-pointer in season finale at Harvard (3/5).
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for the national team that won the Nordic Cup in 2020-21 … Point guard for the Swedish National Champions in 2017-18, earning the Final Four MVP and a spot on the Final Four All-Star Team.
PERSONAL
Full name is Romeo J. Myrthil … Born on Dec. 14, 2002 in Solna … Son of Lesli Myrthil and Malin Åkerlind … Has one brother … Father played basketball at Wagner for one season before an 18-year professional career back in Sweden, including a stint on the national team … Uncle Glenn Myrthil played soccer in the top two leagues in Sweden for 15 years … Cousin Nina Skagerlind-Gelb was a member of the Dartmouth Class of 2012 … Planning on majoring in economics … Can translate what the Muppets’ Swedish chef says.
Played in and started in 27 games for the Big Green...recorded a season high 16 points in the team's victory over Columbia (2/01)...Scored double digit points in 10 games...Had a double double against Brown with 11 points and 10 rebounds (3/01)...Shot 43% from the field over the season.
JUNIOR (2023-24)
Saw action in 27 games while starting 14...averaged5.7 points per game...recorded 13 steals placing him third on the team in the stat while also notching 10 blocks...third on the team in free throw percentage at .783...scored 18 points, a career-high, had two rebounds and clocked 27 minutes against Boston University (12/13) which led to being named The Richards Group Athletes of the Week.
SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
Played in 25 games, starting eight times … Averaged 3.6 points and 2.0 rebounds while adding 23 assists and 15 steals … Shot 42.7 percent from the floor (32-of-75), including 36.6 percent from 3-point range (15-of-41) … Shot 91.7 percent from the free throw line (10-of-11) … Had three games with double-figure points … Garnered Dartmouth men’s basketball’s Alvin F. "Doggie" Julian Award for spirit and enthusiasm … Scored five points while adding four rebounds and three assists in season opener at Fordham (11/7) … Recorded six points, four rebounds, an assist and steal against Incarnate Word (11/25) … Reached double-figure points for the first time, scoring 11 off the bench on 4-of-5 shooting, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range vs. CSU Bakersfield (12/3). Also tied a career-high three steals … Followed that up with nine points against Vermont (12/6) and seven at Central Connecticut State (12/9) … Scored 11 points at South Florida (12/16) … In Ivy League play, set a new career high with 12 points in big home win over Princeton (2/11), coming on 3-of-6 shooting, including 2-of-3 from 3-point range. Added five rebounds and two assists … Scored at least two points in each of final five games of the season, including five at Cornell (2/17) and Penn (2/25).
FRESHMAN (2021-22)?? Career-High Alert ??
— Dartmouth Men’s Basketball (@DartmouthMBB) February 14, 2023
Shoutout to @RomeoMyrthil on his career-high 1??2?? points on Saturday to play a ???????????????? role in our big win!#TheWoods?? | #GoBigGreen pic.twitter.com/evL8nC2fOD
Got into 18 games, averaging 2.4 points per game … Scored at least two points in each of his first six collegiate games … Added 14 rebounds, seven steals and four assists … Finished 50.0 percent from the floor (17-of-34), including 41.2 percent from 3-point range (7-of-17) … Hit the first five shots of his collegiate career with a pair of 3-pointers … Scored five points in six minutes in season opener at Boston College (11/9), shooting 2-of-2 from the floor, including a 3-pointer … Perfect 3-of-3 from the floor with a triple to score seven points against NVU-Lyndon (11/16) … Saw action in the final seconds of the Stanford game (12/16), scoring on a layup … Recorded his first block at Penn (1/15) by hustling down the court to swat a breakaway layup … Swiped the ball twice at Princeton (2/12) … Played a season-high 14 minutes in the 79-50 win over Columbia (2/19), matching a season best with seven points as well … Three days later, had five points, three rebounds, an assist and steal vs. Yale (2/22) … Knocked down a 3-pointer in season finale at Harvard (3/5).
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for the national team that won the Nordic Cup in 2020-21 … Point guard for the Swedish National Champions in 2017-18, earning the Final Four MVP and a spot on the Final Four All-Star Team.
PERSONAL
Full name is Romeo J. Myrthil … Born on Dec. 14, 2002 in Solna … Son of Lesli Myrthil and Malin Åkerlind … Has one brother … Father played basketball at Wagner for one season before an 18-year professional career back in Sweden, including a stint on the national team … Uncle Glenn Myrthil played soccer in the top two leagues in Sweden for 15 years … Cousin Nina Skagerlind-Gelb was a member of the Dartmouth Class of 2012 … Planning on majoring in economics … Can translate what the Muppets’ Swedish chef says.
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