Gamecenter: Princeton 52, Dartmouth 49

Leede Arena – Hanover, NH	Boxscore
Postgame audio: Princeton \| Dartmouth

Keys to the Game
Key sequence	After Mike Lang’s floater inside the foul line drew Dartmouth to within 46-45 with 12.1 seconds left, the Big Green tried to pressure the inbounds pass. Instead of throwing the ball forward, Scott Greenman tossed it to a teammate behind the baseline and then caught the return pass in front of the Dartmouth bench. Immediately fouled, he made a pair of free throws to make it 48-45. After Mike Giovacchini made one of two free throws to make it 48-46 with 8.2 seconds left, it was Greenman getting fouled and knocking down another pair of free throws for a 50-46 lead — just enough when Giovacchini’s NBA-strength triple from straight out went down with 2.8 seconds to go.
Key sign it was over	With 1.9 seconds left, former high school pitcher Brian McMillan threaded a pass 75 feet down the court to Mike Lang about eigh feet outside the arc on the right elbow. Lang did his best to square up for the possible game-tying shot but the rushed attempt was too strong and Princeton escaped with the win.
Key performance	Greenman made just 3 of 8 shots from the field, but he was 8-for-8 from the line (including 4-for-4 in the final 11.1 seconds) and 2-for-4 from three-point range. He had three assists and a couple of rebounds.
Key statistic	Dartmouth was just 12 of 20 from the foul line while Princeton was going 15-for-19.

Notes
–	Princeton was 7-for-15 from outside the arc. Dartmouth was 3-for-11.
–	Kevin Steurer’s basket on a goaltending call against Dartmouth’s Alex Barnett was the only Princeton field goal in the final 9:49 of the first half. Justin Conway’s double-clutch shot over Cal Arnold with 2:47 remaining in the game was the Tigers’ only field goal in the final 10:03 of the second half.

–	Princeton had just one offensive rebound. Owings grabbed it in the second half and Greenman made it count by burying a three-pointer on the second chance with 17:04 left in the game.

–	Dartmouth had just three assists in the first half, with none by a starter.

–	Princeton came into the game 6-0 when scoring 51 or more points and 0-12 when failing to hit 51. The Tigers had 50 (to Dartmouth’s 49) until Owings’s two free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining got them over the magic number.

–	By holding on to win after leading by as many as 10 points in the second half Princeton avoided a repeat of last year’s “Disaster at Dartmouth,” when the Big Green finished on an 18-1 run to post a win over the Tigers.

–	A late rush of fans pushed the attendance to 1,311.

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