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1st |
2nd |
Final |
Brown (8-15, 4-6 Ivy) |
20 |
26 |
46 |
Dartmouth (4-18, 3-7 Ivy) |
31 |
27 |
58 |
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Keys to the Game |
Key sequence |
A 6-0 Brown run capped a comeback that saw the Bears trim a 13-point Dartmouth lead to 45-43 with 3:35 remaining. Then the roof collapsed on Brown. A blown defensive assignment allowed Cal Arnold to waltz down the right side for a wide-open layup. After a missed Brown three-pointer, Mike Lang drove the lane for Dartmouth for a bucket. Another miss by Brown and it was Lang feeding Dan Biber with a sweet pass-back for a hoop. Following an airballed three by Brown, Lang dove to the floor to collect a loose ball, saved possession with a time out, and then made the heads-up play count by hitting a pair of free throws at the other end. Four possessions and an 8-0 run without a miss gave Dartmouth a 53-43 lead with 53 seconds left. |
Key sign it was over |
After Brown’s Keenan Jeppesen made a conventional three-point play to get Brown back to within seven at 53-46, Dartmouth’s John Ball stroked two free throws, the Bears got called for a travel and Ball hit another free throw to build the lead back to 10 with 43.3 seconds remaining.
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Key performance |
Lang had 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including 2 of 3 from outside the arc. He added six assists, four steals, four rebounds, and solid defense that coach Terry Dunn called the best he’s seen from the senior guard in two years. |
Key statistic |
Dartmouth’s 0-3 on front ends of second-half one-and-ones. Trailing by five points midway through the second half, the Bears missed the front end of all three one-and-ones in a span of 1:41. |
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Notes |
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Brown shot 26.3 percent from the floor in the first half to fall behind by 11 at intermission. |
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Keenan Jeppsesen led Brown with 15 points but went just 7-of-14 from the foul line. |
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Mark MacDonald had 11 rebounds and scored eight points for the Bears. |
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Dan Biber had 11 points and five rebounds in 15 active minutes off the bench for Dartmouth. |
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The Big Green, which earned its first victory over a team with a winning record when it defeated Yale Friday night, has won back-to-back games for the first time this year. |
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Getting good play from his bench, Dunn went with reserves Biber and Jason Meyer down the stretch. |
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Michael Giovacchini was in uniform for the Big Green but did not play as he gave his injured hand another day’s rest. |
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Brown got a measure of revenge on the distaff side in Providence as the Bear women handed Dartmouth its first Ivy League loss in overtime. Brown is now 9-1 in the conference while Dartmouth is 8-1. |
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