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1st |
2nd |
OT |
Final |
| Harvard (7-8, 0-1 Ivy) |
35 |
29 |
9 |
73 |
| Dartmouth (6-7, 1-0 Ivy) |
23 |
41 |
16 |
80 |
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| Keys to the Game |
| Key sequence |
After a Brian Cusworth baseline jumper just inside the 3-point arc gave Harvard a 60-55 lead with 4:04 remaining in regulation, DeVon Mosley nailed a 3-pointer from the left side and Alex Barnett followed a Drew Housman turnover with a pair of free throws to tie the score for the first time all game at 60-60 with 3:14 to go. Cusworth made the second of two free throws for a 61-60 Harvard lead, but Leon Pattman scored on a dipsy-do layup and again on a fastbreak off a John Ball steal for a 64-61 Dartmouth lead with 2:19 to play. Almost tied up on the floor under his own bakset, Cusworth called a timeout to save a possession and Jim Goffredo made good on the possession by banking in his only three-pointer of the game to knot the score at 64 with 1:50 remaining. A Pattman miss and held ball gave the ball back to Harvard with 34 seconds left. With one second remaining, Cusworth spun just outside the foul line and put up a shot to win that was just too long, sending the contest to overtime.
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| Key sign it was over |
With Dartmouth holding a 71-70 lead in overtime, Barnett forced up a short, off-balance jumper on the right baseline to prevent a shot clock violation, and it dropped in with 1:19 remaining. A Mosley steal led to a right-handed, breakaway layup by Pattman for a 75-70 Dartmouth lead at 58 seconds. After a missed triple by Housman, Dan Biber made a breakaway layup that made it a seven-point Dartmouth lead with 34.5 seconds left.
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| Key performance |
It would be wrong to overlook either Pattman’s 20 points after the break (and season-high 27 points) or Cusworth’s fill-the-scoresheet night that featured 25 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks. But while those numbers are impressive, they aren’t a huge surprise for either star. Barnett’s career-high 19 points, 10 rebounds, two credited blocks — he probably had another two or three uncredited — and several altered shots led Dartmouth coach Terry Dunn to call it the high-flying sophomore’s finest collegiate game.
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| Key statistic |
After shooting 34.6 percent in the first half, Dartmouth connected on 56.7 percent of its shots in the second half and 85.7 percent (6 of 7) in the overtime.
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| Notes
– Harvard had won 12 of the last 14 games between the teams.
– Jim Goffredo, who had 33 points in last year’s first Dartmouth game and was averaging 16.5 points this year, was held to nine points on 4-for-13 shooting and 1-for-6 from long range.
– Cusworth was 15-for-19 from the foul line, where Harvard outscored Dartmouth, 26-11.
– Harvard suffered 15 of its 23 turnovers after intermission.
– Harvard was 1-for-11 from outside the arc and had just nine assists on 23 baskets. Dartmouth had 16 assists on 32 baskets.
– The crowd of 1,506 was one of the loudest in Hanover in recent winters.
– The two teams will play the second leg of their home-and-home travel partner series on Friday, January 12 at 7:00 pm ET at Harvard in a game that will be televised by the YES Network.
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