Notes
– Pattman was the top scorer for the Big Green with 20 points on 7-for-16 shooting, adding seven rebounds and three steals.
– Mark Zoller was limited to 16 minutes because of foul trouble, but the senior big man still scored 13 points for the Quakers.
– Barnett had another big game for Dartmouth with 14 points (on 6-for-9 shooting), nine rebounds, and five blocks.
– Freshman Darren Smith was the only Penn starter not in double figures, but he was 2-for-2 from outside the arc.
– Penn shot 56.0 percent in the first half and topped that in the second half with 59.1 percent to finish the game at 57.4. That shooting was critical because Dartmouth went 58.1 percent in the second half and 51.7 percent on the game.
– The Quakers made eight of their first nine shots from the field and their first three three-pointers while vaulting out to a 17-5 lead after five minutes. They began the second half the same way, hitting five of their first six shots.
– Penn now has won 21 consecutive games against Dartmouth although this one was a lot closer than most of the first 20, which came by an average of 18.7 points.
– The Big Green once again won the battle of the boards, grabbing 41.9 percent of the rebounds at their offensive end while holding the Quakers to 25.0 percent. Dartmouth had 21 second-chance points, including 13 in the second half, while Penn had two second-chance points in the first half and 10 for the game.
– The Big Green’s struggling inside game got a huge lift from freshman Elgin Fitzgerald who had 12 points (on five-for-six shooting) and four rebounds in 20 minutes.
– Penn returns home to host Yale (13-12, 9-3 Ivy) on Friday, March 2, at 7:00 pm ET, while Dartmouth heads out on the road to face Columbia (14-12, 5-7 Ivy).
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