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July 26, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth

Men's basketball drops key weekend games

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03.01.10.sports.MBball

In the game against the Bulldogs (11-18, 5-7 Ivy), the Big Green (5-21, 1-11 Ivy) shot an abysmal 25 percent from the field easily the team's season-worst shooting performance. Dartmouth also committed 20 turnovers, giving Yale more opportunities to overcome its own 20 turnovers.

"We had a ton of offensive rebounds, which gave us chances for put-backs and layups," captain Robby Pride '10 said. "We just had an off night. The shots weren't falling at any point in the game."

Pride was able to score 13 points in addition to contributing seven rebounds and two three-pointers. He was the only Big Green player to shoot the ball with some success as teammates David Rufful '12 and Ronnie Dixon '11 both had a rough shooting night.

Rufful missed all of his five field-goal attempts.

In the second half, Dartmouth was able to attack the basket more often, which accounted for its 14 free-throw attempts 13 of which the team sunk. The free throws allowed the Big Green to stay in the game and avoid a blowout, despite their subpar field-goal percentage.

"We didn't shoot many three-pointers, which we usually do when we're struggling from the field," Pride said. "Seeing how poorly we shot the ball in the first half, we figured we needed a way to get more points on the board. We started taking the ball to the basket more often."

While Dartmouth's offense failed on Friday, its defense was the cause of its defeat on Saturday. The Big Green allowed the Bears (11-18, 5-7 Ivy) to shoot 47.4 percent from the field, while letting three Brown players score in the double-digits.

Dartmouth started the game against the Bears on a good note, shooting 50 percent and holding a 20-12 edge in rebounds in the first half.

Brown, however, made these accomplishments by the Big Green a distant memory by holding it to only 23 second-half points for a 32 shooting percentage.

"We lost focus in the second half and we moved away from the game plan," Pride said. "They got many offensive rebounds and easy points. The three-pointers they hit eventually buried us in the second half."

The Bears had the inside-outside game working all night, as they made 10 three-pointers. Brown forward Matt Mullery was successful in the paint, notching 20 points.

"They hit difficult shots shots that were very much contested," Pride said. "Their big man, [Mullery], was torching us inside, so we would try to help, which opened up our defense for easy outside shots."

Pride, Dartmouth's only senior, scored 11 points, and added five rebounds and three assists on Senior Night.

Dixon helped the offense with 16 points, five assists and two three-pointers.

The Big Green will play its final two games of the regular season this upcoming weekend on the road against Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. Dartmouth will try to end the season on a high note by grabbing its second and third Ivy League victories of the season.

"We're going to look to get wins this weekend," Pride said. "We've played a very tough Ivy League schedule and we want to finish the season off strong."

Although the Big Green does not have a chance to make any playoff appearances, Pride does not think the team will approach the game differently, he said.

"I don't believe our rotation will change very much," he said. "Usually everyone plays in the games. We just have to keep our focus throughout the game in order to get the victory."