Cornell Big Red (5-15, 2-5 Ivy) at Dartmouth Big Green (8-14, 1-6 Ivy)

Feb. 15, 2020 • 7:00 p.m.
Hanover, N.H. • Leede Arena (2,050)
Cornell leads the all-time series 112-106
Cornell won the last meeting 66-51 on March 9, 2019 in Ithaca, N.Y.

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STORYLINES
• The Cornell men's basketball team will look to salvage a road split when it visits Dartmouth on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at Leede Arena in Hanover, N.H.
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Bob Lipman and Dave Faucher on the call.
• The teams are coming off nearly opposite Friday evenings on the court, with the Big Green topping Columbia on a buzzer-beater and Cornell dropping a 22-point contest at preseason Ivy favorite Harvard.
• Cornell has won six straight meetings between the teams, including wins in 2018 that clinched a trip to the Ivy League Tournament and one in 2019 that allowed the Big Red to post a .500 conference mark and qualify for its first postseason bid since 2010.
• Cornell's 5-15 overall start is a little deceiving, as it has lost five games by four points or less and a sixth against reigning Patriot League champ Colgate in a game it led by double digits in the second half.
• The Big Red is 15-17 over its last 32 Ivy contests and earned a spot in the 2019 CIT tournament, its first postseason appearance since its 2010 NCAA Sweet 16 run.
• Cornell joins Harvard, Yale and Penn in finishing in the top four in each of the last two seasons.

ABOUT DARTMOUTH:
• Dartmouth is 8-14 (1-6 Ivy) entering Saturday's contest after snapping a nine-game skid with a 65-63, buzzer-beating victory over Columbia.
• The Big Green is 4-3 at home this season.
• Chris Knight (13.3 ppg., 5.5 rpg., 1.3 bpg.) and Aaryn Rai (10.2 ppg., 6.5 rpg.) lead the Big Green out of the frontcourt, while James Foye (9.8 ppg., 3.2 rpg., 2.0 apg.) and Taurus Samuels (9.2 ppg., 2.7 rpg., 1.9 apg.) shore up the backcourt.
• Dartmouth has limited opponents to 64.7 points on 42 percent shooting this season while outrebounding opponents by 0.9 per contest.
• Head coach Mike McLaughlin has posted 222 career victories in stops at Stonehill and Dartmouth.

SERIES HISTORY VS. DARTMOUTH:
Overall: Penn leads 157-75
In Ithaca, N.Y.: Penn leads 66-49
Current Streak: Penn, 1 game
Last Meeting: Penn won 68-50, 2/23/19 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Earl vs. Penn: 1-5
Series Notes: Series dates back to the 1903-04 season • the Big Red snapped an 11-game losing streak against Penn last season with a victory in Ithaca • the Quakers have won 14 of the last 16 meetings • prior to that, Cornell won 7-of-8 contests

A WIN OVER PENN WOULD:
• make the Big Red's overall record stand at 6-15 on the season.
• improve to 3-5 in Ivy League play.
• give Cornell a 5-5 record in 2020.
• make the Big Red 16-17 over its last 33 Ivy regular season contests.
• extend the Big Red's lead in the all-time series to 113-106.
• be the seventh straight by the Big Red over the Big Green.
• be the 1,275th in program history (1,274-1,455 in 119 seasons, .467).

LAST TIME OUT:
• Harvard jumped out to a 12-0 lead and the Crimson defense did the rest in an 85-63 victory over Cornell at Lavietes Pavilion. 
• Cornell shot just 15 percent in the first half and made 1-of-12 3-pointers in the first 20 minutes as the home team raced out to a 42-15 edge. The Big Red shot 
• Jimmy Boeheim had a game-high 17 points and added six rebounds, while senior Noah Gear had 13 on 5-6 shooting in just eight minutes of action. 
• Harvard had four players reach double figures with Chris Ledlum posting a 15-point, 10-rebound double-double in just 17 minutes of action. 
• Chris Lewis and Danilo Djericic scored 13 apiece and Noah Kirkwood added 10 in the . 

LAST TIME VS. DARTMOUTH:
•  The Cornell seniors brought the energy and the underclassmen fed off it as the Big Red closed out the regular season by completing a season sweep of Dartmouth with a 66-51 triumph at Newman Arena. 
• A night after closing out a sweep of Ivy champ Harvard, Cornell shot 55 percent in the second half and limited the Big Green to 31 percent shooting itself to outscore Dartmouth 38-22 after the break. 
• Sophomore Jimmy Boeheim made 9-of-10 field goals, including both 3-point attempts, en route to a game-high 21 points off the bench in support of his senior teammates. 
• Senior Joel Davis had 11 points, Steven Julian had six points, seven rebounds and three steals.

NOTES TO KNOW:
• After shooting .402 from the floor (209-520) and .257 from 3-point range (57-of-222) over the first nine contests, the Big Red has connected on .454 shooting overall (284-of-626) and .344 beyond the arc (87-of-253), respectively, over the last 11 outings.
• Over the team's last six games, the Big Red has raised its 3-point shooting percentage to .371 (49-of-132) while making 8.2 per game.
• Since the start of 2020, the Big Red has also done a good job defending at the 3-point line, surrendering just .310 shooting (54-of-174) on 6.0 makes per game.
• In seven conference games this season, senior Josh Warren is averaging 13.3 points on .574 shooting overall and .600 (12-of-20) from beyond the 3-point arc.
• Through 18 games this season, junior Jimmy Boeheim has already surpassed his season bests in assists, free-throws made and rebounds.
• In 10 contests played since Christmas, junior Terrance McBride has recorded 38 assists and just 13 turnovers and classmate Riley Voss has 24 assists and six miscues).
• McBride has hit a 3-pointer in six consecutive games, a career-long.
• Senior walk-on Noah Gear, who entered last night with two career points, scored 13 points in just eight minutes at Harvard.
• Cornell has hit a 3-pointer in 879 consecutive games (12th-longest streak in Division I) dating back to a contest against Denison in the 1988-89 season opener (0-for-2). Since the 3-point shot came into effect in NCAA play during the 1986-87 season, the Big Red has hit at least one shot behind the arc in 925 of 929 games (6,052 3-pointers over that span).

UP NEXT: VS. YALE
• Cornell returns home to begin a four-game Ivy League homestand when it faces reigning conference champion Yale on Friday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at Newman Arena in Ithaca, N.Y.
• The Bulldogs won the first meeting between the teams 86-71 on Feb. 1 in New Haven, Conn.
• Yale has won 14 consecutive games between the two programs, including seven in a row in Ithaca.
• Cornell's last win in the series came in 2013, a 68-61 triumph on the road.