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Women’s basketball blown out at home

by Princeton and Penn p. 4 Ski teams take second place behind Vermont in Colby Carnival p. 6 Men’s basketball on seven-game losing streak with two road losses p. 7

Tennis teams, anchored by seniors, aim for strong 2020 season p. 5 KYLE SPENCER/THE DARTMOUTH STAFF

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The weekend Roundup

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track and field The men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Boston this weekend to compete in the New England Championship. The women placed in fourth with 74.5 points while the men came in seventh with 31 points.

The highlight of the weekend came from Cha’Mia Rothwell ’20, who narrowly won the women’s 60m hurdles by four hundredths of a second after finishing second last year.

Rothwell also placed second in the long jump with a 5.93m leap for second place.

The women accrued 21.5 points in the pole vault, as Julia Valenti ’20 managed a 4m vault to win the event and Olivia Goodwin ’21, Brooke Brunet ’21 and Lauren Ross ’23 finished fourth, fifth and tied for sixth, respectively. Zoe Dainton ’22 and Camille Landon ’21 took

home third and fourth in the high jump with 1.71m bounces.

On the men’s side, Myles Epstein ’23 earned points in the 60m and 200m dashes, sprinting to fifth and sixth place finishes in the two events. Dartmouth placed fourth in the 4x800m relay and the distance medley, with T homas Ling ard ’22 contributing to both races.

Max Frye ’21 garnered five points with a 1:04.69 run in the 500m dash, and MJ Farber ’21 took sixth in the 400m dash. An even 7m long jump from Nils Wildberg ’23 and a 15.04m shot put from Brendan Loftus ’23 each added three points to the Big Green’s total.

Both teams will host the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of Vermont and Williams College next weekend over Winter Carnival.

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The men’s tennis team defeated Rice, BU and Bryant at home this weekend, while the women struggled on the road.

The men’s tennis team continued its undefeated start to the season with a trio of wins at home this past weekend. The Big Green cruised to an easy 7-0 win over Rice University on Friday. Dartmouth easily won all three doubles matches, led by the duo of Charlie Broom ’20 and David Horneffer ’20, which is currently ranked 28th nationally. The team had no trouble in singles either, winning every match in straight sets.

On Saturday, the Big Green defeated Boston University and Bryant University, each by a score of 6-1. Broom and Horneffer won both of their doubles matches. The Big Green has outscored opponents 33-9 through the first six matches of the season.

The women’s tennis team traveled to Virginia

this weekend to take on the College of William & Mary and Old Dominion University. On Saturday, the Big Green lost 5-2 to William & Mary. The top doubles team for the Big Green, Nicole Conard ’22 and Abigail Chiu ’21, defeated the Tribe in a tiebreak, 7-6(3). Conard added a win in singles, but those were the only points the Big Green recorded on the weekend. On Sunday, the Big Green fell 7-0 to Old Dominion.

The women’s team will play in the ECAC Indoor Championships at Columbia University next weekend, while the men’s team will host the University of Minnesota on Friday and St. John’s University on Saturday, looking to extend its winning streak to eight.

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The men’s hockey team took to the New York ice twice this week, falling to both Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Union College. On Friday, the team traveled to Troy, NY, to face off against the Engineers. RPI opened up scoring late in the first period, but the Big Green answered back as Quin Foreman ’21 scored in the last seconds of the period with an assist from Matt Baker ’21 and Drew O’Connor ’22. Despite this momentum leading into the second period, RPI took control and scored three goals in under two minutes.

After another goal in the third, the Big Green pulled Adrian Clark ’20 from goal and subbed in Justin Ferguson ’22 for the first time since Nov.

1. Ferguson couldn’t stop the bleeding, however, and Dartmouth fell 7-1.

The team took the ice once again on Saturday to play Union in Schenectady, NY. Union took a 1-0 lead in the first, but Will Graber ’20 netted an unassisted score in the second to get the Big Green on the board. The Dutchmen countered with three unanswered goals to close the period, but Foreman found the net twice in the third, assisted by Graber and O’Connor then Graber and Baker. The comeback ultimately came up short after a few close shots, and Dartmouth lost 4-3. The team will return to the ice next Friday at Thompson Arena to take on Harvard University.

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Men’s basketball lost on the road to Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. On Friday, the Big Green was competitive with the Tigers in the first half, trailing by five points at halftime. Dartmouth, however, struggled offensively in the second half and Princeton won by 22 points. Tigers’ big man Richmond Aririguzoh was limited to six first-half points, but he led the Tigers in scoring and rebounding with 13 points and eight rebounds in 29 minutes of play.

The Big Green was only able to shoot 36.5 percent from the field and scored just 17 points in the second half.

On Saturday, the Big Green found itself in a defensive battle. Dartmouth made only five field goals in the first half and trailed by 14 at the half. In the

second half, the Big Green found some offensive rhythm and cut the Quaker lead to five with less than one minute remaining. But Penn pulled away to win the game by a score of 54-46.

The Big Green held Penn center A.J. Brodeur to 25 percent from the floor, but Quakers guard Devon Goodman was efficient, leading Penn in scoring with 16 points on nine shots. Forward Chris Knight ’21 was held scoreless for most of the game, with all of his 12 points coming in the final 12 minutes of the game.

The Big Green (7-12, 0-4 Ivy) is still in search of its first Ivy League win this season and will have two opportunities to do so with games at Brown University and Yale University next weekend.

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After a pair of tough losses this weekend, women’s basketball will look to bounce back next week against Brown and Yale.

The women’s basketball team recorded a pair of convincing losses at home this weekend against Ivy League powerhouses Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania.

The Big Green started off its challenging weekend with a 66-34 loss on Friday against Princeton, which is knocking on the door of an AP Top-25 ranking. Dartmouth started off strong, outscoring the Tigers 14-13 in the first quarter.

However, the Big Green relinquished its lead four minutes into the second in part of a 15-2 half-ending run for Princeton. The Big Green was unable to regain the lead for the rest of the evening. Kealy Brown ’19 led the Big Green in scoring with 11 points, more than twice the number posted by the next leading scorer on a stagnant

offensive night for the Big Green.

Dartmouth’s luck was no better against Penn, as the Big Green fell 66-33 on Saturday in Leede Arena.

A 10-minute, 29-0 run by the Quakers in the first half created a sizable hole that Dartmouth could not climb out of in the second half. One bright spot for the Big Green was the play of Allie Harland ’23, who in five fourthquarter minutes shot 4-5 with two 3s for a team-leading 10 points. Veronica Kelly ’22 contributed the only other double-digit personal statistic for the Big Green, hauling in 11 rebounds in the game.

Next weekend, the Big Green will have a chance to redeem itself on its home court as the team takes on Brown University and Yale University in Hanover.

w hockey The women’s ice hockey team traveled to Cambridge, MA on Friday to take on No. 10 Harvard University. The Big Green fell 4-0, but it was a hard fought game, as Harvard only took one more shot than Dartmouth. This prolonged the Big Green’s nine-game losing streak against the Crimson, which began on Jan. 23, 2016. Dartmouth converted penalty kills on all three Harvard power plays

but could not convert on its own five power play chances.

Despite the loss, Hannah Humphreys ’23 made 30 saves throughout the game — three saves short of her career high.

The team will return to the ice this Tuesday to take on the University of New Hampshire in Durham before coming home this weekend to face off against Colgate U n i ve r s i t y a n d C o r n e l l University.

swimming & diving The men’s swimming and diving team concluded its stretch of Ivy League meets with a 196-102 loss to Columbia University on Saturday. In diving, Kyle Schubert ’23 placed the highest, finishing in third place with a score of 293.23. Connor LaMastra ’21 and Ethan Banks ’23 finished first and second, respectively, in the 1000m free, earning the Big Green 13 points.

Tim Park ’23 won the 200m free, and LaMastra won the 200m fly. The Lions of Columbia, however, could not be stopped and cruised to victory.

The women’s team also lost at

Columbia this weekend — by a score of 215-84 — in its final Ivy League dual meet of the season.

Christina Cianciolo ’23 easily won the 1000m free, and Ashley Post ’22 was victorious in the 200m free. Mia Leko ’22 finished fourth in the 200m free, but she came back and won the 200m fly. In diving, Maggio Pionzio ’20 came in second on the 3-meter board with a score of 255.60.

Both the men’s and women’s teams will look to bounce back next weekend when they participate in the Boston Open at Boston University.

squash No. 7 men’s squash played twice this weekend, taking on No. 12 Cornell University and No. 11 Columbia University.

On Saturday, the team traveled to Ithaca, NY, and walked away with a 6-3 win. Jack Bell ’22 won all three of his games against the Big Red, with Reg Anderson ’21, James Bell ’21, Tucker Martino ’22, Lucan White ’23 and David Rubin ’23 also coming away with wins. This continues the team’s sevenmatch win streak against the Big Red, which dates back to Feb. 2, 2014. On Sunday, the team traveled to New York City to face Columbia and left with a loss. Jack Bell ’22 was the only player for the Big Green to record a win as Columbia snapped its five-match skid.

Meanwhile, the No. 7 women’s squash team competed against No. 11 Cornell University and No. 9 Columbia University

this weekend. In Ithaca, the Big Green narrowly beat Cornell 5-4, with Claire Aube ’23, Brynn Bank ’21, Jesse Brownell ’23, Julia Potter ’20 and Sandra Reiss ’21 defeating the Big Red in their matches. Aube and Reiss were the top Big Green performers Saturday, sweeping their Cornell opponents in three games.

The Big Green followed up a win upstate with a loss in the Big Apple. Aube and Potter were the only Dartmouth athletes to record wins at Columbia as their team lost 7-2. The Big Green has not defeated Columbia since Feb. 1, 2014. With this loss, the Big Green fall to an even 5-5 on the season.

Next weekend, the men’s and women’s teams will both finish up regular season action with a match at home against Yale University on Friday and a match in Providence against Brown University on Sunday.

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Women’s basketball blown out at home by Princeton and Penn B y EMILY LU

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The Big Green struggled to shoot at home on Friday and Saturday, allowing Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania to run away with scores of 66-34 and 66-33, respectively. Dartmouth made just 27 of 110 shots overall and shot seven of 39 from beyond the arc between the two losses.

Defensively, the team was brighter; the Big Green held the Ivy League’s top scorer, Penn’s Kayla Padilla, below her average points per game and held Princeton and Penn to a combined 40.5 field goal percentage. With the two defeats, Dartmouth slipped to seventh in the league with a 1-3 record in conference play.

The first quarter against Princeton — which came into the game on a nine-game win streak — told an entirely different story from the final score. While the size mismatch was apparent from tipoff, Annie McKenna ’20 made a quick steal during Princeton’s first possession, and Elle Louie ’21 opened scoring with a layup. The teams went back and forth before Kealy Brown ’19 came off the bench to add seven points and extend Dartmouth’s lead to 14-8. This would be the Big Green’s largest lead of the night, as the Tigers answered back with five points to end the first quarter at 14-13.

“We came out of the gates with an attack mentality, competing at a really high level against an extremely talented high-level basketball program,” said head coach Belle Koclanes.

“Offensively, we’re executing our actions really well, now we need the ball to go into the basket.”

Princeton took over halfway into the second quarter with a 15-2 run and held the lead until the halftime buzzer. Offense remained sluggish in the second half while Princeton built off its previous outburst with a 19-4 run, finally concluding when Katie Douglas ’22 drained a buzzer-beater 3-pointer to send the teams into the last 10 minutes at 50-28.

“Princeton’s been at the top of the league all four years [I’ve been here] — It’s honestly a goal to just

be as good as them,” McKenna said.

“My freshman year, I remember beating them on our home floor, so it’s definitely attainable but it’s going to take hard work.”

A layup by Asha Taylor ’22 and two free throws from Brown — who finished the night with a season-high 11 points — chipped away at the Tigers’ lead, but Princeton proved too far ahead. Both teams struggled to keep possession and capitalize offensively, going four minutes without a bucket in the middle of the fourth quarter. Koclanes brought fresh legs on the court with Allie Harland ’23 and Karina Mitchell ’23 coming on for their first appearances in conference play before the game finished 66-34.

“It takes a village to win an Ivy League championship: You want everyone to be able to contribute in certain ways,” Koclanes said. “It’s important that when there’s pockets of time, we start getting [younger players] more experienced so that they can build their skill sets.”

Another one of those development pockets came the next day after against Penn, in which Harland subbed on for the last five minutes of the blowout only to emerge as the Big Green’s leading scorer with 10 points.

Dartmouth failed to bring the same early momentum against the Quakers, who were coming off a loss against Harvard University the previous night. Neither team got on the board until almost two minutes in; however, Paula Lenart ’20 quickly responded to Penn’s first bucket with a jumper to keep the score even.

The Big Green initially kept Penn’s lead minimal with Lenart and Louie adding more jumpers to tighten the score to 8-7 with 4:19 left in the first quarter. The Quakers then dropped 13 points of the next 16 points in under three minutes, only broken up by a Douglas 3-pointer.

The 13-3 run was nothing but a sneak peek of the Quakers’ controlling offense; Penn went on to silence the Big Green with 23 consecutive points in the second quarter and 29 straight points going back to the first. Before going into half, Veronica Kelly ’22 ended Dartmouth’s scoring drought with two buckets in the paint to bring

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The Big Green struggled to generate much offense and shot poorly from the field this weekend.

the score to 44-14.

“It’s a similar conversation just about being able to score,” Koclanes said. “It’s disappointing because at this point we want to show the world that we’re able to compete with anyone we face.”

While the third quarter saw the Quakers outscore the Big Green 14-5

to take the score to 58-19, Harland bucked the trend when she subbed in the fourth with 4:36 on the clock.

She alternated between jumpers in the paint and triples to contribute double digits and outscore the Quakers on her own in the quarter.

“I think I was just fired up sitting through a game like that,” Harland

said. “When I came on I was angry — I wanted us to score.”

The Big Green stay in town for another doubleheader next week, playing against Brown University and Yale University. The league-leading Bulldogs are currently perfect in Ivy play and rolling off eight consecutive wins overall.

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Tennis teams, anchored by seniors, aim for strong 2020 season B y ETHAN STRAUSS The Dartmouth

Dartmouth men’s and women’s tennis both have their sights set on reclaiming the Ivy League championship after two strong starts. With two wins at home this weekend, the men’s team jumped out to a dominant 6-0 record, which includes a pair of close 4-3 wins over Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama last weekend. The women’s team sits at 2-3 with losses to undefeated Boston College as well as the College of William & Mary and Old Dominion University after starting the season with two wins at the Dartmouth Invite.

Men’s tennis After finishing last year with a 15-9 record and an appearance in the NCAA tournament, the men’s team is under the direction of a new head coach, Xander Centenari ’13. Centenari, a former Big Green player, credited the team’s culture for its early success this season.

“Those are momentum building wins for us,” Centenari said. “They fill the guys with the belief that we can play with and beat these teams of that caliber.

It is exactly that mentality that Centenari reinforces in competition and during practice. “ We m u s t h a v e a d e e p understanding across the board of everyone’s role on the team,” Centenari said.

These roles are not limited to individual match performances but also include supporting teammates and making practices efficient and quality. One player who has stepped up and taken a leadership role is Charlie Broom ’20, who spent much of last season ranked nationally.

“He’s had a great career here,” Centenari said. “He sets the tone for the team with the work ethic he puts in everyday.”

Broom noted his role on the team and said everyone needs to play their roles if the Big Green is going to continue its recent success, including the 2017 Ivy League championship.

“Every person is vital to the team’s success this season,” Broom said. “The ethos that we had before is still very much there.”

The team lost no seniors from last season’s team and added three new freshmen.

“They’re all really athletic and can play really well,” Broom said.

“There are nine or 10 that are really competing. All the way through the lineup, everyone’s got their role. We can really make a good push this year.”

Looking ahead to Ivy League play, the Big Green’s toughest competition will once again be Columbia University. Armed with one of the top singles players in all of NCAA tennis, the Lions will look to repeat last year’s Ivy League championship.

“They’re all good teams,” Broom said. “The strength of the Ivy League is evident. Every match is tough.”

The men’s team takes on the University of Minnesota and St. John’s University next weekend at the Boss Tennis Center before heading to the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship in New York the following week.

Women’s tennis The women’s team, after finishing a disappointing 4-17-1 season last year, looks to rebound back to the level it played at when it won the Ivy League championship in 2017.

“It’s always about assessing how each individual player can get a little better at what they do,” head coach Bob Dallis said. “Collectively, it is about how we can both play and practice for each other a little bit better. The way this team cares about each other and share their feelings really bodes well for the year.”

The team is led by Racquel Lyn ’20, Catherine Cable ’20, Allison McCann ’20 and Chuyang Guan ’20, a group of seniors who were around to see the team’s last title.

The seniors will look to end their collegiate careers by leading the Big Green back to the Ivy League championship.

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The men’s tennis team is off to a solid 6-0 start this season.

“ T h ey a l l b r i n g d i f f e re n t things to the team and really love Dartmouth,” Dallis said.

The four freshman recruits, Jennifer Gadalov ’23, Ashley Hess ’23, Chidimma Okpara ’23 and Emily Zhou ’23, will also help push the team forward this season. These players have already taken lineup spots across the board in the Big Green’s first three matches this season.

“The freshmen have done a nice job of fitting in and making a difference,” Dallis said.

Looking at the Big Green’s schedule, the team’s challenges this season will again be Columbia and Princeton University, both of which have top players returning.

The mentality that Dallis encourages focuses on making little improvements during each practice and holding teammates accountable.

“The right frame of mind is when everyone is willing to practice and play for each other,” Dallis said. “On top of this, each player must be there

to play and compete in a certain way and to represent Dartmouth and the team. I think we go into every year with the idea of trying to win the Ivy title and qualifying for the NCAA tournament. Both of these things are obtainable. Not easy, but

attainable.”

The team will look to continue its strong start next weekend at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championship next weekend hosted by Columbia in New York.

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Ski teams take second place behind Vermont in Colby Carnival B y KAITLYN LEES

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The Dartmouth skiing teams headed up to Maine this past weekend to compete in the Colby Carnival. The teams improved on their two third-place finishes this season, beating Middlebury College by four points to take second. The University of Vermont won its third straight carnival with 899 points.

On the first day, Dartmouth started off strong, with the women’s team beating the field in the giant slalom. After strong first runs from Claire Thomas ’21 and 2019 Giant Slalom All American Tricia Mangan ’19, Thomas edged past Mangan in the second run for a total time of 2:02.38 for her second career win. Ellie Curtis ’22 finished in fifth and Stephanie Currie ’20 came in sixth. In the women’s 5k freestyle, Katharine Ogden ’21 finished second with a time of 13:45.9. Three more Big Green skiers made the top 10, with Mara

McCollor ’23 in seventh, Molly Gellert ’22 in ninth and Abby Drach ’20 in tenth. McCollor said that the Quarry Road track’s short length made it more technical and slightly more difficult for the skiers.

A strong performance from the Dartmouth men in giant slalom secured a first place finish for the team. Andrew Miller ’22 took the individual gold with a time of 1:59.32, marking his first career carnival win. Kipling Weisel ’20 came in sixth with 2:00.32 while 2019 Giant Slalom First Team All American Drew Duffy ’21 tied for seventh with 2:00.65. With Adam Glueck ’21 — Dartmouth’s usual leader in the 10k freestyle — not competing, Walker Bean ’21’s 13thplace finish led Dartmouth in the men’s 10k freestyle competition. As the first day ended, the Big Green sat in second, trailing Vermont by only 16 points.

The team continued its strong performance on Saturday. The Big Green won women’s slalom with

120 points. Four skiers placed in the top eight and Ellie Curtis secured a podium finish. Sitting in 13th after the first run, Curtis came alive in her second attempt to move into third place with 1:50.28. The Dartmouth women secured 106 points in the 10k classical race for a second place finish. Ogden recorded a time of 33:09.1, good enough for second place and another podium finish for the Big Green. The second place was bittersweet as it also ended her impressive winning streak of 10 individual classical races after Middlebury’s Sophia Laukli took the gold. McCollor secured a top-10 finish in ninth with 35:30.0, while fellow freshman Anna Lehmann ’23 came in 13th with 35.51.1.

“The women crushed it again today, just all stacking it in,” Duffy said.

On the men’s side, Dartmouth finished second to Vermont in the slalom competition. Despite sitting in eighth after the first run, AJ Ginnis ’19 put together an

impressive second run to make the podium at third. A veteran of the world cup circuit, this was Ginnis’ first college start. Fellow senior Weisel recorded the next best finish for the Big Green, placing sixth.

Dartmouth placed seventh in the men’s 15k classical competition, led by Cameron Wolfe ’23’s 15th place finish.

Building on a successful season so far, Dartmouth pulled ahead of Middlebury by four points to secure their first second-place finish of the season. In its previous two competitions at Harvard University and Vermont, Dartmouth took third place behind Middlebury. In the end, Vermont walked away with its third carnival win of the season after an 899-point performance.

The Catamounts won four of the weekend’s eight events.

Both Duffy and McCollor agreed it was a strong weekend for the team.

“We were really happy with how it ended up,” McCollor said. “I think we always want to be faster

and do better, but this weekend was really good.”

Moving into the rest of the season, the team is focused on staying healthy and finding both speed and consistency in their skiing, but will continue to face tight competition with Vermont and Middlebury.

“It’s competitive, and that’s good to have,” Duffy said. “It pushes the whole level.”

McCollor said that Vermont and Middlebury’s added depth and tight competition has made the races even more fun for the teams this season.

Although next weekend is Winter Carnival in Hanover, the Dartmouth skiing teams will be competing at Bates College in Maine instead. There, Dartmouth looks to build on this weekend’s success. The Big Green will then end its season with carnivals at Williams College and Middlebury before the NCAA championships in March.

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Men’s basketball on seven-game losing streak with two road losses B y BOYD BRAGG The Dartmouth

Poor shooting by the Big Green played a role in the team’s sixth and seventh consecutive loss at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania. Dartmouth lost to Princeton (9-8, 4-0 Ivy) on Friday by a score of 66-44. On Saturday night, the team lost to Penn (10-7, 2-2 Ivy) in a 54-46 effort.

Dartmouth entered the backto-back road games with a focus on containing Princeton center Richmond Aririguzoh and Penn forward A.J. Brodeur. Dartmouth head coach David McLaughlin emphasized the importance of defending both big men in their two road game test.

“When you have good big men that teams play through, you have to be completely ready to prepare for them on the offensive end,” McLaughlin said. “And these are two guys you have to prepare for on the defensive end as well. They rebound the ball well, they guard one on one well, they guard the ball screen well.”

The team started off strong Friday night at Princeton, with both sides trading buckets back and forth throughout the first half. The half concluded with Dartmouth down 32-27, but the Big Green limited Aririguzoh to six first-half points.

Dartmouth struggled to find the basket in the second half, falling back into a scoring slump.

Offensive struggles have been a consistent theme in many of the Big Green’s recent games. When asked about tightening up the team’s offensive productiveness, guard James Foye ’20 pointed out two weaknesses the team constantly practiced entering the Princeton matchup.

“One is our turnovers — you know, you can’t score if you turn the ball over first,” Foye said. “We think a lot of those are in our control. We watched film on all the ways we did turn it over against Harvard and your just not trying to make the same mistake twice. That’s the first thing, limiting turnovers. The second thing we have been working on is our

pace. So just getting into our offense quickly, moving the ball from one side of the floor to the other just makes us harder to guard.”

Dartmouth tur ned the ball over 10 times against the Tigers.

It was the shooting efficiency that separated the two teams in the second half. Princeton doubled Dartmouth’s second half score 3417 and remained hot from the field.

Princeton shot 52.8 percent from the field compared to Dartmouth’s 36.5 percent shooting. The Big Green made just seven field goals in the second half and had four free throw attempts in the game. Aririguzoh led the Tigers in scoring and rebounds, totaling 13 points and eight rebounds in 29 minutes of play.

On Saturday night, the team traveled to play its second straight game on the road. Offensive efficiency once again took a toll on the Big Green, as it scored just 14 points in the first half against Penn. Entering this game, Dartmouth knew that it would have to contain Brodeur in order to have a chance at winning.

The former All Ivy League forward has averaged 16.9 points per game, 9.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists on 48.7 percent shooting. McLaughlin kept in mind many questions that the team had to answer to contain Penn’s offense.

“How are you guarding them?

How are you guarding them in transition?” he said. “You make sure you don’t turn the ball over so they can get out in transition early.”

The team had no answers to McLaughlin’s questions in the first half, as Penn doubled the score of the Big Green in the first 20 minutes. In the second half of play, Dartmouth made clear changes to its game that allowed it to find success near the basket.

“We started to do more ball screens and attacked them off the ball screens,” said Dartmouth forward Chris Knight ’21.

The ball screens created rhythm in the Big Green’s offensive game, as the Penn lead was cut to five points with 41 seconds remaining in the game. The team closed a wide gap that Penn had created and outscored

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The Big Green is still looking for its first Ivy League win after losses to Princeton and Penn this weekend.

the Quakers 32-26 in the second half.

The team shot 32.7 percent from the field and 23.5 percent from 3-point range. The lack of offensive efficiency for the Big Green has been a factor in their seven-game losing streak.

“There are a lot more games left,” Knight said. “You have to go into

that mindset that you could get on a hot streak and go crazy these last few games. We feel like we just need one win and then we can start hitting our stride.”

This weekend’s losses leave the Big Green at the bottom of the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth will look to earn its first conference victory in

matchups against Brown University (2-2 Ivy) and Yale University (4-0 Ivy) next weekend. These next two matchups will complete Dartmouth’s four-game stretch of road tests.

ESPN’s matchup predictor gives Dartmouth a 39 percent chance to win against Brown and a 6.9 percent chance to defeat Yale.

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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF AMERICA, FROM TOM STEYER Your concerns about climate are completely justified and on target. It's ridiculously unfair for you to inherit an uninhabitable planet because self-interested politicians refuse to stand up to corporations. But they can’t dismiss you. Your voices rise with the conviction of truth and the willingness to act. You’ve called yourselves “the voiceless future of humanity,” but you are not voiceless. For too long, members of my generation have chosen short-term profit over anything else, even people’s lives. But you’ve broken through — using every tool at your disposal to demand a voice.

It’s imperative for those in power to treat the climate crisis with the urgency it demands. I'm the only candidate who will openly make fighting climate change my number one priority. If it's not number one, it won't get done ... and it has to get done.

On the first day of my presidency, I will declare the climate crisis a national emergencyand invoke the emergency powers of the executive office, including enacting power plant regulations, instilling stricter pollution standards on cars, and revamping building codes. I will hold all corporate polluters accountable for their environmental crimes against humanity. No other candidate sees it this way, but we have no choice — we’re running out of time. It’s why I left my company a decade ago to start NextGen America, and worked with students all across the U.S. to mobilize the largest youth voter registration and turnout effort in American history. Young people lead the charge; and in 2020 you’ll vote out the most corrupt president this country has ever seen.

Climate justice is at the heart of this struggle. Far too much pollution is located in communities that lack political agency, and especially in communities of color.

My climate justice plan (tomsteyer.com/climate) focuses on bringing justice to those whose air and water has been poisoned by corporations over decades of discriminatory, environmentally racist policies. We must redress this historic and continued discrimination if we are going to build a better America and transform our economy safely and equitably.

When we put justice at the center of fighting climate change, we'll bring this country together and create millions of good, high-paying, green jobs in the process. The future of this planet and our economic future can only be assured together. We must turn the most powerful tool in history — the American economy — toward healing our planet, restoring our communities, and building a government that is truly of, by, and for the people.

This is the election that will determine the course of all our lives. Trump has made it clear that he is willing to destroy our health and our planet to please the oil and gas industry. We must stop him. We can safeguard our futures while restoring the health of the planet. We can become global leaders again through climate action.

And together, we can win.

On day one of my presidency, I will declare the climate crisis a national emergency and invoke the emergency powers of the executive office.

TOM STEYER, DEMOCRAT FOR PRESIDENT Text climate to 46866

Regardless of who you’re voting for in 2020, I know you’ll show up. I know you’ll speak out. I know you’ll vote, because there’s so much at stake — everything.

Let’s save the world, and let’s do it together.

PAID FOR BY TOM STEYER 2020