Yale men’s basketball put together its best defensive effort and perhaps most complete game of the season to defeat Dartmouth, 76-51, Saturday at Leede Arena.
Dartmouth (4-12, 0-3 Ivy) put up some early resistance and led 12-11 on two free throws by sophomore forward Brandon Mitchell-Day. But Yale (12-6, 3-0) went on a 10-0 run and led 38-28 at the half.
With the score 45-32, Yale went on a 16-0 run, culminating in a jumper by sophomore forward Casey Simmons.
The Bulldogs’ largest lead was 68-36.
Dartmouth mustered just 28.8% shooting from the field and 27.3% from three-point land.
“Extremely happy with our defensive performance,” Yale coach James Jones said. “Hope we can build on this effort.”
Sophomore frontcourt stalwart Danny Wolf led Yale with his seventh double-double of the season, scoring 19 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. Senior forward Matt Knowling added 16 points on 7-for-9 shooting. Junior guard Bez Mbeng pitched in with 14 points.
Senior forward Dusan Neskovic was Dartmouth’s only double-figure scorer with 11 points.
Yale outscored Dartmouth 50-16 in the paint.
Yale is on the road again next Saturday at 2 p.m., at Harvard. Dartmouth stays home to face Brown in the same time slot.