YALE at DARTMOUTH
Sat., Jan. 20 – 2 p.m. EST
Hanover, N.H.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – It's back on the road for the Yale men's basketball team, which has played 12 of its 17 games away from home. Coming off a dominant 89-70 win over Columbia at Lee Amphitheater on Monday, the Bulldogs are headed to New Hampshire to face Dartmouth on Saturday. Tipoff at Leede Arena is slated for 2 p.m.
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
 
• The Bulldogs (11-6, 2-0 Ivy) have won four straight games and six of their last seven. The only blemish came at then No. 2 Kansas, 75-60 on Dec. 22 in a game that was closer than the final score indicates. The score was tied with 13 minutes remaining, and Yale had an 11-point advantage midway through the first half and was ahead by one at halftime.
 
• The Bulldogs are seeking their best start to Ivy play since the 2019-20 team won their first four league games.
 
• Yale's six non-conference losses all came to teams that are currently over .500. Three of the losses came by four points or less and a fourth was in overtime.
 
• Four Bulldogs average double figures in scoring.
 
• Danny Wolf, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Week and the team's leading scorer at 14.4 ppg., has posted double-doubles in each of his last three games. In Monday's victory over Columbia, he scored 17 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Wolf has six double-doubles on the season and leads the Ivy League in rebounding (9.5 rpg.) and blocks (27).
 
• In his last four games, John Poulakidas is averaging 18.5 points, while shooting 53.3 percent (16-of-30) from three-point range. In Monday's win over Columbia, he was 7-of-9 from beyond the arc and scored a season-high 26 points. The seven treys were a career high and one shy of the school record. Poulakidas is fourth in the league in three-pointers made (2.53 per game) and seventh in three-point field goal percentage (.453).
 
• Bez Mbeng has scored in double figures in each of the last five games, including a 12-point effort against Columbia. Mbeng is second in the league in assists (3.7 per game) and steals (1.8 per game) and fifth in minutes played (32.3 per game).
 
• Yale leads the Ivy League in field goal percentage defense (.412) and is second in scoring defense (67.9 ppg.) and rebounding margin (+4.8).
 
• The Bulldogs are 10-2 when they outrebound their opponents.
 
HISTORY LESSONS
 
The Bulldogs have won eight straight games at Leede Arena, including a 72-53 victory last year. Matt Knowling scored 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting from the field to lead a balanced offensive attack. Bez Mbeng (12 points) and August Mahoney (10 points) also scored in double figures. The teams split the season series a year ago as the Big Green beat Yale 81-77 in New Haven. The Bulldogs have won 13 of the last 14 meetings with Dartmouth and lead the all-time series 121-98. The first meeting came in 1900, a 10-8 Yale win in a game played in Boston.
 
SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
 
The Big Green (4-11, 0-2 Ivy) is playing its first Ivy game at home after opening with losses at Penn and at Princeton. It's the first of four straight home games. Dartmouth is third in the league in scoring defense, holding opponents to 69.2 ppg. Dusan Neskovic leads the team in scoring at 14.6 ppg., which is seventh in the Ieague. Brandon Mitchell-Day (5.8 rpg.) is the Big Green's top rebounder. Dartmouth head coach David McLaughlin needs one victory to reach 250 in his career. The Big Green is 4-2 at Leede Arena this season, including wins over New Hampshire and Boston University.