DARTMOUTH at YALE
Fri., Mar. 1 – 7 p.m.
John J. Lee Amphitheater
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HARVARD at YALE
Sat., Mar. 2 – 7 p.m.
John J. Lee Amphitheater
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's basketball team has already secured its spot in the Ivy League Tournament. Now the Bulldogs have their sights set on a regular season title and the tournament's top seed. Yale closes out the regular season with three straight home games, starting on Friday with a visit from Dartmouth. Harvard comes to Lee Amphitheater on Saturday. Both games are 7 p.m. starts.
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
 
• The Bulldogs (18-8, 9-2) begin the weekend in a first-place tie with Cornell and Princeton. All three have clinched a spot in the Ivy Tournament. The Big Red and Tigers play at Princeton on Saturday. On Friday, Cornell is at Penn, while Princeton hosts Columbia. On Mar. 9, the final day of the regular season, the Bulldogs host Brown, Cornell is at Columbia and Princeton is at Penn.
 
• Yale could clinch at least a share of the Ivy regular season title with two victories this weekend coupled with at least one loss from both Princeton and Cornell.
 
• The Ivy League Tournament is set for Mar. 16-17 at Columbia. The semifinals are Saturday, Mar. 16. The No. 1 seed plays the No. 4 seed at 11 a.m. followed by No. 2 vs. No. 3 at 2 p.m. The championship game is Mar. 17, Selection Sunday, at noon.
 
• Yale is coming off an 84-76 victory at Columbia last Saturday in New York. The Bulldogs put on an offensive clinic in the second half, scoring 49 points while shooting 64 percent (18-of-28) from the field. Matt Knowling (20 points, 8-of-13) and Danny Wolf (20 points, 9-of-15) led the way. Yale was 13-of-16 from the free throw line, one night after struggling (11-of-26) vs. Cornell.
 
• Knowling has scored in double figures in nine straight games. During the stretch, he is averaging 14.4 points, while shooting 64.7 percent (55-of-85) from the field. He now leads the league in field goal percentage at .578, which is 31st in the nation. Knowling's current career field goal percentage of .605 would be the third best in school history.
 
• August Mahoney, who averaged 14.5 points in two games last weekend, has scored in doubles figures in five straight games and seven of his last eight. During the eight-game stretch, he is shooting 50 percent (23-of-46) from three-point range and averaging 13.3 points. Mahoney is third in the Ivy League with 54 three-pointers, and his 151 career treys are the seventh most in school history. His career three-point percentage of .438 would be the fourth best in Yale history.
 
• Danny Wolf is among the nation's leaders in rebounding. His 9.7 rebounds per game, which leads the league, is 23rd nationally, and his 7.52 defensive rebounds per game is 11th nationally. Wolf has 11 double-doubles on the season, which is second in the league to Princeton's Caden Pierce and 29th nationally.
 
• Bez Mbeng, who had 10 assists and two turnovers in two games last weekend, has an Ivy best 101 assists on the season.
 
• All five Yale starters currently average double figures in scoring, led by Wolf at 14.6 ppg.
 
• The Bulldogs average just 9.5 turnovers per game, which is 12th in the nation.
 
HISTORY LESSONS
 
Yale is looking to sweep the season series from Dartmouth. Danny Wolf scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Bulldogs cruised to a 76-51 win over the Big Green in Hanover on Jan. 20. Yale held Dartmouth to 29 percent from the field, and the Big Green made only 15 field goals in the game. It was Yale's ninth straight win at Leede Arena. The Bulldogs had their 12-game home winning streak against Dartmouth snapped last year when the Big Green came into Lee Amphitheater and won 81-77. Yale has won 14 of the last 15 meetings with Dartmouth and lead the all-time series 122-98. The first meeting came in 1900, a 10-8 Yale win in a game played in Boston.
 
The Bulldogs are looking to sweep the season series from Harvard for the third straight season. Back on Jan. 27, August Mahoney and John Poulakidas each scored 22 points as Yale topped the Crimson 78-65 at a sold-out Lavietes Pavilion. The Bulldogs shot 52.2 percent (12-of-23) from three-point range in the game. Yale has won the last two meetings at Lee Amphitheater, including 58-54 last year when Yale limited Harvard to 32.7 percent shooting from the field. Yale's 126 overall victories against the Crimson are the most against any opponent. The first meeting between the teams was a 41-16 Yale victory in 1901.
 
SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
 
The Big Green (5-19, 1-10 Ivy) gave Princeton all it could handle last Saturday at Leede Arena. Dartmouth had a 38-34 halftime lead before the Tigers rallied to post a 68-56 win. The Big Green is third in the league in blocks (3.8 per game) and fourth in scoring defense (70.9 ppg.) Dusan Neskovic leads the team in scoring at 16.1 ppg., which is fifth in the league. He had 11 points in the first meeting with Yale. Brandon Mitchell-Day (6.2 rpg.) is Dartmouth's top rebounder.
 
SCOUTING HARVARD
 
The Crimson (14-10 overall) plays at Brown on Friday. The two teams are both 5-6 in Ivy League play and tied for the fourth and final spot in the Ivy Tournament. Harvard has won two of its last three games, including a 74-70 win over Penn last Saturday when Justice Ajogbor scored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, both career highs. Malik Mack leads the league in assists per game (4.7) and is third in scoring at 17.9 ppg. He scored 20 points in the first meeting with Yale. Harvard leads the league in free throws made per game (14.5) and is second to Yale in field goal percentage defense (.421).