The Dartmouth Big Green (4-9) will be at home when they face off against the Canisius Golden Griffins (7-9). Action begins at 7:00 pm ET on Tuesday, Jan. 12.
The Big Green are hoping to rebound after their 77-70 loss to Harvard on Saturday. Miles Wright was the team’s leading scorer with 23 points. The Golden Griffins, meanwhile, are feeling some disappointment after their 70-53 loss against Saint Peter’s on Saturday. Jamal Reynolds played well for Canisius, recording 10 points, nine rebounds, and one steal.
It’s a matchup of two different tempos, as the up-and-down Golden Griffins (ranked 33rd in the nation in possessions per game) square off against the grind-it-out Big Green (267th).
Notes
With 67.8 possessions and 1.005 points per possession, the Dartmouth Big Green perform worse on both metrics than the Canisius Golden Griffins. Canisius averages 74.0 possessions and 1.121 points per possession.
The Canisius Golden Griffins average an effective field goal percentage of 49.4% this season. The Dartmouth Big Green are a winless 0-8 when opponents have an eFG% of 49.4% or greater.
Dartmouth attempts an average of 16.0 three pointers per game and Canisius attempts 28.0. In games where they have 20 or more three point attempts, the Dartmouth Big Green are winless at 0-3 while the Canisius Golden Griffins have a 7-9 record.
Canisius ranks 50th in the nation with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.32. Dartmouth is ranked lower at 182nd with an A/TO of 1.03.
The Dartmouth Big Green average 6.2 steals per game. When allowing 6 or more steals, the Canisius Golden Griffins are an even 4-4 this season.
