Penn at Dartmouth, live updates

 

FINAL: Penn 88, Dartmouth 62. Comprehensive and convincing. Not much more to be said. Good night from New Hampshire and see you tomorrow from Hahvahd.

25 seconds left: And then he chucks an even deeper shot off the top of the square on the backboard. Er...oh well. 1:03 left: JOE GILL FROM WAY OUTSIDE. Literally, two-three steps behind the line.

3:08 left: Hearty applause for the starters as they come out. Aron Cohen comes in for (I think) his first action. Penn's up 29. Joe Gill set to come in with 2:29 left! That's when you know it's a real blowout, Joe Gill is set to log multiple minutes. Let's see if he gets on the scoresheet.

3:53 left: No Rock and Roll part 2, but then again, there doesn't appear to be any Penn fans under the age of 50 in attendance. I'm told alumni aren't the biggest fans of that...

7:04 left: Finally, a miss (Justin Reilly), the first of the second half. There's an audible groan from press row. That's the sound of a great lede slipping out of reach. Not that Glen Miller's complaining.

9:25 left: 11 of 13.

10:21 left: 10 of 12. Even the Dartmouth PA announcer betrays a chuckle as he calls out Justin Reilly's name.

11:47 left: 60-38 Penn. The Quakers are 9-11 from three. Yes, you read that right.

14:06 left: 55-34 Penn. A Dartmouth fan behind me yells that Harrison Gaines needs a shave. Meanwhile, Terry Dunn needs a timeout.

15:48 left: 49-32 Penn. Penn's hitting at will, this is a 10-2 run.

18:47 left: Terry Dunn's not happy either, but that has less to do with the band than with Penn draining yet another 3 (Schreiber this time). The Quakes are 7-9 from outside.

SECOND HALF TIPOFF: The Dartmouth band is redeeming itself with what I thought was the Lord of the Rings theme (A commenter corrects me...hey, I never even saw the movie!). Still a little heavy on the percussion. One of the refs agrees. "I've come to my conclusion," he tells me with a wince. "The band is just...loud."

I just got handed a stat sheet with Steve Danley's name on it. Apparently Tyler Bernardini has graciously given up his No. 3 jersey back to the Marshall Scholar for the second half. The Danley/Bernardini combo has 8 points. Kevin Egee and DeVon Mosley lead all scorers with 11.

Penn's 6 of 8 from downtown, 43.8 percent from the field. Dartmouth's shooting at 35.3%. The Quakes are also outrebounding Dartmouth 27-14.

HALFTIME, PENN 39 DARTMOUTH 30: Harrison Gaines is putting on a clinic. He's getting penetration at will to the basket. Meanwhile, Kevin Egee has thrown a few questionable passes and if Aron Cohen's played, I haven't noticed. As the halftime buzzer sounds Penn takes a deserved 9-point lead into the locker room.

The Dartmouth version of the Quaker Girls dance team doesn't even wear matching uniforms. Also...not all of them are girls. It might be time to hit the media room. Back in 10 minutes for the second half.

1:28 left: 34-25 Penn. Penn's shooting poorly from the line, and after Harrison Gaines misses the first of two Mike Martin looks particularly miffed. Play cards can't help you now!

2:54 left: 30-25 Penn. Just as I say that, Grandieri takes the ball off Barnett. A minute later he hits an open 3 when Barnett can't fight through a screen quick enough. Looks like the injury is still bugging him. He's frequently the last guy up the floor on offense. Meanwhile, the stands have filled out a little more. 1,000 it ain't, though. Blue is better is still safe.

5:45 left: 22-19 Penn. Grandieri on Barnett is a serious mismatch. Thankfully Penn gets a switch and Alex clangs a jumper with Bernardini in his face.

7:50 left: 19-18 Green. A kid who looks no older than 12 just made the layup-free throw-3 pointer combination that frustrates so many media timeout giveaway contestants at the Palestra. Cool as you like.

11:44 left: Apparently, the Dartmouth band just plays drums. Pretty sure I haven't heard a song yet.

12:35 left: 14-12 Green. Brennan Votel seeing early action. Glen Miller calls timeout. He's completely stoic as his players gather around him. That's gon' change.

Penn SID Mike Mahoney tells me that Cam Lewis is sick, and didn't make the trip up north.

15:38 left: 10-6 Penn. Penn's cooled off. Bernardini just made the awkward pass of the century and Schreiber couldn't catch up.

19:09 left: 5-0 Penn after a Bernardini three. Timeout Dartmouth. To the commenter blue is better: You would have won. There are fewer than 500 people. Not that the DP condones gambling, or anything. Also, you are right about Cam Lewis, I don't see him. I'll try and find out what happened. 10-2 Penn now, 8 for Bernardini, including a three right in Barnett's face.

Lineups: For Penn: Egee, Schreiber, Eggleston, Bernardini, Grandieri. For Dartmouth: Fitzgerald, Sanders, Mosley, Barnett, Ball. So Johnathan is playing after all. Very shrewd, Terry Dunn, very shrewd.

8 mins to tipoff: Forgot there's a hockey game today. My over/under is off the board now. A few Dartmouth band members are here, though. There's also a healthy group of Penn alumni (is there a Penn club of Hanover)?

20 mins to tipoff: I'm putting the over-under for attendance at 1500 (the building seats about 2000). It's pretty slippery out there but quite a few people are already here. No sign of the Penn Band...leave a comment if you can shed any light. Did they make the trip?

Hello from Hanover, N.H., where Penn's about 40 minutes away from tipping off against Dartmouth. The internet's spotty here, but we'll see what we can do.

Quick injury updates: Remy Cofield is sitting on the bench with his Brady boot on while his teammates are warming up. Looks like he'll have to just watch tonight. He doesn't look happy about it, either.

For the home side, Dartmouth coach Terry Dunn told the Valley News that Johnathan Ball would be doubtful for tonight, while Alex Barnett should be good to go. Haven't seen Ball yet but Barnett is shooting around. Stick around for lineups when we get them.

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