Princeton Shuts Out Dartmouth Guards

When Princeton Coach Bill Carmody asked his team to shut down Dartmouth’s two guards, his players apparently misunderstood. They must have thought he said shut them out.

No. 11 Princeton held Dartmouth’s starting backcourt scoreless and beat the Big Green, 71-39, Friday night at Hanover, N.H.

Dartmouth guards P.J. Halas and Greg Buth, who average a total of 20 points a game, were a combined 0 for 15 from the field. Together, they had only two assists along with five turnovers.

Overall, Dartmouth shot only 29% from the field and missed 16 of 19 shots from three-point range against the nation’s stingiest defensive team, which allows only 50 points per game.

Shaun Gee had 13 points for Dartmouth, 6-13 overall and 3-4 in the Ivy League. Brian Earl and Gabe Lewullis each scored 11 points for Princeton (17-1, 5-0).

SOUTHLAND

Montana 84, Cal State Northridge 65--Three players scored 15 points and the Grizzlies dominated the second half in their victory over the Matadors in a Big Sky game at Missoula.

The Grizzlies (13-11, 6-5) outscored the Matadors, 54-27, in the final 20 minutes after Northridge (7-12, 3-6) led, 38-30, at halftime.

Montana scored the first nine points of the second half to take a 39-38 lead on a three-point play by J.R. Camel with 17:43 remaining.

Lucky Grundy put the Matadors back up 40-39 with two free throws with 17:18 to play.

Northridge did not score a field goal until more than nine minutes into the second half.

Olson paced Montana with 15 points and eight rebounds, while Jared Buckmaster and Mike Warhank also had 15 points.

Mike O’Quinn led the Matadors with 14 points, followed by Brian Heinle with 11 and Trenton Cross with 10.

OTHER GAMES

Hakeem Ward scored 16 of his game-high 25 points in the second half and Damian Cantrell had 19 rebounds to lead San Francisco (13-8, 4-5) over visiting Portland, 75-63, tightening the West Coast Conference race. The Pilots are 13-8, 6-3. . . . Craig Johnson sank two free throws with six seconds left and Brian Jones scored 15 points as Santa Clara (15-6, 6-3) defeated Gonzaga, 67-65, at Santa Clara. Gonzaga (17-7, 6-3) has lost three straight conference road games.

John McDonald scored 24 points and Iona (20-4, 11-2) reached 20 victories for the third consecutive season by defeating Niagara, 86-74, in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game at New Rochelle, N.Y. Niagara is 10-11, 6-7.