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).

OTHER GAMES

Santa Clara 70, Gonzaga 67--Craig Johnson sank two free throws with six seconds remaining and Brian Jones scored 15 points as Santa Clara defeated Gonzaga in a West Coast Conference game Friday night at Santa Clara.

Matt Santangelo scored 22 points, Bakari Hendrix added 18 and Richie Frahm had 17 for Gonzaga, which has lost three straight conference road games.

Nathan Fast added 14 points for the Broncos, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Johnson, who had 13 points, hit a 3-pointer that gave Santa Clara (15-6, 6-3) a 52-49 lead with 7:54 left to play, and the Broncos eventually built a 57-50 lead with 4:50 remaining on a Jones jumper.

Gonzaga (17-7, 6-3) closed to within 68-67 with 12 seconds left on a Santangelo basket, but Johnson responded with his free throws and Santangelo missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

San Francisco 75, Portland 63--Hakeem Ward scored 16 of his game-high 25 points in the second half and Damian Cantrell grabbed 19 rebounds to lead San Francisco over Portland in a West Coast Conference game Friday at San Francisco.

San Francisco (13-8) improved to 4-5 in the WCC and handed the Pilots (13-8, 6-3), who entered the game tied for first in the conference, only their second loss in eight games.

Tied at 45 with 12:20 to play, San Francisco broke ahead for good when Ward’s three-point play started a 10-4 streak.

The Dons pulled away behind Ward, whose three-point play with 3:10 left upped the lead to 65-57. Dony Wilcher’s spinning layup with 1:20 left put the game well in hand at 69-59.