Look Back at the Men's Basketball Team's Sweep of Dartmouth & Harvard

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1. How did the road affect the Tigers hot start?
Princeton swept the Dartmouth-Harvard trip for the first time since 2010. Princeton shot .405 from the field but just .298 from beyond the arc, below the .477 overall and .393 clip from 3 that the team has averaged at home. Though the Tigers were outrebounded by 3.5 rebounds per game over the weekend, Princeton had the better of the offensive glass, getting 19 offensive boards to 14 for its opponents, and the Tigers had a strong advantage on turnovers, committing just 16 on the weekend to 28 combined for the Big Green and the Crimson.

2. Did the 3s rain in Leede again?
Princeton took at least 25 3-point attempts in each of its last three visits to Dartmouth entering the trip. That was true again, as the Tigers hoisted 25 3s. Though Princeton went 12 of 25 from 3 in last season's win in Hanover, Princeton was able to win by going 8 of 25 Friday night and 8 of 26 in its win at Dartmouth two years ago. Princeton bolstered its chances to win by getting 17 points off Dartmouth turnovers to four points for the Big Green off Princeton giveaways.

3. Did a big performance lead the Crimson?
Harvard had a 20-point scorer in each of Princeton's last three trips to Lavietes Pavilion. No Crimson player scored 20 points this time, though Siyani Chambers was a 3-pointer away at 17.

4. How did turnovers affect the outcome in Hanover?
Turnovers were one of the stats that favored the Tigers, though among them was the most important one, the score. Dartmouth shot better from the field (49.1 percent to 43.3 percent) and from 3 (40.0 percent to 32.0 percent) and was within a rebound of Princeton (33-32). Princeton committed just six turnovers, one off its low for the season, while the Big Green committed 11, leading to 17 Princeton points.

5. How did turnovers affect the outcome at Harvard?
Building on its six-turnover night at Dartmouth, Princeton committed 10 at Harvard, giving the team their second-lowest two-game turnover total of the season after Princeton committed just 12 in the games against Liberty and Saint Joseph's in December. Harvard committed 17 turnovers, the third-most of the season for the Crimson, leading to 18 Princeton points. Harvard had 12 points off Princeton's 10 turnovers.

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