Princeton women’s basketball looked every bit like a team that had to endure a four-hour bus trip from Manhattan to Ithaca after a high-profile loss on Friday night, being outplayed and outhustled by Cornell over the opening 20 minutes of Saturday’s contest.
Yale men’s basketball wins overtime thriller at Harvard
Few sporting events live up to their billing. Yale-Harvard did and more Saturday night, as the Bulldogs edged Harvard, 76-75, in overtime in a game at Lavietes Pavilion which offered more theatrics than most Broadway plays.
LISTEN: Columbia men’s basketball overcomes Princeton at Jadwin Gym
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 75-65 win for Columbia men’s basketball (15-9, 4-6 Ivy) over Princeton (8-17, 4-6) at Jadwin Gym Saturday night:
LISTEN: Cornell men’s basketball pounds Princeton at Jadwin Gym
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps an 89-65 romp for Cornell men’s basketball over Princeton Friday night at Jadwin Gym:
Penn women’s basketball clips Cornell in overtime
In the end, Penn women’s basketball coach Mike McLaughlin didn’t talk about Friday’s win at Cornell in terms of the Ivy League standings, though it was crucial.
And he didn’t mention revenge for the loss Cornell dealt Penn in West Philly last month.
He spoke like a fan.
“First of all, it was a great college basketball game,” he told ESPN+.
Yale men’s basketball outlasts Dartmouth at Leede Arena
HANOVER, N.H. – There was some concern for the Ivy League preseason favorite Yale men’s basketball team after it stumbled against Harvard at home on Jan. 31 and followed that up with a dreadful first half against Brown the following week before pulling it out.
But the Bulldog offense that had climbed as high as 15th nationally in efficiency back in nonconference play appears to be back. Dartmouth had no answers, particularly in the second half, as Yale rolled to an 83-70 win at Leede Arena Friday night.
“I think we were pretty clean offensively in both halves,” Yale coach James Jones said. “We were dominant and had good leads in both halves. Most games in the first half are going to be like a prizefight trying to figure each other out. That takes a little time, but I thought we played well.”
Harvard men’s basketball holds on for Aloha Night win over Brown
It’s usually the Saturday game in the Ivy League back-to-backs when teams have to win ugly, but the Harvard men had to do so on Friday.
In a game in which both offenses struggled, the Crimson survived a game-tying triple at the buzzer to escape with a 56-53 victory over Brown in front of a Hawaiian shirt-wearing Aloha Night crowd at Lavietes Pavilion.
Columbia women’s basketball rallies in the second half to devour No. 24 Princeton
For the second time in two weeks, the Columbia Lions women’s basketball team made history by knocking off a top-25 opponent.
Their victim in each case was the same team, the Princeton Tigers.
Harvard women’s basketball edges Yale on the road
Harvard women’s basketball overcame a 32-point outing by Yale sophomore guard Ciniya Moore and held the Bulldogs at bay, 70-62, at John J. Lee Amphitheater Friday night, powered by a winning performance from Crimson junior guard Karlee White.
Yale men’s basketball escapes Howard
Yale men’s basketball played its first February out-of-conference game since 1957 Monday night.
The result was memorable: an 87-81 overtime defeat of Howard at The Burr in Washington.