In the hostile confines of Lavietes Pavilion, Columbia women’s basketball squeaked by Harvard, 58–55, in a marquee Ivy League matchup Saturday. The Lions (10-5, 1-1 Ivy) dominated the first 21 minutes of play before a furious Crimson (8-7, 1-1) third-quarter comeback led to a vigorous fourth-quarter battle.
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Dartmouth men’s basketball pulls away late for opening-night defeat of Harvard
In an Ivy League opening tussle that was close throughout, the Dartmouth men proved to be the deeper and more accurate team, pulling away over the last five minutes to claim a 76-68 win over Harvard at Lavietes Pavilion.
Monday night’s road victory was a great start for the Big Green (7-7, 1-0 Ivy), which is looking for its first regular season title since 1959 as well as its second straight trip to the Ivy League Tournament. The same cannot be said for the Crimson (7-8, 0-1), which is looking to claim its first regular season title since 2019 and get back to the Ancient Eight’s upper division for the first time since 2020.
Harvard women’s basketball cruises to opening-day win at Dartmouth
The Harvard women completely took Dartmouth out of its comfort zone in the Ivy League opener for both teams, leaving Leede Arena with a comfortable 72-47 victory on Saturday afternoon.
The conference-opening win was the fifth in the last six games for the Crimson and upped the team’s overall mark to 8-6, while the Big Green dropped its third straight game to a Division I opponent and moved to 9-5 on the year.
Harvard women’s basketball pulls away late to down Delaware
After a frustrating loss to Maine eight days earlier, Harvard lost a 10-point second-half lead and found itself facing a second straight home upset when Delaware went up 57-54 with 5:40 left in regulation Monday.
Harvard men’s basketball falls to St. John’s, 85-59
Harvard men’s basketball traveled south to Queens to visit St. John’s on Wednesday night and went back north a few hours later with an 85-59 defeat to the Red Storm.
With one game left in the nonconference schedule, Tommy Amaker’s squad fell to 6-7 on the season, while Rick Pitino’s group ended its out-of-conference slate and improved to 8-4 (1-0 Big East).
Harvard women’s basketball loses buzzer-beater to Maine
In a game that featured 30 lead changes, 15 for each team, it was Maine that grabbed the final bucket at the buzzer to beat Harvard 59-57 at Lavietes Pavilion on Sunday afternoon.
The loss ended a three-game winning streak for the Crimson and evened its season record to 6-6, while the Black Bears earned its second straight victory and improved to 5-8 on the year.
Harvard women’s basketball coasts to win over Stony Brook
With a Harvard women’s basketball victory never in doubt for the better part of 35 minutes, there was still last-minute drama amongst the 1,147 tween-heavy Education Day fans at Lavietes Pavilion to see if the Crimson would hit the magic number of 67.
As the seconds ticked down, senior guard Saniyah Glenn-Bello cut across the lane, hit a contested underhand layup and sent the crowd, as well as the Harvard bench, into a frenzy to seal a dominant 67-33 victory over Stony Brook on Friday afternoon.
With her late bucket, the senior guard from Staten Island capped a stat-stuffing afternoon of 14 points, nine assists, seven rebounds and five blocks.
The Crimson (6-5) claimed their first three-game winning streak of the season and entered into the two-week Final Exam break over .500 for the first time in the season. The rebuilding Seawolves (3-7), meanwhile, lost their third straight contest against Harvard and sixth straight against Division I competition.
Dominant third quarter propels Harvard women’s basketball past Holy Cross
Down two at the half, the Harvard women used a 17-0 third quarter to put away Holy Cross 61-46 on Wednesday evening at Lavietes Pavilion.
The Crimson’s victory was even more impressive given the fact that the team was missing two starters and three of its top six rotation players due to injuries, as well as having its travel scheduled delayed by 10 to 12 hours due to connecting flight problems after the win at Arkansas on Sunday.
The win brought Carrie Moore’s squad back to the .500 level at 5-5 on the year, while the Crusaders fell to 3-5.
A few thoughts as Harvard starts December with its first two-game winning streak of the season:
Harvard women’s basketball wins at Arkansas for first-ever SEC victory
Harvard women’s basketball, continuing to use a depleted roster, bounced back from two defeats at the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship before Thanksgiving to take down Arkansas 69-51 on Nolan Richardson Court in Fayetteville Sunday.
With the victory, the Crimson improved to 4-5 on the season, while the Razorbacks dropped its first home game in six attempts and dropped to 7-2.
Sunday afternoon’s contest was put on the schedule as a homecoming for Gabby Anderson, who was born in the Natural State and whose mother played for Arkansas in the late 1990s. But the celebration of the program’s first-ever win over an SEC opponent was tempered by the loss of the senior guard due to a left knee injury early in the second quarter.
Harvard men’s basketball’s case for optimism despite loss to Boston University
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – As you would expect, the Harvard men’s basketball pregame hype video played just before its starting lineup is announced includes clips from both its 2013 and 2014 NCAA Tournament victories.
But it also includes one from the 2015 Ivy League playoff, a grinding win over Yale at The Palestra after the Bulldogs lost on the last day of the regular season and the two rivals finished the season tied. Although they would get edged 67-65 by North Carolina to prevent its third straight season with a NCAA win the next week, it was the culmination of four straight NCAA Tournament berths and six straight 20-win campaigns.