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Harvard men’s basketball stormed back from a late second-half 16-point deficit to make it a one- possession game in the final 80 seconds, but Brown hung on for a 74-72 Martin Luther King Jr. Day victory at Lavietes Pavilion.
Brown’s first Ancient Eight win of the year puts Bruno (5-12, 1-1 Ivy) in a tie with Penn for fourth place, while winless Harvard (9-6, 0-2) finds itself at the bottom of the standings with Columbia and Dartmouth.
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George Clark brings us the audio of Princeton men’s basketball’s postgame press conference after the team’s 89-58 win over Harvard in their Ivy League opener at Jadwin Gym Saturday. Sophomore guard Xaivian Lee dominated with 33 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Tigers. Coach Mitch Henderson and Zach Martini joined Lee at the presser to reflect on Princeton’s win:
Malik Mack, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week and the conference’s leading scorer, put up a career-high 32 points as Harvard men’s basketball came back late at Massachusetts and outlasted the Minutemen for a 76-71 overtime win Friday evening.
With the hard-fought victory, Harvard started the year 4-0, the first time the team swept its opening quartet of games since the 2013-14 season. The streak ended early Saturday night as the Crimson fell to Boston College, 73-64.