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Men's Basketball Weekend Wrap-Up for Feb. 25-26
Yale shakes up the top of the standings with its upset of
Harvard while Princeton holds off Columbia to move to the top spot.
Check out this weekend's wrap-up:
Harvard 74, Brown 68 [SIRIUS]
Harvard Postgame Release | Brown Postgame Release
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Oliver
McNally tallied a team-high 20 points to lead the Harvard
men's basketball team to a 74-68 win at Brown, as the Crimson
overcame an 11-point deficit to the Bears at halftime.
Penn 64, Columbia 54 [The Comcast Network]
Penn Postgame Release | Columbia Postgame Release
PHILADELPHIA -- The Penn men's
basketball team won the opening tip against Columbia on Friday
night. Almost immediately, Zack
Rosen hit a three-point shot. That was a theme
throughout the night. Rosen simply controlled Friday night's game,
scoring 17 points and dishing off nine assists with just three
turnovers. Following his lead, Penn never trailed in gaining a
64-54 win over the Lions at The Palestra.
Princeton 84, Cornell 66 [Verizon FiOS 1]
Princeton Postgame Release | Cornell Postgame Release
PRINCETON, N.J. -- With its best
shooting game in six years, the Princeton men's basketball team
bounced back from its first Ivy League loss with an 84-66 win over
Cornell Friday night at Jadwin Gym.
Yale 79, Dartmouth 75 (ot)
Yale Postgame Release | Dartmouth Postgame Release
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Porter
Braswell led four players in double figures with 19 points
to lead Yale to a thrilling 79-75 overtime victory over Dartmouth
at the John J. Lee Amphitheater.
Brown 100, Dartmouth 79
Brown Postgame Release | Dartmouth Postgame Release
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Playing the final
home game of his career, Brown senior guard Adrian Williams scored
a season high 26 points with seven treys to lead the Bears to a
100-76 Ivy League win over Dartmouth at the Pizzitola Sports
Center.
Princeton 66, Columbia 61
Princeton Postgame Release | Columbia Postgame Release
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Senior Dan
Mavraides made all four of his field goal tries in the
last six minutes and classmate Kareem Maddox led
the Princeton men's basketball team with 20 points Saturday night
as the Tigers closed out a perfect home season with a 66-61 win
over Columbia.
Yale 70, Harvard 69
Yale Postgame Release | Harvard Postgame Release
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Jeremiah
Kreisberg's layup with 41 seconds left off a perfect feed
from Reggie Willhite lifted Yale to a thrilling
70-69 victory over Harvard before a raucous crowd of 2,249 at the
John J. Lee Amphitheater..
Cornell 74, Penn 72 [SIRIUS]
Cornell Postgame Release | Penn Postgame Release
PHILADELPHIA -- Senior Mark
Coury hit a 10-foot jumper on an inbounds play as the shot
clock expired with 35 seconds left and Cornell held on for a 74-72
victory over Penn on Saturday evening at The Palestra.
