Men's Basketball Weekend Wrap-Up for Jan. 28-29

Harvard's Keith Wright

An intriguing first full Ivy weekend in men's basketball saw Harvard remain and Princeton and Penn become undefeated in League play. Check out this weekend's wrap-up:

Princeton 78, Brown 60 [Verizon FiOS 1]
Princeton Postgame Release | Brown Postgame Release
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Kareem Maddox's 15 points and career-high 14 rebounds led the Princeton men's basketball team as it powered past Brown 78-60 to open the Ivy League season Friday night at Jadwin Gym.

Dartmouth 64, Cornell 57
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HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth held visiting Cornell to a paltry four field goals in the first half — all from three-point range — then held on to defeat the Big Red at Leede Arena on Friday night, 64-57.

Harvard 77, Columbia 66
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Four Harvard men's basketball players scored in double figures, as the Crimson outscored Columbia, 44-34, in the second half to emerge with a 77-66 victory Friday evening at Lavietes Pavilion.

Penn 66, Yale 58 [The Comcast Network] [SIRIUS]
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PHILADELPHIA -- A year ago, the Penn men's basketball team went into New Haven to open up the Ivy League portion of its season. The Bulldogs scored the game's first 11 points, and the Quakers never recovered in taking the loss. On Friday night at The Palestra, it was Penn who got out to the quick start on Yale, again in the Quakers' Ivy opener. And while the Bulldogs fought back and made the game competitive for almost the entire second half, they never led in a game that Penn ultimately won, 66-58.

Harvard 78, Cornell 57
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard men's basketball team won its 13th straight game at home and improved to 10-0 at Lavietes Pavilion on the season, as the Crimson held off Cornell, 78-57, before a sold out home crowd of 2,195 Saturday evening.

Princeton 67, Yale 63
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- For the fourth straight year, the Princeton men's basketball team has won its first two Ivy League games. This year, the first-weekend sweep came with a 67-63 win over Yale Saturday night at Jadwin Gym.

Penn 80, Brown 78 (ot)
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PHILADELPHIA -- It is common in sports parlance to say that, when a visiting team emerges from a tight game with a win, they "escaped" from the home team's venue with a win. Well, on Saturday night at The Palestra, it was the home team that did the escaping. The team in question -- the Penn men's basketball team -- defeated Brown, 80-78, in overtime.

Columbia 66, Dartmouth 45 [SIRIUS]
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HANOVER, N.H. -- After the game was tied at 25 at halftime, Columbia outscored Dartmouth 41-20 in the second half on its way to a 66-45 win over the Big Green at Leede Arena on Saturday night.