The long road of the Ivy League men's basketball season becomes even longer this weekend for Harvard as it hits the freeways to play Cornell and Columbia in this, the third-to-last weekend of league play.
The Crimson (8-12 overall, 4-4 Ivy), mired in a tie for fourth place with Yale, trails league-leader Princeton by two-and-a-half games.
Harvard plays Cornell (5-14,2-6) tonight at 7:30 p.m., and then travels immediately after the game to New York, to prepare for its showdown with the Lions (7-13, 3-5) in Levien Gymnasium tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m.
The Crimson swept the Big Red and Columbia January 13-14 at Briggs Cage in its only Ivy weekend sweep of this season.
In other Ivy action this weekend, Dartmouth (6-2 Ivy) also plays at Cornell and Columbia while Brown (2-6) and Yale (4-4) travel to Penn (4-3) and Princeton (6-1). Harvard Men's Basketball 8-12 Overall, 4-4 Ivy
Individual Statistics Player G FG-FGA PCT 3PT-FGA Starting Lineup F--Shawn Maharaj (6-ft., 3-in.) F-Mike Pascal (6-ft., 5-in.) C-Bernard Jackson (6-ft., 9-in.) G-Josh Wexler (6-ft., 1-in.) G-Monte Boykin (6-ft., 1-in.) Statistical Leaders Scoring Steve Johnson, 9. 4 Maharaj, 9.0 Pascal, 8.9 Rebounding Pascal, 6.2 Assists Wexler, 3.1 Columbia Blue Starting Lineup F-Russell Steward (6-ft., 6-in.) F-Eric Speaker (6-ft., 4-in.) C-Dane Holmes (6-ft., 8-in.) G-Matt Shannon (6-ft., 2-in.) G-Tony Chiles (5-ft., 1 1-in.) Statistical Leaders Scoring Holmes, 13.9 Shannon, 12.8 Speaker, 9.6 Rebounding Holmes, 6.5 Assists Chiles, 3.1
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