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-FGAPCT  FT-FTA  PCT  REB-AVG  AST  ST L  PTS  AVG Mike Gielen  20  97-251  .386  59-147  . 401  46-54  .852  61-3.1  84  52299  15.0 Ralph James  14  71-175  .406  19-45  .42 2  38-57  .667  73-5.2  24  13   199  14.2 Ron Mitchell  20  92-188  .489  0-6  .0 00  55-78  .705  132-6.6  30  14239  12.0 Neil Phillips  19  70-183  .383  18-61   .295  38-55  .691  77-4.1  36  27196  10.3 Fred Schernecker  18  47-115  .409  9-29.310  33-55  .600  87-4.8  18  13   136  7.6 Mal Hollensteiner  20  43-97  .443  0-0.000  19-32  .594  85-4.3  7  7105  5.3 Dana Smith  20  24-73  .329  1-5  .20027-35  .771  27-1.4  63  26  76< Tab>3.8 Tedd Evers  9  11-33  .333  4-10  .4007-12  .583  10-1.1  7  5  333.7 Eric Carter  14  14-25  .560  0-0  .000< Tab>14-25  .560  22-1.6  2  3  423.0 Mike Minor  4  3-8  .375  0-0  .000   5-6  .883  6-1.5  2  0  11  2.8 Ian Smith  5  4-15  .267  0-1  .0004-6  .667  9-1.8  7  2  12  2.4 Brian Mackey  9  7-13  .538  3-6  .5003-4  .750  4-0.4  0  0  20  2. 2 David Lang  7  3-9  .333  0-0  .000  4 -6  .667  7-1.0  1  3  10  1.4 Scott Gilly  17  9-40  .225  2-8  .2504-9  .444  21-1.2  18  13  241.4 Steve Bowsher  3  0-1  .000  0-0  .0001-0.3  0  0  0  0.0 HARVARD  20  495-1226  .404  11 5-318  .362  297-434  .684  751-37.6299  178  1402  70.1 Opponents  20  547-1179  .464   95-230  .413  336-508  .661  872-43.6< Tab>299  150  1525  76.3 Red Scare

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