"If they pressed us, we were going to ram it down their throat, and we did all that," Roby said about the Long Beach St. game. "We were going to challenge their guards, even though we were seven inches smaller. We did all that and we came up short and that's frustrating. These guys need to be rewarded for doing things the way we want them to do so that they can really be convinced that what we're asking them to do is going to allow us to win our league."

And the only rewards come on the scoreboard.

49ers, 81-77 at Long Beach, Calif. HARVARD  35-35-7--77 Long Beach St.  31-39-11--81

HARVARD (77): Tyler Rullman 2-8 2-2 7; Ralph James 7-21 5-7 20; Ron Mitchell 6-9 2-2 14; Tarik Campbell 4-8 3-6 11; Matt McClain 3-6 0-0 6; Peter Condakes 5-11 1-2 15; Jabbar Abdi 0-1 0-0 1; Anikar Chhabra 2-2 0-0 4.

Totals: 29-66 13-19 77

LONG BEACH ST. (81): Kevin Cutler 9-13 5-6 23; Bryon Russell 0-3 1-2 1; Frankie Edwards 2-6 3-6 7; Kenny Jarvis 1-8 0-0 2; Lucious Harris 10-21 6-10 28; Bobby Sears 0-2 0-0 0; Ronnie Winbush 3-7 2-3 10; Troy Joseph 3-8 4-10 10; Chris Tower 0-4 0-0 0; Adam Henderson 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals: 28-72 21-37 81

Three-pointers: Condakes 4, Rullman, James; Harris 2, Winbush 2. Fouled Out: James, Mitchell. Rebounds: Harvard 39 (Mitchell 9); Long Beach St. 55 (Joseph 14). Assists: Harvard 18 (Campbell 14); Long Beach St. 14 (Jarvis, Harris 4). Steals: Harvard 6 (Campbell, McClain 2); Long Beach St. 9 (Harris 6). Blocks: Harvard 1 (James); Long Beach St. 5 (Cutler 2). Total Fouls: Harvard 25; Long Beach St. 18. Turnovers: Harvard 19; Long Beach St. 17.

Attendance: 1626.

Red Raiders, 76-75 at Hamilton, N.Y. HARVARD  30-45--75 Colgate  27-49--76

HARVARD (77): Tarik Campbell 1-3 0-3 2; Tyler Rullman 9-17 3-4 22; Peter Condakes 0-6 6-7 6; Matt McClain 9-16 1-1 19; Ron Mitchell 3-7 13-15 19; David Lapointe 0-0 1-2 1; Jabbar Abdi 1-3 0-0 2; Mike Minor 2-3 0-0 4.

Totals: 25-54 24-32 75

Colgate (81): Dave Goodwin 4-7 4-4 14; Jim Cook 0-2 0-0 0; Devin Hughes 5-11 6-7 17; Jack Ehretsman 3-7 4-4 10; Jay Armstrong 6-11 0-0 12; Hasan Brown 1-1 0-3 3; Brennan Lothery 1-1 2-2 4; Jack Ruppert 0-0 0-0 0; Jason Whatley 1-1 0-0 2; Jonathan Stone 6-12 2-2 14; Steve Benton 0-1 0-0 0.

Totals: 27-56 18-22 76

Three-pointers: Rullman; Goodwin 2, Hughes. Fouled Out: Armstrong. Rebounds: Harvard 38 (Mitchell 15); Colgate 27 (Stone 6). Assists: Harvard 7 (Campbell 5); Colgate 5 (Goodwin, Ehretsman, Armstrong, Brown, Stone). Steals: Harvard 6 (Mitchell, Campbell 2); Colgate 11 (Ehretsman 5). Blocks: Harvard 1 (Mitchell); Colgate 2 (Whatley 2). Total Fouls: Harvard 17; Colgate 23; Turnovers: Harvard 15; Colgate 10.