Yale got out to an early lead and lead 17-13 with 9:17 to go in the first half. The Crimson then started to vary its defense, playing much more zone than it had since the start of the game.
"Yale was in a great rhythm offensively against our man-to-man defense." Sullivan said. "I thought that we were using up too much energy so we switched to zone defense."
Yale couldn't find an answer to Harvard's 1-2-2 zone the rest of the night.
In the last 9:17 of the first half, Yale scored a total of seven points to Harvard's 14. Junior guard/forward Bryan Parker hit a three with two seconds to go in the half to give the Crimson the lead for good.
Whatever halftime adjustments the Bulldog coaching staff made to attack Harvard's zone, they couldn't have been very inspired. Harvard put up a 28-7 run over the first 11:42 of the half.
Yale tried to mount a comeback near the end of the game, scoring 19 points over the last 9:07 but the Crimson lead proved too much for the Elis, and the outcome was never in doubt over that span.
Harvard 70, Brown 63
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