It'll be difficult for the Harvard men's basketball team to match its performance from last weekend.

The Crimson hosted long-time Ivy powerhouses Penn and Princeton, and was able to beat Penn at Lavietes Pavilion before falling to Princeton on a last-second chuck from behind the arc.

Harvard (12-8, 5-3 Ivy) will need to keep its focus, however, as the it rolls into games against Brown and Yale this weekend. Harvard will look to ride the boost of momentum that it got from last weekend's series in Providence.

The Bears (9-11, 3-4), are riding their own wave of success as well. Brown crushed Ivy doormat Cornell, 85-52, on Saturday, and eeked by Columbia, 60-59, the night before.

Bears sophomore point guard Earl Hunt did it all against the Big Red. The Ivy's leading scorer (19.5 ppg) dropped 18 points on Cornell, on 8-for-11 shooting from the field. His 11 rebounds represented the difference in total boards between the two teams.

Shooting 64 percent from the field in the second half, the Bears did not let up on the Big Red after storming out to a 11-0 lead after the initial tip.

The previous night, Brown junior Jesse Wood hit three free throws with one second remaining to push Brown past Columbia.

Brown has won six of seven at Pizzitola Pavilion this season, and currently occupies fifth place in the conference. Harvard took it to the Bears in the last meeting between the teams, beating them 91-69, as Crimson captain Dan Clemente exploded for 26 points and the defense held Brown to 25 percent shooting from the field in the second half.