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Title Hopes Fade as M. Basketball Loses to Yale and Brown

NEW HAVEN, CT., PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- Parity is emerging in Ivy League men's basketball, but so far it isn't helping the Harvard Crimson.

Only a week after defeating defending conference champions Penn and losing a squeaker to Princeton at home, the Crimson (12-10, 5-5 Ivy) found itself regressing in the league, dropping two on the road to Brown (11-11, 5-4) and Yale (9-13, 6-3).

On Friday, in Providence, Harvard continuously shot itself in the foot with turnovers and poor rebounding in a 90-82 loss to the streaking Bears. Saturday night was more of the same, as horrific shooting and timely mistakes cost the Crimson in a 66-58 loss at Yale.

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Yale 66, Harvard 58

When these two teams met last month in Cambridge, the Bulldogs won an overtime thriller and managed to shut down Crimson forward Dan Clemente, the team's leading scorer.

On Saturday in New Haven, Yale didn't need overtime.

Instead, the Elis capitalized on the entire Crimson squad's anemic shooting and used a 22-9 run in the second half to turn the game from a nail-biter to a snoozer.

Four of Yale's starters scored double figures, including center Neil Yanke, whose 18 points led all scorers.

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