After Yale went back up by six, senior forward Graham Beatty had a personal 5-0 spurt that brought his team to within one, the closest it would get during the opening frame.

The Bulldogs followed Beatty’s baskets with an 8-1 run that spanned halftime and put them back up eight. Not to be outdone, Harvard responded with a 14-2 outburst. Beatty scored to give his team its biggest lead of the game, 41-37.

It would be over six and a half minutes until the Harvard scored again. Meanwhile, Yale put up 13 points as they looked to bury the Crimson.

Just when the game began to get out of reach, the Crimson got out of its funk. A 13-2 run gave the Crimson a one point lead, but it was not enough to prevent another painful defeat at the hands of a familiar foe. A final 2-0 run from the stripe by Bulldog center Dominick Martin, a 58 percent foul-shooter coming in, capped the scoring.

DE-FLATO-ING

Yale got a huge boost in the backcourt from an unlikely source Saturday night.

Freshman Eric Flato, playing alongside two seniors—leading scorer Edwin Draughan and captain Alex Gamboa—recorded 13 points, the fourth time this year he scored in double-digits.

His seven second-half points were crucial for the Bulldogs, who got only two total points after the intermission from their senior guards.

The second half also saw the emergence of Martin, who scored 10 of his 12 points and grabbed six of his nine rebounds after the break.

POINTS IN THE PAINT

Harvard lost at Yale for the sixth straight time...A win would have given the Crimson its first three-game win streak since the 2002-2003 season...Stehle grabbed 27 boards this weekend, while junior center Brian Cusworth grabbed 21. The duo continues to lead the Ivies in rebounding among eligible players...Giovacchini tied for a team-high four assists while Cusworth led with three blocks to remain among the league leaders in each category, respectively.

—Staff writer Gregory B. Michnikov can be reached at michnik@fas.harvard.edu.