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The Particulars
After four consecutive road games, Harvard returns to Lavietes Pavilion for its final two home games of the regular season. Harvard squares off against Columbia on Friday night and Cornell Saturday. Saturday’s game will mark Senior Night at Lavietes Pavilion with Evan Harris, Drew Housman and Andrew Pusar playing in their final home games.
Watch Online
Harvard home games are carried live on the web with play-by-play man Chris Villani back for a second season on the call. The game will also be streamed live and can be watched on GoCrimson.com. Click on the link at the top of this preview to register for the game.
The Promotion
On Saturday against Cornell, Harvard Athletics and Qdoba will be rewarding a Qdoba Taco Bar party to the Harvard house with the most attendees at the game. Harvard students can swipe their ID cards at the marketing table to enter their house.
The Columbia Series
Columbia leads the all-time series, 93-68, and has taken each of the last five meetings. The Lions escaped with a one-point victory two weeks ago in New York
The Last Meeting With Columbia
Kevin Bulger made a 10-foot jumper in the lane with 4.2 second left to lift Columbia to a 60-59 victory over the Crimson. Bulger missed a 15-footer from the right side with 10 second left but Harvard knocked the rebound out of bounds, giving Bulger and the Lions another opportunity.
Jeremy Lin scored nine points as the Crimson opened the second half with a 14-3 run that pushed their lead to 47-37 with 15:09 remaining but came away empty on seven straight possessions in the latter stages, allowing Columbia to edge its way back into the game. K.J Matsui had 15 points, all in the first half on 5-for-6 3-point shooting but was shut down by Drew Housman in the second half. Housman had 11 points, six assists and five rebounds.
The Cornell Series
Cornell leads the all-time series, 88-67 with the Big Red having won three of the last five meetings. Each of the past five games have had their share of dramatics. Cornell swept the series last season, stealing a last second victory at Harvard before clinching the league title at home in the next to last week of the season.
The Last Meeting With Cornell
A 23-5 first half run guided Cornell to its 10th consecutive home victory of the season and 18th straight dating to last season by a 96-75 final.
Trailing by 16 at the break, Harvard’s Drew Housman scored the first eight points of the second half to keep the Crimson in contention and a tricky fade-away from Jeremy Lin made it a 51-45 game three minutes into the half.
Cornell, utilizing a huge height advantage, scored three easy baskets inside to end the run and regain a double figure lead with 15 minutes to play. The Crimson would get no closer as Cornell maintained its advantage by shooting 62 percent from the floor.
Harvard’s Last Time Out
Despite numerous injuries and significant foul trouble, Harvard won at Penn’s Palestra for the first time the 1990-91 season on Saturday night, 66-60. The score was identical to the first meeting between the teams, won by Penn.
Drew Housman led Harvard through the first 37 minutes of play, scoring 22 points and handing out five assists while Jeremy Lin scored seven points in the last 37 seconds including a huge 3-pointer to break a tie with 35 seconds left.
Keith Wright had 13 points with 11 of them coming in the opening minutes of the game.
Penn trailed 42-33 with 12:50 left before Kevin Egee hit three 3-pointers during a 16-6 run, and the Quakers moved out to a 49-48 lead on a 3-pointer by Tyler Bernardini. Lin then hit a 3-pointer with 37 seconds left and, after Penn closed within 61-60, converted four free throws to seal the win.
Columbia’s Last Time Out
Columbia was dealt a huge blow in the league race with a 57-49 loss at Yale last Saturday. The Lions entered just one game behind Cornell for first place but left New Haven two back with four to play.
Patrick Foley led all scorers with 17 points for Columbia but Yale went on a lengthy run in the second half and rallied from a nine-point deficit to pull away in the game’s final minutes. Jason Miller added 10 points for the Lions.
Columbia led 27-25 at the half and then built a 41-32 lead with 14:03 to play in the second half. But Yale went on a 16-2 run as the Lions scored just one field goal over a 10-minute span.
Ross Morin had 12 of his points in the second half and Yale did the bulk of its scoring in the paint or on the free throw line.
Year Two At The Helm
Tommy Amaker (Duke ’87) is in his second season at Harvard. He brings a 196-173 career head coaching record into Saturday’s game, which includes a 109-83 ledger at Michigan and a 68-55 record at Seton Hall.
Amaker came to Harvard after six years as Michigan’s head coach. Inheriting a program that was reeling from institutional and NCAA sanctions, he led the Wolverines to the postseason three times, winning the 2004 NIT title, reaching the championship game of the 2006 NIT, and advancing to the second round of the 2007 tournament. The 2006-07 season was Michigan’s second straight 20-win campaign and its third in four years. The Wolverines were ranked at high as No. 20 in the nation during the 2005-06 season.
Leave It To Lin
As of the latest statistical release by the Ivy League, Jeremy Lin ranks among the Ivy League’s top 10 in every statistical category. He ranked third in scoring (18.1), ninth in rebounding (5.3), second in assists (4.3), first in steals (2.6), 10th in blocked shots (0.6), sixth in field goal percentage (.507), 10th in free throw percentage (.745), first in made FTs (114), first in FTs attempted (153), first in 3-point percentage (.429) and ninth in total blocked shots (15).
Atop The NCAA
Jeremy Lin is the only player in the country to rank among the top 10 players in his conference in points, rebounds, assists, steals, field goal percentage, 3-point accuracy, free throw shooting and blocked shots.
Streak Stoppers
Last weekend, Harvard won at Penn’s Palestra for the first time since the 1990-91 season - 18 years ago - with a 66-60 victory.
Penned In
In head coach Tommy Amaker’s first two seasons at Harvard, the Crimson has defeated Penn in consecutive seasons marking just the ninth time that has happened in program history.
The last time Harvard defeated Penn in consecutive years came in 2000-01 and 2001-02 - both wins coming at home.
Harvard has swept Penn in a season series twice (1940-41 and 1941-42). Its other consecutive season victories:
Complete Notes
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