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...night after Columbia gave Harvard a sobering introduction to life without senior center Brian Cusworth, a young member of the Crimson’s frontcourt made the 1,500 fans in attendance at Lavietes Pavilion forget, at least for one game, the loss of the departed seven-footer. In a seeming Ivy League mismatch, pitting the hottest team in the circuit in Cornell, winners of four straight and seven of its last eight, against a Harvard squad that had looked awful in every facet of the game in a 90-70 loss to the Lions, Crimson sophomore forward Evan Harris...
...inauspicious beginning for the Harvard men’s basketball team on Friday night. Playing in its first game without graduated 7’0 senior center Brian Cusworth, who was the team leader in points, rebounds, and blocks, the Crimson (9-10, 2-3) was blitzed by Columbia. The Lions (11-8, 2-3) entered Lavietes Pavilion hungry for a win after losing three of their first four league games, and exited with a 90-70 blowout victory. “We knew they’d come in here tonight with their backs against the wall and angry...
Cornell (10-8, 3-1 Ivy) comes in on a hot streak, having beaten Princeton once and Columbia (10-8, 3-1 Ivy) twice in its past three games. The Big Red is lead by two outstanding freshmen, guard Louis Dale and forward Ryan Wittman. Dale is averaging 12.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.72 assists a game, all ranked second on the team. Wittman leads the team with 15.5 points a game, which also ranks fourth in the Ivy League...
Unger and sophomore Evan Harris, the other frontcourt starter, also face a difficult matchup against the Lions of Friday. Columbia has two of the better big men in the Ivy League in juniors John Baumann and Ben Nwachukwu. Baumann leads the team with 12.1 points and 6.9 rebounds a game and Nwachukwu is second in both categories, averaging 9.4 points and 5.3 boards per contest...
Last year, Harvard swept Columbia, winning 69-59 at New York and 69-64 in the season finale in Allston. The Big Red, on the other hand, took both games from the Crimson, winning 79-77 on a buzzer-beater in Ithaca, and then blowing out Harvard 71-44 at Lavietes...