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Gamecenter: Brown 46, Dartmouth 58

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Key sequence: A 6-0 Brown run capped a comeback that saw the Bears trim a 13-point Dartmouth lead to 45-43 with 3:35 remaining. Then the roof collapsed on Brown. A blown defensive assignment allowed Cal Arnold to waltz down the right side for a wide-open layup. After a missed Brown three-pointer, Mike Lang drove the lane for Dartmouth for a bucket. Another miss by Brown and it was Lang feeding Dan Biber with a sweet pass-back for a hoop. Following an airballed three by Brown, Lang dove to the floor to collect a loose ball, saved possession with a time out, and then made the heads-up play count by hitting a pair of free throws at the other end. Four possessions and an 8-0 run without a miss gave Dartmouth a 53-43 lead with 53 seconds left.

Gamecenter: Princeton 76, Cornell 68 (2OT)

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Key sequence: Cornell led by nine with under three minutes left when 5-9 Scott Greenman put back his own miss to cut the Tiger deficit to seven. Ryan Rourke airballed a three-pointer, then fouled Noah Savage shooting a three-pointer at the other end. Savage hit two of three free throws to make it a five-point game. After Graham Dow lost the ball in transition, Savage then drilled a 27-footer to cut Cornell’s lead to just two. Adam Gore couldn’t get a jumper to fall, and Andrew Naeve’s tip hanged on the rim before rolling off. Justin Conway missed a wide-open three-pointer, and Lenny Collins was fouled, hitting both free throws with 33.4 seconds left to put Cornell up four. Greenman found Conway for a layup to bring the Tigers back to within two, then Princeton fouled Rourke with 13.2 seconds on the clock. The Cornell forward hit the first free throw, but the second free throw spun out. At the other end, Greenman hit a 24-foot three-pointer with 1.1 seconds left to finish off a 12-3 run to end regulation and send the game to overtime.

Gamecenter: Penn 57, Columbia 59

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Key sequence: Ibby Jaaber found Steve Danley for a layup that gave the Quakers a 57-54 lead with 4:42 left in the contest. These would be the last points Penn would score. Despite turnovers on its next two possessions, the lead was still three when Eric Osmundson missed a layup with just under three minutes left. Brian Grandieri fouled John Baumann at the other end, and the Columbia forward hit both free throws to make it a one-point game. The two teams traded misses on the next four possessions, but Columbia grabbed its second miss in that span, and Zoller fouled Ben Nwachukwu. The former Penn recruiting prospect hit one of two at the line to tie the game at 57 inside the final minute. Zoller was called for a charge at the other end — his fifth foul — and Columbia had the ball with the shot clock off and a chance to win. Mack Montgomery missed a jumper, but Nwachukwu got the tip to fall to give the Lions a 59-57 lead with one second left.

Gamecenter: Brown 79, Harvard 66

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Key sequence: Harvard’s Drew Housman hit a three-pointer with 13:47 left to pull the Crimson to within 48-35. However, after the basket, Crimson forward Matt Stehle was assessed a technical foul for throwing the basketball at a Brown player, hitting him in the stomach. Damon Huffman hit both technical free throws, then Chris Skrelja hit a jumper for a four-point possession. A frustrated Stehle missed a three-point attempt, then Skrelja showed him how it was done at the other end to cap off a 7-0 run in 53 seconds for the Bears that left them with a 20-point lead an 11:49 left.

Gamecenter: Yale 64, Dartmouth 72

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Key sequence: With Yale holding a 41-35 lead, Dartmouth went on a 15-5 run fueled by three-pointers and three-point plays. Mike Lang got things started with a no-conscience bomb from in front of the Big Green bench. After a pair of Yale turnovers without a shot, Leon Pattman came off a screen and drained a shot from just inside the arc and added a foul shot for an old-fashioned 3-point play and a 41-41 tie. Yale responded with a triple from Nick Holmes, only to have Alex Barnett can a three for Dartmouth to tie the game again. The Big Green’s Brian McMillan and Yale’s Sam Kaplan traded baskets before Pattman was fouled on a made three-pointer from the right side and converted the free throw for a 50-46 lead. For good measure, after a Kaplan hoop, Pattman knocked down still another three-pointer.