Gamecenter: Princeton 43, Harvard 50

	1st	2nd	Final
Princeton (11-14, 2-9 Ivy)	21	22	43
Harvard (11-15, 4-8 Ivy)	12	38	50


Lavietes Pavilion – Allston, MA	Boxscore

Postgame audio Princeton: Joe Scott Harvard: Frank Sullivan

Keys to the Game
Key sequence	Princeton held Harvard without a field goal for the final 16:49 of the first half and the first 1:36 of the second half (a field goal drought totalling 18:25), leading 23-12 shortly after halftime. But Drew Housman hit a jumper, Jim Goffredo followed suit on the next possession, and Andrew Pusar did likewise the next trip down to make it a five-point game. Housman made it a one-possession game a minute later with a fastbreak layup, and following a string of turnovers, Housman came up with a steal and took it the other way for a layup and foul that led to a three-point play, tying the game at 23. As he did in the previous game, Housman drove through the Princeton defense, getting back-to-back layups, the second of which capped off a run of 15 unanwered points and gave Harvard a 27-23 lead with 11:57 left.
Key sign it was over	Two Justin Conway free throws cut Harvard’s lead to 36-33 with 3:55 left, and following a five-second call on the Crimson, Luke Owings had a good look at a potential tying three-pointer, but it bounced off the rim. Housman added two free throws, and Marcus Schroeder missed a layup. At the other end, Jim Goffredo stuck a big jumper for a 40-33 Harvard advantage with just 2:13 remaining. Conway went 1-for-2 at the line, but Jeremy Lin was perfect on two attempts to make it an eight-point game with 2:00 left to play. Schroeder and Pusar traded buckets, but Pusar came up with a steal and Housman converted two free throws for a double-digit lead with 62 ticks on the clock.
Key performance	Housman was the only Crimson player in double figures scoring-wise with 20 points — 17 of which came after halftime. He followed up his strong effort down at Princeton two weeks ago, shooting 6 of 7 from the floor in the second half, with the only miss coming on a three-point attempt.
Key statistic	After scoring only 12 points on 3-of-19 (15.8 percent) shooting in the first half, the Crimson shot 13 of 19 (68.4 percent) in the second 20 minutes — and a perfect 12-for-12 from the line — en route to 38 second-half points.

Notes

– Schroeder was the only Tiger to reach double digits in scoring with 10 points, while Conway finished with nine points and eight rebounds.

– The loss was Princeton’s ninth in the league, ensuring the worst Ivy record in program history.

– While Harvard was enduring its field goal dry spell, Princeton went on a 19-4 run that stretched over most of the first half.

– The Crimson missed all seven three-point attempts on the evening, though the Tigers weren’t much better, finishing just 4 of 18 (22.2 percent) from outside the arc.

– Harvard outscored Princeton 10-2 in fastbreak points.

– The Tigers return home for the final three games of the season, hosting Brown (10-17, 4-7 Ivy) on Friday, March 2. The Crimson finishes out the season away from home, traveling to Cornell (14-12, .

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