National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Harvard 65, Yale 35
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, January 27, 2012
Where: Payne Whitney Gym, New Haven, Connecticut
Officials: # Bill McCarthy, # Tim Kelly, # Jeff Plunkett
Attendance: 2522

Laurent Rivard scored a game-high 18 points as No. 23 Harvard took sole possession of the Ivy League lead with a 65-35 victory over host Yale on Friday.

Steve Moundou-Missi finished with 10 points and five rebounds for Harvard (17-2, 3-0 Ivy), which used a 15-6 run in the final eight minutes of the first half - capped off by Corbin Miller’s 3-pointer - to build a 30-19 advantage at halftime.

The Crimson, who have won four of the last five in the series, extended the lead to 48-27 midway through the second half and led by as many as 31.

Yale (12-5, 2-1) struggled from the start and went scoreless for more than three minutes on three separate occasions, including a stretch of four minutes early in the second half that allowed the Crimson to pull away.

The Bulldogs were held to their lowest point total since scoring 36 in a loss to Cornell on Jan. 29, 2009.

Greg Mangano, Yale’s leading scorer, finished with a team-high 17 points for the Bulldogs, who lost for the first time at home and for the first time in five games overall.
Top Game Performances
 
Harvard   Yale
Laurent Rivard 18 Scoring Greg Mangano 17
Brandyn Curry 6 Assists Reggie Willhite 4
Steve Moundou-Missi 5 Rebounds Brandon Sherrod 8
Laurent Rivard 6 Free Throws Made Reggie Willhite 3
Steve Moundou-Missi 3 Steals Armani Cotton 1
Kyle Casey 1 Blocks Greg Mangano 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Harvard 65 45.3 5-13 12-14 11 28 3 10
Yale 35 31.7 2-7 7-13 10 28 2 2