PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Wesley Saunders scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Ivy League leader Harvard defeated Brown 65-47 Friday night.
It was the seventh straight victory for the Crimson (16-7, 8-1) over the Bears (9-14, 3-6), including 89-82 in two overtimes on Feb. 2.
Harvard exploited 14 first-half turnovers by Brown to gain control. The Crimson led 26-9 before the Bears rallied in the final 2:51 of the half to trail 29-18 at the break. Siyani Chambers, who finished with 14 points for Harvard, had four first-half steals.
Brown got to within six, 39-33, with 10:29 remaining, but a jumper by Christian Webster, a free throw by Steve Moundou-Missi and a dunk by Saunders gave Harvard an 11-point lead.
Neither team was effective behind the 3-point line. Harvard made 2 of 12 and Brown just 1 of 14.
Cedric Kuakumensah led the Bears with 11 points and Sean McGonagill added 10.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Harvard (16-7) « | 29 | 36 | 65 |
| Brown (9-14) | 18 | 29 | 47 |
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| Harvard Crimson | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Saunders, F | 37 | 7-11 | 5-13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| K. Smith, F | 14 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| L. Rivard, G | 38 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Chambers, G | 37 | 4-10 | 5-6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| C. Webster, G | 37 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Moundou-Missi | 23 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Travis | 10 | 1-1 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Nesbitt | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Okolie | 2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 21-48 | 21-37 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 65 | |
| 43.8% | 56.8% | ||||||
| Brown Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Maia, F | 31 | 3-6 | 3-8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| T. Halpern, F | 29 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| C. Kuakumensah, F | 18 | 4-8 | 3-5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| S. McGonagill, G | 33 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| M. Sullivan, G | 33 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Albrecht | 27 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| T. Ponticelli | 16 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Sharkey | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Schmidt | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-43 | 14-23 | 34 | 6 | 24 | 47 | |
| 37.2% | 60.9% | ||||||
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