BOSTON (AP) Seth Towns scored 20 points and Chris Lewis added 13 points and 10 rebounds as Harvard Crimson christened newly renovated Lavietes Pavilion with a 73-64 win over MIT Engineers in the season opener Friday night.

This is the seventh straight season Harvard has opened against MIT, and the Crimson have won all seven.

Nacho Nwana hit a pair of free throws to get the Engineers within four, 55-51 with 6:58 remaining, but Lewis threw down back-to-back dunks to push the Harvard lead to 61-53 and the Crimson held MIT at bay from the free throw line in the final minute.

Towns hit 9 of 12 from the free throw line and grabbed seven rebounds in leading Harvard. Lewis was 5 of 9 from the field while Bryce Aiken added 12 points. Harvard hit 26 of 36 from the line as a team.

Bradley Jomard led MIT with 17 points.

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