Brown Men’s Basketball Holds Off Late Harvard Rally To Earn Road Win

Brown University Press Release

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The strong start that gave the Bears a double-digit lead highlighted Brown’s (5-12, 1-1 Ivy) 74-72 victory over Harvard (9-6, 0-2 Ivy) on Monday afternoon at Lavietes Pavilion.

The defense shined as Harvard began 1-of-15 from deep and finished 3-of-19 from three-point range, while the Bears drained eight from long distance, led by Kino Lilly Jr.‘s four.

Lilly Jr. finished with 19 points – 12 from deep – and tied Rick Lloyd for fifth in program history with 201 career three-pointers. Felix Kloman was 3-of-5 from deep for 11 points, tying his career-high for threes made (at USC). Nana Owusu-Anane collected 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, nine rebounds, three blocks, and two steals, and Aaron Cooley added three blocks.

FIRST HALF
Harvard jumped out to a lead but Brown settled down and soared to a 31-17 edge with 6:16 to go as the defense swarmed the Crimson. The Bears were plus-10 in rebounding en route to a 41-24 lead at the half, limiting Harvard to 36 percent shooting.

Lilly Jr. posted 11 points, three assists and two steals and Owusu-Anane filled up the stat sheet with 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting, six rebounds, two blocks, and two assists.

Kalu Anya went 3-of-4 and Kloman drained two triples as the senior returned to the starting lineup for the Bears.

SECOND HALF
Harvard went on a mini-run to begin the second but Malachi Ndur and Anya scored back-to-back baskets to extend the Brown lead back into double figures.

Moments later, consecutive three-pointers by Kloman and Lilly Jr. made it 55-38 Bears (12:11) as the hot shooting from long distance continued.

The Crimson rally fell short as Brown took the first of two regular-season meetings by a 74-72 score.

NEXT
The Bears return to the Pizzitola Sports Center to host Cornell on Saturday, January 20 at 2 p.m. Tickets can be purchased by visiting BrownBears.com/tickets.