Both sides started the game with sluggish offense. The two Harvard guards, sophomores Patrick Harvey and Elliott Prasse-Freeman, went a combined 2-of-11 from the floor in the first half, including missing all five of their three-point attempts.
The Crimson, who shot 9-of-30 (30 percent) overall in the first half, could only generate offense on the offensive glass. Harvard had eight points off nine offensive rebounds in the half.
On the other side of the ball, Yale was shooting poorly with the exception of its captain, Yanke, who scored points with ease. While the rest of the offense plodded along on 7-of-18 shooting, the 6'11 Yanke hit all five of his field goals and finished with 11 points in the first half. Yanke was trouble for his main defenders, sophomore centers Brian Sigafoos and Onnie Mayshak, who combined for five fouls in the half.
Despite Harvard's problems with Yanke, it was only down 31-27 at the half. After the break, it looked like Harvard might finally be able to take the lead when Mayshak was on the free throw line for two shots with Harvard down 36-35. But Mayshak, the team's worst free-throw shooter (36.7% going into the weekend), missed both.
Yale's Chris Leanza and Scott Gaffield then hit back-to-back threes to put the Elis up seven. Harvard would never get as close as it had and Yale went on a 22-9 run in the next eight minutes to put the game out of reach.
"Yale had very timely momentum-like shots--threes, baseline drives with fouls," Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. "Any time they sensed a lull, they were able to get over the hump with very timely baskets."
Harvard continued its abysmal shooting in the second half, going 13-of-39 (33.3 percent) from the floor. Even worse, the Crimson hit only one out of 13 three-point attempts in the second half (7.7 percent).
While Yanke, Leanza, guard Isaiah Cavaco and forward Ime Archibong would all finish with double-digit point totals, Clemente could muster only 13 and Harvey, the team's next-leading scorer, fouled out with only five points and no three-point baskets.
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