Harvard men's basketball dropped to both Princeton and Penn this weekend, extending its losing streak to five games, a slide that began with a heartbreaking loss against Princeton at home two weekends ago.

The 70-47 loss against Penn (11-15, 8-3 Ivy) and the 62-48 defeat against Princeton (13-10, 8-3) put the Crimson (12-12, 5-7) in sixth place in the Ivy standings.

Penn 70, Harvard 47

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Penn held Harvard scoreless for the first 5:20 and never relinquished the lead.

Penn shot 44 percent from the field on the night, while Harvard shot only 24 percent, including a 9-35 second half.

With Penn leading 23-5 in the middle of the first frame, the Harvard offense woke up with a run that left the score at 24-16 with 4:03 left in the first half.

In the second half, the Crimson cut Penn's 22- point lead down to 13 with 7:36 remaining before Penn took control of the game with 8-12 free-throw shooting down the stretch and a defense that limited the Crimson to only 7 points for the rest of the game.

Lamar Plummer led the Quakers with 23 points on 8-14 shooting, including a 7-11 performance from behind the three-point line.