With a few minutes left in the Penn-Brown game, it looked like the winner would have a great shot of challenging Cornell for the title.
The Big Red were surprisingly down, as Harvard used a 19-5 run to build a nine-point second-half lead. The Crimson were still on top by that margin with seven minutes left, and maintained a five-point advantage with under 30 seconds to go after a Jeremy Lin three.
But everything that could have gone wrong for the home side did.
Cornell’s Alex Tyler connected on a shot that cut the deficit to 71-68 with 25 seconds left. Then on a long inbounds pass, Lin fell out of bounds (without a foul call) to give it right back. The Big Red gave the ball right back to their big man, as Tyler scored again, getting a goaltend from Evan Harris.
The Harris tried to inbound the ball, but was whistled for a five-second call. Cornell, with under 10 seconds to go, used a screen and misdirection to find Tyler open under the basket to finally re-take the lead, 72-71. Drew Housman’s bid to win the game for Harvard missed, and Cornell’s undefeated record (7-0) remains intact. Box score
Meanwhile, the Quakers were left at 3-3 after the loss, and a long way away from a fourth-straight title. It’s still possible, though, but if the Red and Blue lose tonight to Yale, they are finished.
Wondering why tonight’s game is at 6 p.m.? It’s on ESPN Classic. I kept seeing advertisemnets for tonght’s doubleheader (Villanova plays St. Johns, and yes it is also a national broadcast) in between watching Cheap Seats and old Duke-Maryland games. You won’t find Classic in the Quad, but Comcast cable off-campus gets it, and it’s in my appartment on Hotwire cable. Yes, that’s actually the name of my cable company, and yes it’s real ghetto.
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February 18th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
You didnt really say “its real ghetto” did you?
Not cool….totally not cool
You can do better