Bison Men's Basketball Preview: Howard at Harvard

Harvard Men's Basketball Continues Homestand Friday Versus Howard

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Harvard vs. Howard Friday, Nov. 15 7:00 p.m. Lavietes Pavilion Buy Tickets -- -- Ivy League Digital Network Scott Sudikoff, Bill Spaulding WHRB 95.3 FM-Cambridge Brecka Fetzer, Zack Guzman Live Stats Harvard Game Notes

The Storyline
The Harvard men's basketball team continues its three-game homestand as it hosts Howard University in Lavietes Pavilion Friday, Nov. 15 live on the Ivy League Digital Network. Tip off is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Last Time Out
The Harvard men's basketball team opened its home schedule with a convincing 79-37 win over cross-town foe MIT on Tuesday at Lavietes Pavilion.

12 of the 13 Crimson to see minutes scored at least two points led by Wesley Saunders' 14. Zena Edosomwan chipped in 13 points with Kyle Casey adding 11 points and seven rebounds. Harvard finished the night shooting 45.5 percent (30-66) from the floor and was 15-of-21 at the line.

The bigger story for Harvard may have been its effort at the defensive end as the Crimson forced 29 MIT turnovers while registering 19 steals. The 29 turnovers forced represent a team-high under head coach Tommy Amaker, while the 19 steals are just one shy of the program's all-time record of 20. Casey, Saunders and Laurent Rivard each picked up three steals in the victory with Matt Fraschilla and Evan Cummins adding two.

Harvard scored 35 points off the MIT turnovers including 12 on the fast break. The Crimson also owned a sizeable advantage in the paint, where it outscored the Engineers, 42-16.




Noteables
• Harvard has won 13 of its last 17 games dating back to 2012-13 and is 2-0 this season.

• A win on Friday versus Howard would improve the Crimson to 3-0 to start the year for a third time under head coach Tommy Amaker.

• The Crimson is 50-4 at home dating back to 2009-10 and has won 12 straight games in Lavietes Pavilion. The team's run of dominance includes a program record 28-game home win streak that lasted more than two calendar years between Feb. 19, 2010 and Feb. 24, 2012.

• Harvard's 42-point margin of victory against MIT on Tuesday was the second largest under head coach Tommy Amaker, behind only a 94-51 triumph against Daniel Webster on Dec. 28, 2008.

• The Crimson allowed just 37 points to MIT, marking the third time under head coach Tommy Amaker that an opponent has scored fewer than 40 points (most recent at Yale, 65-35, 1/27/12).

Ivy League Digital Network
For the first time ever, all of Harvard's home games and road Ivy League contests which are not being televised will be streamed in HD quality featuring a live scoreboard, new graphics package and play-by-play commentary through the Ivy League Digital Network. Subscribers to the network can watch games both live and On-Demand on their computers, tablets or smart phones, and will have access to live and On-Demand content for all Harvard events throughout the duration of their subscription.

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