Harvard visits Brown after Kirkwood's 27-point showing

Published Feb. 4, 2022 1:22 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Harvard Crimson (10-7, 2-3 Ivy League) at Brown Bears (10-12, 2-5 Ivy League)

Boston; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

LINE: Brown -4; over/under is 140

BOTTOM LINE: Harvard plays the Brown Bears after Noah Kirkwood scored 27 points in Harvard's 78-74 loss to the Pennsylvania Quakers.

The Bears are 4-4 in home games. Brown scores 71.9 points while outscoring opponents by 3.5 points per game.

The Crimson have gone 2-3 against Ivy League opponents. Harvard is fifth in the Ivy League shooting 34.8% from deep. Tyler Simon leads the Crimson shooting 100% from 3-point range.

The teams play for the second time in conference play this season. The Bears won the last meeting 84-73 on Jan. 8. Kino Lilly Jr. scored 23 points points to help lead the Bears to the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tamenang Choh is scoring 14.2 points per game with 8.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists for the Bears. Lilly is averaging 13.1 points and 1.4 rebounds while shooting 43.3% over the last 10 games for Brown.

Luka Sakota is shooting 45.2% from beyond the arc with 2.1 made 3-pointers per game for the Crimson, while averaging 11.3 points. Kirkwood is averaging 16.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.8 steals over the past 10 games for Harvard.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bears: 2-8, averaging 69.9 points, 30.2 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 7.1 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.2 points per game.

Crimson: 5-5, averaging 70.9 points, 31.3 rebounds, 12.1 assists, 7.1 steals and 1.9 blocks per game while shooting 42.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 71.0 points.

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