MIT Engineers at Harvard Crimson
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Towns, Lewis help Harvard top MIT, 73-64 in season opener
This is the seventh straight season Harvard has opened against MIT, and the Crimson have won all seven.
Nacho Nwana hit a pair of free throws to get the Engineers within four, 55-51 with 6:58 remaining, but Lewis threw down back-to-back dunks to push the Harvard lead to 61-53 and the Crimson held MIT at bay from the free throw line in the final minute.
Towns hit 9 of 12 from the free throw line and grabbed seven rebounds in leading Harvard. Lewis was 5 of 9 from the field while Bryce Aiken added 12 points. Harvard hit 26 of 36 from the line as a team.
Bradley Jomard led MIT with 17 points.
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 64 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Christian Juzang Defensive Rebound. | 64 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Christien Williams missed Two Point Tip Shot. | 64 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Christien Williams Offensive Rebound. | 64 - 73 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Hamilton Forsythe missed Layup. | 64 - 73 |
Statistics
 MIT |
 HARV |
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|---|---|---|
| 22-54 | FG | 21-51 |
| 40.7 | Field Goal % | 41.2 |
| 7-19 | 3PT | 5-18 |
| 36.8 | Three Point % | 27.8 |
| 13-21 | FT | 26-36 |
| 61.9 | Free Throw % | 72.2 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 9 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 13 | Assists | 10 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 19 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 12 | Points Off Turnovers | 22 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 26 |
| 28 | Fouls | 22 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 11 |
Game Information
Lavietes Pavilion
Location: Cambridge, MA
Attendance: 1,472 | Capacity:
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