Two Ivy League rivals take the court on Friday in Ithaca, New York at Newman Arena, when the Harvard Crimson (12-8, 3-4 Ivy) visit the Cornell Big Red (17-4, 6-1 Ivy). Harvard defeated Dartmouth 77-59 last Saturday and the Crimson have won two of the last three but are four games behind first place Yale in the Ivy League standings. Cornell was defeated by Yale 80-78 last Saturday snapping a seven-game winning streak for the Big Red. Cornell was knocked out of the first place with Yale when losing to the Bulldogs. Harvard and Cornell do not have any players listed on their injury reports.
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Harvard is scoring an average of 71.7 points per game which is only 246th in the country. Harvard is shooting 45.4% (140th) overall and 34.4% (159th) from 3-point land. Harvard is shooting just 68.7% from the free throw line which is 289th. Malik Mack is leading Harvard in scoring with an average of 18.7 points per game and Chisom Okpara is the second leading scorer with an average of 16.6 points per game. Harvard has one other player averaging double figures in scoring. Mack is the leader in assists with an average of 4.7 dishes per game.
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Harvard's defense is allowing an average of 71.2 points per game which is 164th in the country. Harvard is allowing opponents to shoot 42.5% (119th) overall and 32.2% (103rd) from three point land. Harvard is averaging 34.9 rebounds per game led by Okpara with an average of 5.2 boards per contest. Okpara is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 0.8 per game and Mack is the leader in steals with an average of 1.2 per game.
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