Pictured: Keith Wright and the Crimson host the
Rice Owls on Wednesday night.
The Particulars
Harvard hosts the Rice University Owls Wednesday night at Lavietes
Pavilion in the back end of a doubleheader with the Harvard women
hosting Holy Cross. The men's tipoff is slated for 8:15.
Follow at Home
All Harvard home basketball games will feature live
streaming audio and video. Fans can visit the Multimedia
page to purchase a single game event or a season pass.
The real-time broadcast includes play-by-play commentary from Chris
Villani. Select road games will also be available and regularly
announced on GoCrimson.com.
The Promotions
One ticket is good for entry to both games Wednesday
night. Fans are encouraged to attend the women's game against Holy
Cross and stay for the men's game.
Entertainment: Cheerleading, Dance Team, Marketing
Music
Anthem: Marketing
Game Promotion: SAAC Holiday Can Drive
In-Game Promotions
First Half- Trivia
Halftime- Youth Team scrimmage
Second Half- Hot Shot Contest, Prize Pack Drawing
Live Statistics
All Harvard home basketball games will feature live game
statistics. Fans can visit the Live Stats
page to follow along on their computer.
Series History
The teams met last season for the first time in Texas and
Rice will be making its first trip to Cambridge after winning a
close game a year ago.
The Last Meeting
Last year, Rodney Foster scored 18 points, including seven in the
final 40 seconds, as Rice rallied to defeat Harvard 67-63.
Harvard led 56-45 before Rice went on a 14-1 run to
take a 59-57 lead with 2:44 left. After Harvard regained the lead,
Foster hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left and then made four key
free throws.
Lucas Kuipers had a double-double with 14 points
and 10 rebounds. Foster was 4-of-7 from the field. Connor Frizzelle
added 11 points for Rice.
Peter Boehm led Harvard with 23 points and Jeremy
Lin scored 17 with six rebounds and five assists while the Crimson
made 14 3-pointers.
Harvard led 29-28 at the half but Rice drew 28
fouls and went to the free throw line 29 times.
Harvard's Last Time
Out
Jeremy Lin scored 19 points and Harvard rallied in the
second half to take a 78-70 over Boston University on Sunday.
BU led by as many nine points in the second half,
but behind Lin, the Crimson cut into the lead and went ahead 65-64
on his 3-pointer with 4:30 left in the game.
Lin dominated a 4-minute stretch, scoring 12
consecutive points for Harvard, which led 72-66 on his free throw
with 57 seconds remaining.
Lin was 5-for-11 from the field, 7-for-8 from the
free throw line and had four assists, four rebounds, four steals
and two blocks.
BU trailed by as many as 13 points in the first
half before tying the score at 36 on John Holland's layup with
18:35 left.
Oliver McNally added 13 points for Harvard.
Rice's Last Time Out
Texas' Dexter Pittman scored 21 points, leading No. 3
Texas to a 77-59 win Sunday as the Longhorns held off a second-half
Rice rally before pulling away in the final minutes.
The Longhorns went to the free-throw line 46 times,
making 31 as three Rice players fouled out and four more finished
with four fouls as the Owls got hit with 33 fouls in all.
Rice was led by Braimoh Suleiman's 12 points (6-9
FG) while center Trey Stanton had 10 (4-9 FG).
Harvard Coach Tommy
Amaker
Tommy Amaker (Duke '87) begins his third season as head
coach of the Harvard men's basketball team. He registered his 200th
career coaching victory Nov. 13 in the 2009-10 season opener at
Holy Cross.
He brings a 204-175 career head coaching record
into the game, including a 109-83 record at Michigan at a 68-55
record at Seton Hall.
Amaker came to Harvard after a six year stint as
Michigan's head coach. Inheriting a program that was reeling from
institutional and NCAA sanctions, he led the Wolverines to the
postseason three times, winning the 2004 NIT title, reaching the
championship game of the 2006 NIT, and advancing to the second
round of the 2007 tournament. The 2006-07 season was Michigan's
second straight 20-win campaign and its third in four years. The
Wolverines were ranked as high as No. 20 in the nation during the
2005-06 season.
Second Half
Jeremy Lin scored 12 straight Harvard points in a span of
four minutes Sunday at BU as he scored 16 of his game-high 19
points in the second half.
Against Holy Cross (11/13), Lin scored 19 of his
game-high 24 points after halftime
Streak Stoppers
Harvard's 78-70 win at Boston University marked the first
Harvard victory at BU since the 1975 season - a streak of 34 years.
Harvard has stopped numerous streaks and gained
several "firsts"under Tommy Amaker, including:
-Program's first win over a nationally-ranked team
with an 82-70 win at #17 Boston College in 2008-09.
-Program's first win over a BCS program with a
62-51 win over Michigan in 2007-08.
-Program's first Top 25 recruiting class by ESPN in
2008-09.
-Program's first win at Penn since 1989-90 season
with a win at The Palestra in 2008-09.
-Program's first win at Yale since 1998-99 season
with a win at the Lee Amphitheater in 2008-09.
-Ivy League-best seven road victories in 2008-09.
-Program's first weekend sweep of Penn-Princeton
since 1986-87 - and third-ever- in 2007-08.
Boston Tri-Party
Jeremy Lin has played well against his Boston-area
neighbors, averaging 21.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 4.3
steals and 2.3 blocks in his last three games against Boston
College, Boston University and Northeastern while shooting
24-for-41 (.585) from the floor.
Expanded out to include nereby rival Holy Cross,
Lin has averaged 22 points and 6.3 assists in his last four games
against those four opponents.
Buzzer Beater
Jeremy Lin has hit three buzzer-beating baskets this
season so far. He connected from 30 feet away at the buzzer for a
3-pointer in triple overtime to give Harvard an 87-85 win over
William & Mary;
He also connected at the end of the first half for
3-pointers against Bryant and New Hampshire in consecutive home
games.
Complete Game Notes
For complete games notes in PDF format, click on the link
at the beginning of this page.
