BOSTON – Junior guard
Chandler Piggé scored a team-high 17 points, and sophomore forward
Thomas Batties II grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds, but Harvard Men's Basketball fell at Northeastern University, 78-56, on Wednesday night at Matthews Arena.
Playing in the third game of a four-game road swing, the Crimson (1-3) trailed 39-21 at halftime and moved within 13 points in the second half before the host Huskies (2-1) closed out the decision.
Piggé scored in double figures for the third straight game and led the Crimson in scoring for the first time this season, while adding six rebounds to his 17 points. Batties II led all players with 11 rebounds alongside nine points, first-year guard
Dutch Dowdell scored 10 points for his first collegiate game in double figures, and first-year guard
Ben Eisendrath distributed a game-high five assists.
Harvard Highlights
- Junior guard Chandler Piggé scored a team-high 17 points with six rebounds and two steals. He has scored in double figures in each of the Crimson's last three games and led Harvard in scoring for the first time this year and second time in his career.
- First-year guard Dutch Dowdell netted 10 points for his first collegiate double-figure scoring game.
- Sophomore forward Thomas Batties II grabbed a career and game-high 11 rebounds to go with nine points and two assists.
- First-year guard Ben Eisendrath distributed a career and game-best five assists.
- Harvard held an 8-0 edge in second-chance points.
Gallery: (11-13-2024) Men's Basketball at Northeastern
How It Happened
- Northeastern opened the game with a 14-2 lead at the 14:02 mark of the first half before a jumper from Piggé stopped a 7-0 run.
- Four straight points from first-year guard Robert Hinton kept the Crimson within 25-14 with 6:37 left in the first half before the Huskies used an 11-1 run to move ahead 36-15 with 2:46 to go until the break. The hosts led 39-21 at halftime.
- Harvard opened the second half with a 9-4 spurt to trim the margin to 43-30 with 14:56 to play.
- After Northeastern pushed the lead to 52-32 with 11:36 left, back-to-back 3-pointers from Batties II and Barbour made the score 52-38 with 10:30 to go. The Huskies maintained at least a 14-point margin over the final 10 minutes.
Postgame Quotes
"It was a very tough start for us. That put us in a mindset where we were on our heels. It was almost a role reversal from this game a year ago when we played that way against them at our place, and it spiraled out of control for them, the way it did for us. You have to give them credit. They shot the ball well, particularly in the first half." –
Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg '71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's Basketball
Next Up
Harvard closes out a four-game road swing at Colorado on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 2:00 p.m. ET/12:00 p.m. MT (ESPN+).
