New Haven, Conn. — Harvard Men's Basketball pulled off a dramatic road victory on Saturday night, defeating league-leading Yale, 67–65, on
Tey Barbour's game-winning three-pointer with just three seconds remaining. The win marked Harvard's first victory at Yale since 2020 and its fourth consecutive road victory.
Robert Hinton led all scorers with 26 points on an efficient 9-of-16 shooting from the field, while the Crimson shot 47% from three-point range and 46% overall in the contest.
Harvard Highlights
- Robert Hinton scored 26 points on 9-of-16 shooting (2-of-2 3PT).
- Tey Barbour scored the game-winning three pointer with three seconds remaining. He totaled nine points and eight rebounds in the effort.
- Thomas Batties II added 10 points and five rebounds.
- Kenan Parish scored a career-best 10 points off the bench for the Crimson.
- Harvard shot at 47% from three-point range and 46% overall.
- This was the Crimson's first win against Yale in New Haven since 2020.
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How It Happened
- Yale opened the scoring before Harvard responded to take a 16-15 lead midway through the first half.
- Hinton scored 14 first-half points, while Batties II added five rebounds and knocked down a pair of three-pointers.
- After a back-and-forth start, Harvard built momentum from beyond the arc, with Hinton, Parrish, and Batties II all connecting from long range.
- The Crimson held Yale scoreless for a 4:17 stretch late in the first half to build a lead.
- Harvard entered the break leading 29-21 after shooting 40 percent from the field.
- The Crimson opened the second half on a run to take their largest lead at 33-21.
- The game featured 13 lead changes as Yale battled back throughout the second half.
- Yale took its first lead since early in the first half with four minutes remaining.
- Harvard stayed close by making shots at the free-throw line but still trailed by one with 21 seconds left.
- Barbour drilled the winning three-pointer with three seconds remaining to lift the Crimson to the win.
Postgame Quotes
- "What an Ivy game, another one that we've seen through the years of competitive, hard-fought… [and] the fight that they put up with scratching back…[I'm] Just so proud of the togetherness and the fight and the toughness that…everyone displayed tonight…" – Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg '71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's Basketball
- "At times you need to be a little fortunate, and we were with that shot… it's kind of shot that Tey Barbour makes for our team". Coach Amaker on Tey Barbour's game-winning 3-pointer
- "We knew this was going to be a fight. Coach [Amaker] told us in the beginning that we were going to have to, you know, be the tougher team…and big credit to [Chandler Pigge], big credits to Rob [Hinton] and Thomas [Batties II]…they kept us steady on the offensive end…it's a real group effort." – Tey Barbour in reference to the win
- "[The] ball came to me and, you know, I have confidence in making every shot." - Barbour on his game-winning 3-pointer.
Up Next
Harvard will close out its three-game road stretch next weekend with a quick trip to Hanover to battle the Dartmouth Big Green. The Crimson and the Big Green are set to battle next Saturday (Feb. 7) with tipoff scheduled for 5:00 PM. All the action from the game will air live on ESPN+.
