CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore guard
Robert Hinton scored a game-high 20 points, sophomore guard
Tey Barbour netted 17 points, and Harvard Men's Basketball beat Brown, 56-53, on Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion to remain atop the Ivy League Standings.
Tipping off its final home back-to-back Ivy weekend of the year, the Crimson (14-9, 7-2 Ivy) gained a lead as large as 13 points in the first half and held off a late rally from the Bears (7-15, 1-8 Ivy) to improve to 7-1 in its last eight games and sweep the season series from Brown.
Hinton reached the 20-point plateau for the eighth time this season, hitting 7-of-12 field goals on his way to his 20 points while Barbour joined him in double figures, connecting on 5-of-10 field goals and 3-of-7 3-pointers for his 17 points.
Harvard and Yale both sit in a tie for first place in the Ivy League standings at 7-2 and will meet tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. at Lavietes in a nationally televised game on ESPNU and ESPN+.
Harvard Highlights
- Sophomore guard Robert Hinton scored a game-high 20 points on 7-of-12 field goals, 1-of-1 3-pointers, and 5-of-7 free throws alongside three rebounds and three steals. He eclipsed the 20-point plateau for the eighth time on the season and finished in double figures for the 19th time on the year.
- Sophomore guard Tey Barbour netted 17 points on 5-of-10 field goals, 3-of-7 triples, and 4-of-5 free throws. He scored in double figures for the 17th time on the season.
- Junior forward Thomas Batties II contributed eight points, six rebounds, two blocks, and two assists.
- Senior guard Chandler Piggé grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds to go with seven points and three steals. He corralled double-figure boards for the second time on the year.
- Sophomore guard Ben Eisendrath posted a game-high five assists and team-high four steals.
- As a team, Harvard led for 32:29 in the contest.
Gallery: (2-13-2026) Men's Basketball vs. Brown
How It Happened
- With the score tied at 12-12 at the 11:13 mark of the first half, Harvard scored 12 consecutive points to move ahead 24-12. Batties II, Piggé, and Barbour each hit a 3-pointer during the run.
- A 3-pointer from Hinton kept Harvard up 29-16 for its largest lead of the game with 3:57 to play in the first half, and a layup from first-year guard Frankie Mannino gave the Crimson a 31-22 lead at halftime.
- After the Bears cut the margin to 36-33 with 15:35 to go, Hinton converted a layup and Barbour sank a 3-pointer to push the lead back to 41-33 with 14:27 remaining.
- Remaining ahead 44-40, the Crimson netted six straight points to claim a 50-40 edge with 8:18 to play.
- Following a layup from Hinton that gave Harvard a 52-42 lead, Brown used an 11-2 run to pull within 54-53 with four seconds remaining before Barbour hit a pair of free throws and the Crimson made a stop on the game's final possession.
Postgame Quotes
- "It's always been a tough game. Brown is so physical and plays very hard. They've honestly had our number here at home. They've enjoyed their physicality and post play in a low-scoring game. It doesn't help us that we didn't score the ball as easily as we have in the past. Certainly, we didn't make our free throws. I thought that was a critical point in the stats that we were 11-for-18 from the foul line. We missed some front ends which really hurt us." – Tommy Amaker, The Thomas G. Stemberg '71 Family Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's Basketball
- "I thought Tey was tremendous in the second half. I thought his play was outstanding. He's such a marked guy, but he still found ways. I'm really happy and pleased for his development for how he has become – if not our go-to guy – one of our go-to guys." – Coach Amaker
- "Our guys again came together and really dug deep especially at the end of the game. We've seen us do that really well throughout conference play. I'm really proud of our guys. It comes from the practices, but we dig deep and come together at the end of games, and we're finishing them. We need to make free throws – but onto tomorrow against Yale." – Sophomore guard Robert Hinton
Next Up
Harvard hosts Yale tomorrow – Saturday, Feb. 14 – at 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU/ESPN+).
