Brandyn Curry had 14 points and five steals as Harvard remained tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 67-44 rout of Cornell on Saturday night in Ithaca, N.Y.
With Yale rallying to beat Princeton in overtime, 66-65, Harvard and Yale stay deadlocked atop the league standings at 6-1. Overall, Harvard is 20-4, making the Crimson the first Ivy League team to win 20 games for five straight seasons since Penn did it six times in a row from 1970-75.
Laurent Rivard scored 12 points, Wesley Saunders netted 11 and Steve Moundou-Missi had 10 for Harvard, which shot 60 percent and never trailed.
Nolan Cressler scored 17 points for Cornell (2-20, 1-7).
– In Baltimore, John Papale and Cedric Hankerson scored 20 points apiece, combining to shoot 13-for-14 from behind the arc, to lead Boston University past Loyola (Md.), 87-72.
BU’s win, combined with American’s 74-62 loss at Lafayette, put the Terriers (19-8, 12-2 Patriot) in sole possession of first place in the league.
Papale hit all seven of his shots, including six 3-pointers, while Hankerson was 5-for-6 — all 3-pointers — as well as 5-for-6 from the free throw line.
Jordan Latham had a monster game with 25 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks for Loyola (10-15, 5-9).
BU, which never trailed, led by as many as 19 points in the opening half — at 35-16 after a layup by Nathan Dieudonne. The lead was 14 at the break, 42-28. Loyola got back with five at 58-53 with 7:27 left after a 12-2 run, but Papale hit 3-pointers on four consecutive BU possessions late in the game as the Terriers regained a comfortable lead.
– In Charleston, S.C., Scott Eatherton recorded his NCAA-leading 17th double-double, with 22 points and 10 rebounds, to lead Northeastern to a 60-44 victory over Charleston.
Eatherton hit 9-of-13 shots, including 3-of-3 from behind the arc. Also for NU (9-18, 6-7 CAA), Reggie Spencer had 15 points and six rebounds.
Joe Chealey scored 11 points for Charleston (13-14, 5-7), which shot just 29 percent, including 16 percent from 3-point range (3-for-18).
NU jumped out early, taking a double-digit lead less than six minutes into the game after Eatherton hit consecutive 3-pointers. Charleston closed the half on a 9-1 run to get within 22-18 at the break.
The hosts opened the second half with a Willis Hall layup 15 seconds in but then went scoreless for almost six minutes. It was still a five-point game with 8:30 remaining, but the Huskies then went on an 11-0 run, capped by a David Walker dunk with 5:42 left that made it 47-31. The margin stayed in double digits the rest of the way.
– Jameel Warney came off the bench to score 19 points and grab seven rebounds in leading Stony Brook to a 78-68 victory over host UMass-Lowell.
Akeem Williams had 20 points, seven rebounds and nine assists for UMass-Lowell (8-17, 6-7 America East). Carlos Taylor added 15 points in 13 minutes off the bench — hitting 5-of-6 3-pointers — while Mark Cornelius scored 13.
Dave Coley contributed 13 points and 11 rebounds for Stony Brook (18-8, 10-2), which led by eight at the half and quickly pushed the lead to 20 points. UMass-Lowell made a late run to get to as close as seven points in the final minute.