Brown 78, Harvard 62

3/7/2008 8:17 PM

BOSTON (AP) -Damon Huffman had 19 points and Peter Sullivan added 18 to lead sharp-shooting Brown to a 78-62 victory over Harvard on Friday night.

Brown (18-9, 10-3 Ivy) shot 60.9 percent from the field, 52.6 percent from behind the arc and 92.3 percent from the free throw line. Sullivan was 4-of-7 on 3-pointers while Huffman - whose 219 career 3-pointers place him 11th all-time in the Ivy League - made 3-of-4 treys.

Evan Harris led the Crimson with 16 points and seven rebounds, while Jeremy Lin finished with nine points, seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals. Andrew Pusar had 12 points for Harvard.

After shooting 54.2 percent from the field and 40 percent from beyond the arc in the first half, Harvard (8-21, 3-10) shot 41.4 percent from the field, 16.7 percent from 3-point range, in the second.

Brown outscored Harvard 27-13 over the last 11:40 after the Crimson had narrowed a 12-point Bears second-half lead to just two, 51-49.

Scott Friske had 11 rebounds, eight points, six assists and three steals for the Bears. Brown's Mark McAndrew had 13 points and four assists and Chris Skrelja had 10 points and five rebounds.

Harvard controlled the glass, outscoring Brown 17-5 on second-chance points and winning the rebounding battle, 27-22. But the Bears made 10 of 19 threes on the night while Crimson made just six of 22.

The Bears led at the half, 39-31.