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The Crimson caravan rolls into New Haven tonight, where Harvard faces the Yale team that began the Crimson's Briggs skid. The Elis (11-11, 5-5) walked out of Briggs with a 98-91 double-overtime thriller two weeks ago.
One cause for Harvard's collapse in the second-overtime against Yale--the Elis outscored Harvard 19-12--was fatigue. Only seven Crimson players saw significant minutes--a trend that is likely to be seen again tonight.
A Look Down: Penn has settled into the Ivy League cellar, losing to the Elis, 69-64, at Yale Friday and falling to the Bruins, 66-60, at Brown Saturday.
The problem last weekend for Harvard was fatigue, with only seven players getting significant playing time against the Elis. In the second overtime, a tired Crimson defense was burned by not-too-awesome offensive weapons such as Rob Connolly, David Brown and Stu Davies for crucial baskets.
Jenkins' 16.9 points per game leads a surprising Lions team that is shooting 48 percent from the field and is tied with Cornell and Yale for third place in the Ivy League. Columbia has already shocked the Elis with a 58-53 upset in New Haven two weeks ago.