Princeton Men's Basketball at Harvard

Final: Princeton 77, Harvard 71
The Tigers get their first road sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth since 2006 and Mavraides sets a career high with 22 points.

0:20.3: Princeton 73, Harvard 67
Dan Mavraides reaches 20 points for the second time in his career (career high 21) and retakes Princeton's six-point lead by hitting a pair from the line.

0:22.o: Princeton 71, Harvard 67
Harvard calls its last timeout. We're inside of one possession left, so the Crimson will likely have to foul, especially down two possessions.

0:30.6: Princeton 71, Harvard 65
Dan Mavraides comes up big again, burying his second recent big three-pointer to take a six-point Tiger lead. He's got four threes on the game and has 18 points, second on the team only to Davis' 19. Jeremy Lin leads all scorers with 23.

0:51.6: Princeton 68, Harvard 65
It'll be Princeton's ball after Harvard calls its second-to-last timeout.

1:00 2nd: Princeton 68, Harvard 63
Tigers call timeout. It's a full.

2:56 2nd: Princeton 63, Harvard 60
Saunders picks up his third foul and comes out. Davis re-enters with four.

4:17 2nd: Princeton 61, Harvard 59
Davis picks up his fourth foul. Finley is out, Buczak also has four.

5:11 2nd: Princeton 59, Harvard 56
Davis now has 19 points as he hits a clutch three to give Princeton the lead. The lead has changed hands seven times this half.

6:45 2nd: Harvard 56, Princeton 56
Tied again, and neither team has cooled off from the field. Princeton is shooting 51.1%, Harvard 61.3%.

7:51 2nd: Harvard 54, Princeton 54
Zach Finley has fouled out and the game has its seventh tie as we enter the under-8 media timeout.

11:49 2nd: Harvard 46, Princeton 45
It's feeling like the last team to have the ball will win this one since neither team has been able to pull away. The Tigers are in foul trouble with Finley carrying four, Buczak three, Davis three and Mavraides three. Princeton has seven team fouls already this half, and some accurate shooting from the free-throw line could benefit Harvard big.

15:24 2nd: Princeton 41, Harvard 40
Different night, same kind of feel looking at the Ivy League scoreboard. Cornell is having its way with another opponent, this time Yale, while Penn-Dartmouth, Yale-Columbia and Princeton-Harvard are all close.

15:24 2nd: Princeton 41, Harvard 40
Add Zach Finley to the dunker list as he drives the lane and slams one home to retake the lead.

18:30 2nd: Princeton 35, Harvard 32
The Tigers have their first lead and Douglas Davis breaks into double-digits for the 12th time this year with 12 points.

0:00 1st: Harvard 32, Princeton 32
We have our second tie of the game. The Crimson end the half shooting 61.1%, overshadowing Princeton's 50%, normally enough for a lead on the scoreboard.

0:59 1st: Harvard 32, Princeton 30
It's been the same way all half, the Tigers staying just behind the Crimson, who are still shooting over 60%.

3:46 1st: Harvard 30, Princeton 25
The Crimson continue to inch ahead of the Tigers. Harvard is shooting 68.8% this half, something that will no doubt be a halftime topic.

6:51 1st: Harvard 23, Princeton 20
That's a big three from Marcus Schroeder. The Tigers need a stop.

7:37 1st: Harvard 22, Princeton 17
It's a packed house here at Lavietes Pavilion and there's plenty of orange and black with the local alumni club's reception following. The Tigers still haven't caught the Crimson on the court, however, and Princeton just picked up its ninth team foul.

7:37 1st: Harvard 20, Princeton 17
The Tigers have eight team fouls to Harvard's two, and the Crimson look to be on the road to breaking Princeton's two-game streak of going to the line more than its opponents. Harvard will have at least six attempts with the front end of the upcoming one-and-one, while the Tigers have just Davis' 2 for 3.

8:20 1st: Harvard 18, Princeton 17
Davis does better at the free-throw line this time around, making two. He's the only Tiger to have taken aim from the stripe.

8:28 1st: Harvard 18, Princeton 15
The Tigers still haven't led in this one, but they're keeping it close.

15:05 1st: Harvard 6, Princeton 6
The Tigers weathered Harvard's hot start and have tied it with a few gritty buckets of their own. Davis has missed the game's only free throw.

17:32 1st: Harvard 6, Princeton 2
Harvard has hit its first three shots, all layups.

Introductions: Same five for Princeton, with Douglas Davis, Marcus Schroeder, Dan Mavraides, Kareem Maddox and Pawel Buczak. For Harvard, Jeremy Lin, PeterBoehm, Doug Miller, Drew Housman and Andrew Pusar.

34 minutes to tip: Postgame, the Princeton alumni club of New England will be getting together for a reception. TigerBlog spots Princeton Varsity Club assistant directors Marie Muhvic and Steve Stoute in the gym.

35 minutes to tip: Hello from Cambridge (actually, Boston since Lavietes Pavilion is located on the other side of the Charles River from the Harvard campus) where the Princeton men's basketball team will take on the Crimson. It's a chilly one outside, and the Charles looks more like a rink than a river.