Yale Bulldogs @ Harvard Crimson

78–65Final · Jan 27, 2024

YALE 78 HARV 65 Final

	1	2	T
YALE13-6	33	45	78
HARV10-7	31	34	65

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The scoring timeline.

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Chandler Pigge made Layup.
0–2
Matt Knowling made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bez Mbeng.
3–2
John Poulakidas made Jumper.
5–2
Danny Wolf made Free Throw.
6–2
Danny Wolf made Free Throw.
7–2
Louis Lesmond made Layup.
7–4
Chandler Pigge made Layup. Assisted by Chisom Okpara.
7–6
Chisom Okpara made Free Throw.
7–7
Bez Mbeng made Jumper.
9–7
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
9–8
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
9–9
Thomas Batties II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malik Mack.
9–12
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
9–13
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
9–14
Casey Simmons made Layup. Assisted by Danny Wolf.
11–14
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
11–15
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
11–16
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
11–17
Chandler Pigge made Layup.
11–19
Matt Knowling made Layup.
13–19
Matt Knowling made Layup.
15–19
Luca Ace-Nasteski made Layup. Assisted by Chandler Pigge.
15–21
Danny Wolf made Layup.
17–21
Louis Lesmond made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malik Mack.
17–24
Chisom Okpara made Layup.
17–26
Chisom Okpara made Free Throw.
17–27
John Poulakidas made Jumper.
19–27
Chandler Pigge made Jumper.
19–29
August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Poulakidas.
22–29
John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper.
25–29
August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Townsend.
28–29
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
28–30
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
28–31
Matt Knowling made Layup. Assisted by Yassine Gharram.
30–31
Matt Knowling made Free Throw.
31–31
Nick Townsend made Free Throw.
32–31
Nick Townsend made Free Throw.
33–31
John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bez Mbeng.
36–31
Justice Ajogbor made Layup. Assisted by Chandler Pigge.
36–33
John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Knowling.
39–33
Chisom Okpara made Layup.
39–35
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
39–36
August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Poulakidas.
42–36
August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bez Mbeng.
45–36
Justice Ajogbor made Dunk. Assisted by Malik Mack.
45–38
Nick Townsend made Layup. Assisted by Bez Mbeng.
47–38
Nick Townsend made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Knowling.
50–38
August Mahoney made Free Throw.
51–38
August Mahoney made Free Throw.
52–38
Chisom Okpara made Layup.
52–40
Nick Townsend made Layup.
54–40
Chisom Okpara made Layup. Assisted by Malik Mack.
54–42
Malik Mack made Jumper.
54–44
Malik Mack made Free Throw.
54–45
Justice Ajogbor made Free Throw.
54–46
Matt Knowling made Free Throw.
55–46
Malik Mack made Jumper.
55–48
John Poulakidas made Jumper.
57–48
Malik Mack made Layup.
57–50
John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper.
60–50
Chandler Pigge made Layup.
60–52
August Mahoney made Free Throw.
61–52
August Mahoney made Free Throw.
62–52
August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Knowling.
65–52
Chandler Pigge made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malik Mack.
65–55
Matt Knowling made Layup.
67–55
Justice Ajogbor made Layup. Assisted by Malik Mack.
67–57
August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Poulakidas.
70–57
Matt Knowling made Layup.
72–57
Malik Mack made Three Point Jumper.
72–60
Nick Townsend made Layup.
74–60
Chisom Okpara made Layup.
74–62
John Poulakidas made Jumper.
76–62
Tyler Simon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Nesbitt.
76–65
John Poulakidas made Free Throw.
77–65
John Poulakidas made Free Throw.
78–65

Play-by-play

P1 Chandler Pigge made Layup. 0–2
P1 Matt Knowling missed
P1 Chisom Okpara Defensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Mack missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Justice Ajogbor Offensive Rebound.
P1 Justice Ajogbor missed Jumper.
P1 Danny Wolf Defensive Rebound.
P1 Matt Knowling made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bez Mbeng. 3–2
P1 Chandler Pigge Turnover.
P1 Matt Knowling missed Dunk.
P1 Justice Ajogbor Block.
P1 Chandler Pigge Turnover.
P1 Bez Mbeng Steal.
P1 Foul on Justice Ajogbor.
P1 Chandler Pigge Defensive Rebound.
P1 John Poulakidas made Jumper. 5–2
P1 Louis Lesmond Turnover.
P1 Foul on Chisom Okpara.
P1 Danny Wolf made Free Throw. 6–2
P1 Danny Wolf made Free Throw. 7–2
P1 Louis Lesmond made Layup. 7–4
P1 Danny Wolf missed Layup.
P1 Justice Ajogbor Block.
P1 Yale Offensive Rebound.
P1 John Poulakidas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Justice Ajogbor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chisom Okpara Turnover.
P1 August Mahoney Turnover.
P1 Chisom Okpara Steal.
P1 Chandler Pigge made Layup. Assisted by Chisom Okpara. 7–6
P1 Bez Mbeng missed Jumper.
P1 Chandler Pigge Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chisom Okpara missed Layup.
P1 Chisom Okpara Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Danny Wolf.
P1 Chisom Okpara made Free Throw. 7–7
P1 Chisom Okpara missed Free Throw.
P1 Matt Knowling Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bez Mbeng made Jumper. 9–7
P1 Louis Lesmond Turnover.
P1 Danny Wolf missed Jumper.
P1 Chisom Okpara Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chisom Okpara missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Danny Wolf Defensive Rebound.
P1 Casey Simmons missed Layup.
P1 Justice Ajogbor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Mack missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P1 Yale Turnover.
P1 Foul on Bez Mbeng.
P1 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 9–8
P1 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 9–9
P1 Nick Townsend missed Layup.
P1 Luca Ace-Nasteski Defensive Rebound.
P1 Thomas Batties II made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malik Mack. 9–12
P1 Foul on Samson Aletan.
P1 Samson Aletan Turnover.
P1 Foul on Casey Simmons.
P1 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 9–13
P1 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 9–14
P1 Foul on Malik Mack.
P1 John Poulakidas missed Jumper.
P1 Luca Ace-Nasteski Defensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Mack missed Jumper.
P1 Luca Ace-Nasteski Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Matt Knowling.
P1 Thomas Batties II missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Danny Wolf Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Justice Ajogbor.
P1 Casey Simmons made Layup. Assisted by Danny Wolf. 11–14
P1 Malik Mack missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Justice Ajogbor Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Bez Mbeng.
P1 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 11–15
P1 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 11–16
P1 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 11–17
P1 Danny Wolf missed Layup.
P1 Thomas Batties II Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chandler Pigge made Layup. 11–19
P1 Matt Knowling made Layup. 13–19
P1 Chisom Okpara missed Layup.
P1 Yassine Gharram Defensive Rebound.
P1 Matt Knowling made Layup. 15–19
P1 Harvard Timeout
P1 Thomas Batties II Turnover.
P1 Yassine Gharram missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Luca Ace-Nasteski Defensive Rebound.
P1 Luca Ace-Nasteski made Layup. Assisted by Chandler Pigge. 15–21
P1 Matt Knowling missed Layup.
P1 Luca Ace-Nasteski Defensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Mack missed Jumper.
P1 August Mahoney Defensive Rebound.
P1 Danny Wolf made Layup. 17–21
P1 Louis Lesmond made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malik Mack. 17–24
P1 Danny Wolf Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Chisom Okpara made Layup. 17–26
P1 Foul on Danny Wolf.
P1 Chisom Okpara made Free Throw. 17–27
P1 Nick Townsend missed Layup.
P1 John Poulakidas Offensive Rebound.
P1 Louis Lesmond Block.
P1 John Poulakidas made Jumper. 19–27
P1 Chisom Okpara missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Yassine Gharram Defensive Rebound.
P1 August Mahoney missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Chandler Pigge Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chandler Pigge missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 John Poulakidas Defensive Rebound.
P1 August Mahoney missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Thomas Batties II Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chisom Okpara Turnover.
P1 Foul on Chandler Pigge.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Matt Knowling missed Jumper.
P1 Malik Mack Defensive Rebound.
P1 Chandler Pigge made Jumper. 19–29
P1 August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Poulakidas. 22–29
P1 Malik Mack Turnover.
P1 John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. 25–29
P1 Chisom Okpara missed Layup.
P1 Malik Mack Offensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Mack missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 John Poulakidas Defensive Rebound.
P1 August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Townsend. 28–29
P1 Foul on Yassine Gharram.
P1 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 28–30
P1 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 28–31
P1 Matt Knowling made Layup. Assisted by Yassine Gharram. 30–31
P1 Foul on Luca Ace-Nasteski.
P1 Matt Knowling made Free Throw. 31–31
P1 Malik Mack missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 August Mahoney Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Luca Ace-Nasteski.
P1 Nick Townsend made Free Throw. 32–31
P1 Nick Townsend made Free Throw. 33–31
P1 Malik Mack missed Jumper.
P1 Matt Knowling Defensive Rebound.
P2 John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bez Mbeng. 36–31
P2 Justice Ajogbor made Layup. Assisted by Chandler Pigge. 36–33
P2 John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Knowling. 39–33
P2 Foul on Danny Wolf.
P2 Justice Ajogbor missed Free Throw.
P2 Harvard Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Justice Ajogbor missed Free Throw.
P2 August Mahoney Defensive Rebound.
P2 Bez Mbeng Turnover.
P2 Chisom Okpara Steal.
P2 Chisom Okpara made Layup. 39–35
P2 Matt Knowling missed Jumper.
P2 Justice Ajogbor Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Bez Mbeng.
P2 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 39–36
P2 Malik Mack missed Free Throw.
P2 Yale Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Malik Mack.
P2 August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Poulakidas. 42–36
P2 Louis Lesmond missed Jumper.
P2 John Poulakidas Block.
P2 Nick Townsend Defensive Rebound.
P2 August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bez Mbeng. 45–36
P2 Justice Ajogbor made Dunk. Assisted by Malik Mack. 45–38
P2 Foul on Louis Lesmond.
P2 Nick Townsend made Layup. Assisted by Bez Mbeng. 47–38
P2 Justice Ajogbor missed Jumper.
P2 August Mahoney Defensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 August Mahoney missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Casey Simmons Offensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Townsend missed Jumper.
P2 Justice Ajogbor Defensive Rebound.
P2 Chisom Okpara missed Layup.
P2 Matt Knowling Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Townsend made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Knowling. 50–38
P2 Malik Mack missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 August Mahoney Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Malik Mack.
P2 August Mahoney made Free Throw. 51–38
P2 August Mahoney made Free Throw. 52–38
P2 Chisom Okpara made Layup. 52–40
P2 Nick Townsend made Layup. 54–40
P2 Foul on Nick Townsend.
P2 Chisom Okpara made Layup. Assisted by Malik Mack. 54–42
P2 John Poulakidas missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Harvard Defensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Mack made Jumper. 54–44
P2 Foul on Casey Simmons.
P2 Malik Mack made Free Throw. 54–45
P2 Danny Wolf missed Layup.
P2 Justice Ajogbor Block.
P2 Malik Mack Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Yassine Gharram.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Justice Ajogbor made Free Throw. 54–46
P2 Justice Ajogbor missed Free Throw.
P2 Danny Wolf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Justice Ajogbor.
P2 Foul on Tyler Simon.
P2 Matt Knowling missed Free Throw.
P2 Yale Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Matt Knowling made Free Throw. 55–46
P2 Foul on Casey Simmons.
P2 Malik Mack made Jumper. 55–48
P2 John Poulakidas made Jumper. 57–48
P2 Malik Mack missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Thomas Batties II Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tyler Simon missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 John Poulakidas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Danny Wolf Turnover.
P2 Thomas Batties II missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Yassine Gharram Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Chandler Pigge.
P2 Bez Mbeng missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Thomas Batties II Defensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Mack made Layup. 57–50
P2 John Poulakidas made Three Point Jumper. 60–50
P2 Chandler Pigge made Layup. 60–52
P2 Bez Mbeng missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Yassine Gharram Offensive Rebound.
P2 John Poulakidas missed Layup.
P2 Thomas Batties II Block.
P2 Yale Offensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Chisom Okpara.
P2 August Mahoney made Free Throw. 61–52
P2 August Mahoney made Free Throw. 62–52
P2 Chandler Pigge missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Danny Wolf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Danny Wolf missed Layup.
P2 Matt Knowling Offensive Rebound.
P2 August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matt Knowling. 65–52
P2 Chandler Pigge made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malik Mack. 65–55
P2 John Poulakidas missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Justice Ajogbor Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nick Townsend.
P2 Justice Ajogbor missed Free Throw.
P2 August Mahoney Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Townsend missed Layup.
P2 Matt Knowling Offensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Knowling made Layup. 67–55
P2 Justice Ajogbor made Layup. Assisted by Malik Mack. 67–57
P2 Harvard Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Nick Townsend missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Bez Mbeng Offensive Rebound.
P2 August Mahoney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by John Poulakidas. 70–57
P2 Louis Lesmond missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Matt Knowling Defensive Rebound.
P2 August Mahoney missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Matt Knowling Offensive Rebound.
P2 Matt Knowling made Layup. 72–57
P2 Malik Mack made Three Point Jumper. 72–60
P2 Nick Townsend missed Layup.
P2 Chisom Okpara Block.
P2 Nick Townsend made Layup. 74–60
P2 Nick Townsend Offensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Chisom Okpara made Layup. 74–62
P2 John Poulakidas made Jumper. 76–62
P2 Malik Mack Turnover.
P2 Danny Wolf Steal.
P2 Danny Wolf missed Layup.
P2 August Mahoney Offensive Rebound.
P2 Bez Mbeng missed Layup.
P2 Danny Wolf Offensive Rebound.
P2 Bez Mbeng Turnover.
P2 Chandler Pigge missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Yale Defensive Rebound.
P2 Danny Wolf Turnover.
P2 Xavier Nesbitt Steal.
P2 Tyler Simon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Nesbitt. 76–65
P2 Foul on Xavier Nesbitt.
P2 John Poulakidas made Free Throw. 77–65
P2 John Poulakidas made Free Throw. 78–65

Box score

YALE

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Matt KnowlingF	35	15	6-11	1-1	2-3	7	3	0	0	0	3	4	1
Danny WolfC	24	4	1-7	0-0	2-2	6	1	3	1	0	1	5	3
John PoulakidasG	33	22	8-13	4-7	2-2	4	3	0	0	1	1	3	0
Bez MbengG	27	2	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	4	2	1	0	1	0	3
August MahoneyG	30	22	6-10	6-10	4-4	7	0	1	1	0	1	6	0
Nick TownsendF	19	11	4-10	1-2	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
Samson AletanC	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Casey SimmonsG	14	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3
Yassine GharramG	16	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	2
Yussif Basa-AmaF
Luke KolajaF
Jack MolloyF
Jeannot BasimaG
Trevor MullinG
Devon ArlingtonG
Teo RiceG
Emir BuyukhanliG

HARV

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Chisom OkparaF	33	12	5-11	0-2	2-3	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	2
Justice AjogborC	19	7	3-5	0-0	1-5	7	0	0	0	3	2	5	3
Malik MackG	36	20	4-14	1-8	11-12	3	6	2	0	0	1	2	3
Chandler PiggeG	35	13	6-9	1-4	0-0	3	2	2	0	0	0	3	2
Louis LesmondG	33	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
Luca Ace-NasteskiF	8	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	2
Thomas Batties IIIF	23	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	4	0	1	0	1	1	3	0
Tyler SimonF	5	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Xavier NesbittG	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
Denham WojcikG	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Josh HemmingsF
Bennett PitcherF
Matt FilipowskiC
Payton PittsG
Christian RichG
Greg CooperG
Evan NelsonG

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