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College Basketball: Penn women defeat Harvard for first time since 2004

In Ivy League action at the Palestra, Penn saw a 15-point lead shrink to one point in the second half before finally putting away Harvard, 77-72.

In Ivy League action at the Palestra, Penn saw a 15-point lead shrink to one point in the second half before finally putting away Harvard, 77-72.

It was the women's team's first win over the Crimson since 2004, snapping a 17-game skid. The win also put Penn (11-9, 4-2) into a three-way tie for second place in conference. Harvard fell to 13-7, 4-2.

Princeton 77, Dartmouth 65 - The host Tigers put away the Big Green to remain perfect in the Ivy League. Princeton improved to 15-5, 6-0, while Dartmouth fell to 6-14, 4-2.

Yale 67, Cornell 58 - The visiting Bulldogs (8-13, 3-4 Ivy League) had few problems against Big Red (10-10, 2-4).

Men

Princeton 73, Dartmouth 55 - Denton Koon scored 18 points as the hot-shooting Tigers dominated inside to for an Ivy League win over the host Big Green.

The Tigers (12-8, 5-1), coming off a 69-65 loss to Yale that snapped their six-game winning streak, broke a 19-19 tie with a 15-3 spurt. Princeton led by 42-28 at halftime after making 15 of 25 from the field, and Dartmouth (6-15, 2-5) got no closer than 13 thereafter.

Princeton used its size advantage to outscore Dartmouth by 36-24 in the paint and outrebound the Big Green, 35-21.

Stony Brook 65, Vermont 48 - Marcus Rouse came off the bench to score 16 points in the Seawolves' win in their matchup against the America East Conference leaders.

In its dispatching of the Catamounts (16-9, 9-4), host Stony Brook (19-6, 10-2) won its 16th consecutive regular-season home conference game.

Cornell 68, Yale 61 - Shonn Miller and Johnathan Gray each scored 18 points in the Big Red's win over the Bulldogs in New Haven, Conn.

Trailing by three, Cornell (12-12, 4-3 Ivy League) used a 16-5 run to lead by 54-46 with 8 minutes, 47 seconds left and then held on as the Bulldogs (9-15, 3-4) chipped away at the lead before losing.