CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard players factored heavily in the Ivy League Weekly Report as freshman guard Brandyn Curry was named the Rookie of the Week in an announcement by the league office late Monday afternoon.
Curry led Harvard to its record-setting weekend. The point guard averaged 17.5 points, 5.0 assists, 3.5 steals and 2.5 rebounds while playing just 26.5 minutes per game. He was nearly automatic from the floor with a 71 percent mark overall (12-17 FG) and a 73 percent mark from 3-point range (8-11) while making all three free throws. Against Brown, Curry poured home a career-high 21 points (8-10 FG, 4-5 3PT) to go with five assists, five steals and four rebounds in 26 minutes. Against Yale, Curry scored all 14 of his points in the first half on 4-of-5 shooting from deep as the Crimson built a big lead. He finished with five more assists and two steals.
With its win Saturday against Yale, Harvard set a program record with 20 victories, surpassing the old mark of 19 set back in 1945-46 … Harvard has also assured the program’s first winning Ivy League season since 1996-97 … Harvard recorded its first season-sweeps of both Yale and Brown since winning all four games against the pair in 1998-99 … Now with season sweeps of Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth and Yale, Harvard has recorded the most Ivy sweeps since getting four in 1996-97 (Columbia, Cornell, Yale, Brown) … The Crimson will look to set a program record for road victories this weekend at Penn and Princeton … Against Brown, Harvard recorded its 12th outing of the year in which it shot better than 50 percent for the game. Harvard is undefeated in those games … Harvard is 18-0 when leading at halftime … Harvard has nine eight wins this season by 20 or more points to tie a program record, set in 1945-46 … Harvard’s average margin of victory at home this season is 16.6 points … Harvard has sold out four of its last six home games … Harvard played 10 players at least 10 minutes in both wins this weekend … Harvard outshot Brown and Yale .533-.429 and the Crimson shot 52.6 percent from long range (20-38) … Harvard dished out 44 assists to 22 turnovers while collecting 22 steals … Harvard’s bench players have produced five 40-point games and 11 30-point games this season … Harvard’s freshman class scored 43 points in Friday’s win against Brown while underclassmen scored a combined 73 points in the game … Harvard is one of three schools nationally (Navy, Cal) to rank in the top 70 nationally in FT % in each of the last five years.