Game: Brown Bears vs Harvard Crimson
Date: Friday, February 13, 2026
Location: Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, MA
TV: ESPN+
Lavietes Pavilion is where the Harvard Crimson (13-9) will attempt to defeat the Brown Bears (7-14) on Friday.
The Brown Bears faced Yale and went home with a loss by a final score of 81-69 in their last game. When it comes to personal fouls, the Bears walked away with 19 and Yale racked up 13 personal fouls. They converted 12 of 25 tries from distance. Yale finished shooting 60.7% at the charity stripe by converting 17 of 28 attempts. Additionally, Yale pulled down 31 rebounds (4 offensive, 27 defensive), but wrapped up the game with no rejections. Yale distributed 18 assists and had 4 steals for this game. With regard to defense, Brown allowed 56.5% from the floor on 26 out of 46 shooting. They also doled out 16 assists for the contest while forcing the opposition into 10 turnovers and having 7 steals. When talking about grabbing rebounds, they earned 26 with 6 of them being of the offensive sort. From the charity stripe, the Bears made 8 of 9 attempts for a rate of 88.9%. Brown ended the game having earned a 44.8% FG percentage (26 out of 58) and buried 9 of 25 shots from 3-point land.
Luke Paragon is someone who was a contributor in this contest. He finished 54.5% from the field but wasn’t able to get a dime. He played for 26 minutes played and collected 3 rebounds. He finished with 15 points on 6 out of 11 shooting.
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Brown heads into this one with a mark of 7-14 so far this year. They average 70.7 pts per contest (302nd in the nation) while hitting 43.3% from the field. The Bears are hitting 32.4% on shots from distance (154 of 475) and 70.3% from the charity stripe. As a team, Brown is grabbing 36.1 boards per contest and has tallied 326 assists so far this year, which is 247th in D-1 in terms of passing the rock. They are turning it over 12.0 times per contest and as a squad are committing 17.9 fouls per contest.
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When they are on defense, the Bears are able to force 13.4 turnovers per contest and they draw 15.1 fouls. They are 28th in D-1 in giving up assists to their opponents with 264 surrendered for the campaign. Bears defensively are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 42.7% (496 of 1,162) and they concede 34.6 boards per game as a unit. They are relinquishing 31.4% from beyond the arc while they are 54th in D-1 in PPG allowed (68.6).
For their last game, the Harvard Crimson walked away with a victory by a final of 71-58 against Dartmouth. The Crimson pulled down 30 defensive rebounds and 4 offensive boards totaling 34 for the contest. They turned it over 9 times, while recording 5 steals for this contest. Dartmouth committed 14 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Crimson to the charity stripe for a total of 18 attempts. They were able to make 16 of them for a rate of 88.9%. Concerning shots from 3-point land, Harvard knocked down 7 of 23 attempts (30.4%). When the final whistle blew, the Crimson finished the game shooting 24 for 51 from the floor which gave them a rate of 47.1%. The Crimson allowed Dartmouth to make 19 out of 56 attempts from the floor which gave them a rate of 33.9% in the matchup. They shot 28.6% from three-point range by connecting on 8 out of 28 and ended up shooting 12 of 13 at the charity stripe (92.3%). When discussing how they cleaned up the glass, Harvard permitted Dartmouth to pull down 27 overall (6 on the offensive glass).
Robert Hinton ended up having an impact for the Crimson in this contest. He converted 7 of 14 in this game for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and earned 9 rebounds. He earned 19 points in his 36 minutes on the court and earned 3 assists in this game.
Harvard has a win-loss mark of 13-9 this season. The Crimson commit 14.1 fouls per contest and they shoot 81.0% from the free throw line. They are earning an assist 14.0 times per game (187th in Division 1) and they turn it over 10.8 times per game. Harvard has 1,568 points so far this season (71.3 per game) and they pull in 31.3 rebounds per game. On the offensive side of the court, the Crimson are hitting on 47.2% from the field, which is 71st in the country.
The Crimson on defense are ranked 49th in the country in points per game surrendered with 68.1. They are able to force 11.2 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 44.1% from the floor (192nd in college). The Harvard defense allows 32.3% on shots from behind the 3-point line (162 of 501) and their opponents are converting on 73.4% of their shots from the free throw line. They allow 13.0 assists and 31.5 rebounds per game, which ranks them 140th and 42nd in college hoops.
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Josh Schonwald’s Pick: Take Brown
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