Brown Bears vs Harvard Crimson Point Spread Picks

Brown has gone OVER two in a row following its 81-69 loss to Yale, which extended the Bears' losing streak to five games. Yale shot 57 percent and hit 12 3s. The Bulldogs scored 50 points in the second half. Harvard has averaged 73.6 points in its past nine games. The Crimson are #41 in 3-point shooting (37.0 percent) and 47.2 percent overall. Harvard has four scorers averaging double figures, led by Robert Hinton with 17.3 points per game. He has averaged 22.3 points in his past three games. Take the OVER.

Harvard shoots 47%from the field and 37% from 3-point land with four players scoring in double figures. They're also No. 1 in the Ivy League from the free-throw line (79%). They ended their three-game winning streak with an 86-79 home loss to Cornell. Harvard is on a 5-3 run OVER the total on the road. Brown has lost four of five, including an 89-67 loss to Cornell in its last home game, allowing 53% shooting. In their last three home games, the Bears have allowed 70, 80, and 89 points. Take Harvard/Brown OVER the total. 

Brown is fourth in the conference in shooting (.458). They've scored 82, 86, and 81 points in the last three games, coming off an 85-81 defeat to Cornell. Brown is on a 6-4 run OVER the total. Harvard is fifth in the eight-team Ivy League defensively in points given up (73.3 per game) and last in field goal defense (.464). The offense is No. 1 in free-throw shooting (.761). Harvard comes off a 79-78 win over Pennsylvania as an underdog and has gone OVER in three straight. Harvard won at Brown last month, 80-67, in a game that sailed OVER, and this total is too low. Take Brown/Harvard OVER the total.

Harvard is seventh in the eight-team Ivy League in scoring and shooting (.429). The defense is third at defending the 3-pointer (.328) on an 8-3 run UNDER the total. Brown is sixth in the conference in scoring, while the defense is second in shooting allowed (.426) and defending beyond the arc (.317). The Brown Bears come off a loss to Yale, scoring 58 points, part of a 9-3 run UNDER the total. Take Harvard/Brown UNDER the total. 

Harvard is 14-9 OVER this season and the first meeting went OVER when Brown won 74-72 on Jan. 15. The Bears jumped out to a 41-24 halftime lead before the Crimson rallied with 48 points in the second half and came up just short. Harvard has gone OVER four of its past six games, including its 74-70 victory against Penn on Saturday. This time it was the Crimson who got out to a 41-28 lead at halftime before the Quakers made it close with 42 points after intermission. Harvard allows 71.3 points per game compared to 71.8 for Brown. Harvard has two of the top scorers in the Ivy League in Malik Mack, who averages 17.9 points, and Chison Okpara scores 16.5. Brown features Kino Lilly Jr. (18.4 ppg) and Nana Owusu-Anane (15.0 ppg), who shot just 7-for-27 against Cornell on Saturday and they figure to bounce back with better numbers tonight. The Bears average 24 3-point attempts per game and they hit nearly 33 percent and the Crimson also hit 33 percent of their 3s. Take the OVER as my Total Game of the Year.