CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Tey Barbour broke a tie with a shot-clock beating three with 14.1 seconds left as Harvard defeated the Bryant men's basketball team, 56-53, on Saturday afternoon at Lavietes Pavilion.
 
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 2-6 on the year. Bryant returns to the Chace Athletic Center on Tuesday night, hosting Stonehill at 6:00 p.m.
 
On Saturday, Bryant and Harvard needed the full 40 minutes to determine a winner as Barbour broke a 53-53 tie with 14.1 seconds left. He got his defender in the air before stepping to his left and hitting a three as the shot-clock expired.
 
Ty Tabales and Timofei Rudovskii each finished with 15 points for the Black and Gold who had committed just eight turnovers before turning it over on each of its final two possessions. Keegan Harvey chipped in eight points and a career-high 10 rebounds.

Game Information
Harvard 56, Bryant 53
Records: Bryant 2-6 | Harvard 5-4
Location: Lavietes Pavilion (Cambridge, Mass.)
Attendance: 1022

Key Moments

• Barbour hit a three with 14.1 seconds left to break a 53-53 tie. Bryant then turned the ball over before getting a chance to tie on the final possession.

How it Happened

• Harvey posted the first four points of the game for Bryant before Batties II answered with the next five for Harvard.
• The Crimson would score seven-straight in the stretch to take the 7-4 lead.
• In another low-scoring first eight minutes, Harvard led 12-8 with 11:58 left.
• Bryant struggled from the field in the first 16 minutes, going 5-of-21 and 0-of-10 from three. The Bulldogs also committed seven turnovers.
• The Bulldogs stayed in the game, however, holding Harvard to 8-of-22 from the field. Bryant held Harvard scoreless on six straight possessions.
• In fact, both teams went without a field goal for over four minutes each from the under-8 to the under-4 media.
• The teams made up for the lackluster offensive showing with an exciting final 3:30. Harvard made it 22-12 at the 3:39 mark but the Bulldogs closed the half on a 13-4 run.
• Harvey finished his own miss to start the run and then Rudovskii took over. He drilled a three from the top and then beat his man baseline for a reverse layup.
• After a Harvard turnover, Tabales found Rudovskii on the wing for a catch-and-shoot three to make it a two-point game.
• The Crimson were able to get a bucket with eight seconds left but Tabales answered with a buzzer-beating three to send the game into the break with Harvard lead 26-25.
• Bryant grabbed its first lead since 4-0 as Robinson canned two free throws in the opening minute of the second half.
• Tabales then sank his second three of the game to tie things at 30-30. Tough inside buckets from Sims and Robinson gave the Bulldogs a 34-32 lead the under-16 media.
• The teams then traded blows as Harvard's Robert Hinton and Tabales traded threes to keep the game tied at 37-37.
• It would remain tied at 39-39 at the under-12 media.
• Trailing 41-39, Bryant grabbed a seven-point lead, 48-41, with three-straight triples. Tabales sank the first from the wing, Rudovskii followed with a catch-and-shoot three and Tables forced a Harvard timeout with a three from the top at the 8:03 mark.
• Harvard quickly answered, hitting back-to-back threes to cut Bryant's lead to 48-47 with 6:02 left.
• Bryant held a 50-49 lead with 2:55 left as both teams went nearly three minutes without a field goal.
• Harvard would grab a 51-50 lead but the Bulldogs had an answer as Davis drilled a three from the top to make it 53-51 with 1:49 left.
• The Crimson though would tie the game at 53-53 and Tey Barbour beat the shot clock with a three from the left wing with 14.1 seconds left.
• Harvard then trapped the Bulldogs up top and forced a turnover, ending the game.

Stats

• Bryant finished the game 19-of-58 (32.8 percent) from the field, 9-of-28 (32.1 percent) from three and 6-of-7 (85.7 percent) from the line.
• Harvard outrebounded Bryant, 40-34, and held a 34-18 edge in points in the paint.
• Tabales finished with 15 points on 5-of-12 shooting from three. He added six assists and four steals and turned the ball over just once in a season-high 36 minutes.
• Rudovskii went 3-of-5 from three to finish with 15 points. He added eight rebounds and three assists.
• Harvey finished with eight points and 10 boards.
• Sims posted six rebounds and four steals.

Game Notes

• Bryant falls to 0-7 all-time vs Harvard.
• Rudovskii finished in double figures for the eighth-straight game to start his career. It is the longest streak to start a career in Bryant DI program history.
• Tabales finished in double figures for the third straight game and for the fourth time this season.
• Tabales set a season highs for three point field goals (5), assists (6) and steals (4).
• Tabales' five three-point field goals are the most by a Bulldog freshmen since Charles Pride knocked down five at Rutgers in 2019.
• Saturday marked the first time since Jan. 23, 2020 at Wagner that two freshmen have scored 15+ points for the Bulldogs.
• Harvey's 10 rebounds were a career high.
• Sims posted a season-high four steals.

Up Next
Bryant returns to the Chace Athletic Center on Tuesday night, hosting Stonehill. Tip is set for 6:00 p.m. and tickets can be purchased at BryantTickets.com.