Martin Ties Program Wins Record as Men's Basketball Prevails at Harvard

Saturday, February 4

Cambridge, Mass.

6:00 p.m.

Brown University

12-10,5-4Ivy League

Harvard

12-11,3-6Ivy League

Brown

Harvard

Martin Ties Program Wins Record as Men's Basketball Prevails at Harvard

2/4/2023 11:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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BOSTON – The Brown men's basketball team completed the road weekend sweep with a 68-65 win over Harvard Saturday night at the Lavietes Pavilion. With the victory, Brown Men's Basketball Head Coaching Chair Mike Martin tied Stanley Ward's program record for most wins by a head coach with a 133.

"It was a huge win for our team and a huge weekend for our program," Martin said. "We talked going into the weekend about how these would be playoff-like games. Again, we're not in the position where we have to win every game, but when you do win these games, it certainly helps."

Paxson Wojcik set a new career-high with 23 points, while he grabbed eight rebounds as well. Kino Lilly Jr. had 21 points, Nana Owusu-Anane finished with 12 and Dan Friday 10. Owusu-Anane also had nine rebounds and two blocks and Friday led the team with three assists.

Trailing by one at the 17:24 mark of the second half, Brown used a 16-0 run to take a commanding 49-34 lead with 11:49 remaining. Lilly, Friday, and Wojcik all contributed four points during the run, Owusu-Anane had three.

The Crimson would eventually close the gap to as little as two, but with only six seconds remaining. Wojcik made 1-of-2 from the line to make it a three-point game, and Harvard's desperation three bounced out as the Bears held on for the victory.

Over the final 3:30, the Bears scored all their points from the line, going 12-for-16 in that stretch to secure the win.

The Bears led for the majority of the first half. Harvard scored the first bucket, but Brown immediately answered and would hold on to the lead for 17:10 of the opening 20 minutes.

With the victory, the Bears improved to 5-4 in Ivy League play, while Harvard fell to 3-6. Brown is tied with both Cornell and Penn at 5-4. Princeton is 7-2 and Yale is 6-3.

Martin now has a chance to become the winningest head coach in Brown men's basketball history next weekend.

"We'll think about that when my career is over," Martin said when asked for his thoughts on tying the program record for head coaching wins. "We're focused on getting this team where we want to get. We want to compete for an Ivy League Championship. So, we're focused on that and these players.

"It's a fair question, but it requires a little bit more reflection and I'm just not ready to reflect. I'm living in the moment with this group."

The Bears host Cornell next Saturday, Feb. 11 for a 2 p.m. tip.

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