Brown Can't Overcome Slow Start, Falls to Yale 77-68

Brown Can't Overcome Slow Start, Falls to Yale 77-68

The Brown Bears (5-10, 0-1 Ivy League) fell 77-68 to (10-5, 1-0 Ivy League) Yale on Saturday night in Connecticut. The game took over two hours and featured 49 foul calls. 

The Bulldogs jumped out to a big lead, going up 21-4 after a Makai Mason three-pointer with 12:30 left in the first half. 

However, the Bears would battle back and get to within four, 35-31 with 53 seconds left in the half and would end up trailing 37-31 heading into the locker room. 

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In the second talk, the Bulldogs would extend their lead to as much as 13, 65-52, but again Brown would battle back. 

The Bears got as close as five, 70-65 with 1:17 to go after a Cedric Kuakumensah three but would only score three points the rest of the way and fall 77-65. 

The Leaders 

Cedric Kuakumensah led Brown with 18 points on 4 of 16 shooting from the field and 8 of 10 from the free throw line while also grabbing 12 rebounds and blocking three shots. The double double is Kuakumensah's eighth of the season.

Tavon Blackmon followed up with 17 points on 6 of 15 shooting but had 6 turnovers. 

Next up 

Brow returns to action on Saturday, January 23 when they host Yale at the Pizzitola Center. Tip off is set for 5 p.m. 

The Bears begin a 5 game home stand starting with that game.