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**Spark** · 02-11-2005, 06:16 PM

Penn was down 17 in second half vs Princeton in last game, but rallied to force OT, then got push with win by 8; they're 5-0 in Ivy, 4-0-1 as favorite, with 4 wins by 13+ points. Columbia is 3-3 in Ivy, losing its only road game by 30 points at Cornell.

Yale is 1-3 in Ivy, losing last game in double OT; this is their first Ivy home game. Dartmouth is 0-3 on road in Ivy, with losses by 2,19,15 points; they're 2-1 as road dog. Yale won both series games last year, by 38,4.

First Ivy home game for Brown, whoich split its four road games, with wins by 5,2 points. Harvard is 3-3 in Ivy, with wins by 3,2,13 points; they're 2-1 as a road dog. Brown swept Harvard last year, with wins by 17 and 24 points.

Cornell is 4-2 in Ivy, but five of those six games were in Ithaca; they lost only road game by 9 at Columbia. Princeton blew that big lead Tuesday at Penn; they are 1-4 in Ivy League, for first time in long time; they lost last three games, scoring just 54.2 ppg.

St Mary's is 7-2 in WCC, but one of losses was home loss to Santa Clara, 65-42 four weeks ago, when the Gaels shot less than 30% from floor. Broncos lost 3 of last four games, allowing 80 ppg in last three; they are 2-2 at home in WCC, with losses by 4,2 points.

St Peter's won four of last five games; they are 4-0 if they allow less than 78 points, 1-7 if they give up 78+. Canisius won its last three games to even its record at 6-6; two of their last three went OT. Home team 8-4 vs spread in their MAAC games.

Rider hammered Manhattan 75-46 in first meeting over in Jersey; they're 9-3 in MAAC, 5-1 vs spread in their MAAC road games. Jaspers lost five of last six games but have been on road a lot; they're 4-1 at home, with wins by 15,6,10 and 8 points.

**Spark** · 02-11-2005, 06:17 PM

Friday's games
Game of the Day:
Sonics @ Suns-- Fortson tossed some chairs after he got tossed last night, so he might not play here; Sonics shot 39 FT's last night in beating Kings last night, even though they let Sacramento shoot 51.9% from the floor Seattle scored 110.5 ppg in winning last four games- they lost first game vs Suns this year, 112-110 at home Phoenix won seven of their last eight games.

Elsewhere, 76ers are 5-6 in last 11 games; they're 1-4-1 vs spread in last six; they won first meeting vs Toronto, 106-96 last month. Raptors lost six of last eight games, with seven of last ten games going over; they've allowed 112 ppg in their last three games.

Clippers lost last three games by 2,2,5 points; at 7-2 vs spread in last nine games, Clips are playing fifth game in eight nights. Wizards won last three games; they're 14-6 in last 20 games, with a four-game losing streak in there. Over is 15-7-1 in last 23 Washington games.

Miami is 7-1 in last eight games (6-2 vs spread), with 11 of last 13 games going over total; they won first game vs Bobcats 113-90 last month. Charlotte lost four in a row and 17 of last 21 games. Miami hosts the Spurs Sunday, so possibility exists for lookahead here.

Houston won five games in row and nine of last 11 (8-3 vs spread), with six of last seven going over total; game before tha streak was 87-74 home loss to Pacers, who won three of last four games, but are 1-10 in last 11 tilts where they allowed 90+ points.

Celtics won seven of last ten games, with six of last eight going over total; they scored 110.5 ppg in winning both their games vs Knicks this year. NY allowed 111.3 ppg in last four games; they're 3-17 in their last twenty games

Spurs had five-game win streak snapped by Wizards in last game; they're 9-2 in last 11 games, with three of last four going over total. Nets are 7-5 in last twelve games; their last two both went overtime; 11 of those 12 games went over the total.

Cavaliers pounded Nuggets 92-73 when teams met out in Denver, but Nuggets are 5-2 under Karl, allowing just 89.5 ppg in last six games. Cleveland won last two in a row, after 5-7 skid; five of their last six games stayed under total, as have five of last six Nuggets games.

Erratic, dysfunctional Portland had three-game winning streak before they lost at home to Hornets last game; six of their last seven games stayed under total. Grizzlies are 17-4 in last 21 games; they're 5-2 vs spread in their last seven home games.

Warriors split last four games after 1-15 skid; they split pair of games vs Hornets, losing 98-89 at this site back in December, after beating New Orleans in triple OT on Nov 23. Hornets ended six-game losing streak in their last game, upsetting Blazers in Portland Wednesday.

Slumping Timberwolves ended six-game losing streak in 98-92 win over Denver Wednesday; they beat Jazz by a hoop in first meeting, two weeks ago. Utah lost nine of last twelve games; they're 1-4 vs spread in last 5 games.

Kings were minus-13 on boards last night and allowed Seattle to shoot 22 more FT's in 115-107 loss last night; they lost 107-98 to Dallas in season opener. Mavericks are 3-1 in last four games. Kings lost last three games and are 0-5-1 vs spread in their last six contests

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