The Yale Bulldogs open the second half of their Ivy League schedule on Friday just one game out of first place as they take on the Harvard Crimson, who are also in the mix at two games behind co-leading Princeton and Cornell. The Bulldogs (14-6, 4-3), who sport a three-game winning streak and are tied for third with Dartmouth, are 4-5 on the road this season. The Crimson (12-9, 3-4), who are tied for fifth with Pennsylvania and Brown, are 5-3 on their home court in 2022-2023. Yale won the first meeting with Harvard 58-54 on Jan. 7.

The game from Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will tip off at 5 p.m. ET. The Bulldogs are 3-point favorites, according to the latest Yale vs. Harvard odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over/under for total points scored is set at 132 (see up-to-date odds for every game this week on our college basketball odds page).

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The model knows Yale junior forward Matt Knowling is one of four Bulldogs averaging double-figure scoring. Knowling, who scored 11 points in the first meeting with the Crimson, averages 14.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He is coming off a 12-point, nine-rebound performance in Saturday's win over Princeton. He has reached double-digit scoring in 14 of 17 games he's played in, including a season-high 26 points in a 74-60 win over Eastern Washington in the Rainbow Classic on Nov. 11.

The model also knows Harvard senior forward Chris Ledlum has been on fire of late, scoring 20 or more points in three of the last four games. In Saturday's loss at Pennsylvania, he scored 21 points and grabbed six rebounds before fouling out. He had 24 points and eight rebounds on Jan. 21 in a 95-89 victory over Cornell, and registered a double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds against Columbia on Jan. 14. For the season, he is averaging 19.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.6 steals and one block per game. He scored 15 points in the first meeting with Yale.

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