Yale vs Harvard Predictions & Odds (Feb. 3)

• Yale is a 3.5-point road favorite over Harvard on Friday in an Ivy League game
• Yale is on a three-game winning streak
• The Yale vs Harvard odds can be found below with a pick

In basketball’s version of The Game, Yale visits longtime rival Harvard in an Ivy League matchup at 5 p.m. ET Friday at Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Mass.

Yale (14-6, 4-5 road, 4-3 Ivy) extended its winning streak to three games by defeating Princeton 87-65 on Saturday at home. Harvard (12-9, 5-3 home, 3-4 Ivy) dropped an 83-68 decision to Pennsylvania on Saturday on the road for its second loss in the last three games.

ESPNU will televise the game.

Yale vs Harvard Odds

Odds as of February 2nd at FanDuel Sportsbook.

Yale is a 3.5-point favorite and a -156 pick on the moneyline in the college basketball odds, giving it a 60.94% implied win probability.

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Yale Betting Trends

Yale had a lights-out shooting performance Saturday in its win over Princeton. The Bulldogs connected on 59.3% (35 of 59) of their field-goal attempts and were a sizzling 14 of 21 (66.7%) on three-pointers.

Yale is 32^nd in the nation in field goal shooting at 47.9%.

Sophomore guard John Poulakidas led Yale with 19 points, including making 5 of 6 shots from long-distance. Six different Bulldogs had triples.

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Junior guard August Mahoney was 3 of 4 on threes as he finished with 15 points.

Junior forward Matt Knowling ended up just shy of a double-double with 12 points, nine rebounds and three assists. Sophomore guard Bez Mbeng contributed 11 points and eight assists and senior forward Isaiah Kelly chipped in with 11 points.

In addition to its hot shooting, Yale committed just seven turnovers.

Knowling leads the Ivy League with a 60.1 field goal percentage. He is also averaging 14.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists a game. Knowling is fifth in the conference in scoring.

Poulakidas has a 10.7 scoring average and Mahoney has a 10.4 mark.

Senior forward EJ Jarvis is having a fine season with averages of 10.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots. He is third in the Ivy League in rejections.

Defensively, Yale is 17^th in Division I in points allowed (61.6) and 21^st in opponents’ field goal percentage (39.6).

Harvard Betting Trends

Senior wing Chris Ledlum is a strong candidate for Ivy League Player of the Year honors.

He has been filling the stat sheet by averaging 19.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.0 blocked shots a game. He is the Ivy League’s top rebounder and stands second in scoring, third in steals and fifth in blocked shots.

Ludlum’s 48.7 field goal percentage is fourth in the league.

To illustrate how much Ludlum means to the Crimson, their second-leading scorer, senior guard Idan Tretrout, has just an 8.3 average.

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Harvard is 329^th in the nation in scoring (65.7) and 326^th in three-point shooting (30.7%).

In Saturday’s loss to Penn, Ledlum scored 21 points and pulled down six rebounds. It was the 10^th time he has scored at least 20 points in a game this season. He has done so in six of the last eight games.

Sophomore guard Evan Nelson added 15 points and Tretrout had 12 points and four assists. Nelson is third in the Ivy League in assists with a 3.5 average.

Harvard shot just 35.5% (22 of 62) and allowed Penn to make 11 of 27 (40.7%) three-point tries.

Yale vs Harvard Prediction

Yale has won three straight games against Harvard, including 58-54 on Jan. 76 at home. Jarvis led the Bulldogs with 18 points while Ledlum had 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Crimson.

This is perhaps the fiercest rivalry in the Ivy League. Look for Harvard to keep it close on its home floor.

Pick: Harvard +3.5 (-120)

Season record: 24-20 (+2.0 units) ATS, 1-7 (-5.5 units) ML