National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Yale 62, Brown 61
When: 12:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 17, 2024
Where: Schiller Court in Francis S. Levien Gymnasium, New York, New York
Officials: # Sean Campbell, # John Gaffney, # Greg Evans
Attendance: 2278

Matt Knowling made a short jumper along the baseline as time expired to lift Yale to a 62-61 victory over Brown on Sunday in the final of the Ivy League tournament in New York.

John Poulakidas scored 18 points for the second-seeded Bulldogs (22-9), who overcame a four-point deficit with 21 seconds to play to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in eight seasons.

Poulakidas sank a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left and Brown's Malachi Ndur missed two free throws to set the stage for the buzzer-beating basket. Knowling accepted a nifty bounce pass from Bez Mbeng and sank the short jumper.

The late surge buried the fourth-seeded Bears (13-18), who were attempting to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1986.

Kino Lilly. Jr. scored 21 points for Brown, which saw its seven-game winning streak come to a halt.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Brown   Yale
Kino Lilly Jr. 21 Scoring John Poulakidas 18
Malachi Ndur 4 Assists Bez Mbeng 6
Kalu Anya 7 Rebounds Danny Wolf 13
Kino Lilly Jr. 4 Free Throws Made August Mahoney 2
Nana Owusu-Anane 2 Steals August Mahoney 2
Malachi Ndur 2 Blocks Danny Wolf 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Brown 61 41.8 7-25 8-15 13 26 3 3 9
Yale 62 39.1 7-22 5-10 18 36 7 5 8