Kirkwood leads Harvard past Mercer 71-67

ATLANTA (AP) — Noah Kirkwood came off the bench to score 19 points as Harvard built a big lead in the first half and then held off Mercer in the final minutes for a 71-67 win on Saturday afternoon.
Harvard (6-5) led 41-28 at the break, pushed that to 48-33 before Ross Cummings drained two straight from long range to close to 48-39 with 12:30 left. The Crimson pushed their advantage to 67-56 before Mercer’s Fardaws Aimaq scored six unanswered points to cut the margin to 67-62 with 28