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...constant threat opened up Penn’s offense and, combined with good ball reversal, kept Harvard guessing defensively. Sullivan said that his team faced an uphill battle trying to defend the shot, the dribble and the pass against Penn’s three-person backcourt...
...Crimson’s 67-50 win last weekend, Dartmouth coach Dave Faucher committed his defense to stopping Harvey and the rest of the Harvard backcourt, instructing his forwards to cheat off their inside assignments to help out on the Crimson guards. That strategy backfired, as Harvard’s guards simply fed the ball into the post behind the Big Green’s hedging forwards for easy layups underneath. The biggest beneficiary of Faucher’s game plan was Sigafoos, who tallied a career-high 24 points...
Harvey and Prasse-Freeman put up 34 of the team’s 57 points against the Crusaders last year, and if the Crimson wants to alter the result this time around, the backcourt duo will need to be firing on all cylinders...
...freshmen class’ impact doesn’t end with the frontcourt. Harvard’s backcourt will be strengthened by the addition of freshman Jessica Hosley. Hosley received Street & Smith All-American and McDonald All-American honorable mention accolades and was ranked the No. 18 point guard for the class of 2002 by the All-Star Girl’s Report. Hosley’s quickness and ability to penetrate adds versatility to the Crimson backcourt, which also features junior transfer student Bev Moore, freshman Laura Robertson, and sophomore Dirkje Dunham...
...class of the league and Princeton remains a pest, but Yale isn’t going away anytime soon. Sophomore Alex Gamboa had a superb year in 2001-02, but, compared to teammate Edwin Draughan, he arguably isn’t even the most talented member of that backcourt. Paul Vitelli is fast emerging as one of the league’s most consistent forwards, anchoring a frontcourt that also includes T.J. McHugh and Ime Archibong...