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...shooters the ball—this year it’s more about creating shots for other players as well as looking for my own shot.”The Crimson’s new offense, a medley of inside-outside passing, assertive cuts to the basket and speedy perimeter play, has Harvard looking for all five options more than ever. It’s a different feel for a Crimson program that has featured the eventual All-Ivy Player of the Year in seven of the last eleven seasons.“As far as scoring goes, we have...
...more than doubled Harvard in second-chance points, posting 16 compared to the Crimson’s seven. “They just owned us on the boards,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “We should be ashamed.” After trading baskets for the first 13 minutes after halftime, Harvard took its first lead since a 27-26 mark with about two minutes left in the first half on a free throw from sophomore guard Lindsay Hallion, making the score 54-53 with 6:47 to play. After two Stag field goals...
...team’s perimeter players stepped up. Goffredo scored 15 points, and freshman guard Drew Housman contributed 13. Thrust into the starting role at point guard, Housman ran the offense with poise in his first collegiate game, and was able to penetrate the Vermont defense to reach the basket. He hit all eight of his free throw attempts, including four in the game’s final forty seconds that clinched the victory...
...team’s perimeter players stepped up. Goffredo scored 15 points, and freshman guard Drew Housman contributed 13. Thrust into the starting role at point guard, Housman ran the offense with poise in his first collegiate game, and was able to penetrate the Vermont defense to reach the basket. He hit all eight of his free throw attempts, including four in the game’s final 40 seconds that clinched the victory. “I was really nervous at the beginning, but once it got going, and I realized I can play with these guys, then...
...Holsey’s time at point guard, where taking orders and following set patterns is the norm, “distracts from her natural game.”And then there’s Holsey’s athleticism. It manifests itself in a slithery move to the basket; an elegant dish to the outside; an effortless jump shot that she hits with startling regularity.“She’s just smooth, with God-given speed off that first step that just scares people,” Sidwell Friends coach Ann Reninger told The Washington Post...