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With a balanced attack and a solid defensive effort, the Harvard women’s basketball team overcame a lackluster start to defeat Penn, 77-58, on Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion. Eleven Crimson players scored and the Harvard bench contributed 37 points as the Crimson defeated the Quakers for the second time in two weeks, sweeping the season series for the second straight year. “It was a team effort, a lot of fun,” co-captain Maureen McCaffery said. “Everybody came to play.” “The first...
PRINCETON, N.J.—As Harvard coach Frank Sullivan unloaded the bench in the closing moments in Jadwin Gym, one couldn’t help but think of one of the top reasons why the Crimson had fallen so far in league play.In the 10 games leading up to the January exam break, Harvard’s bench players had averaged 14 points per contest. In the 10 Ivy games after the break, the Crimson’s reserves averaged just four points per contest, hitting that number right on the mark in Saturday night’s loss...
...wound up being a terrific basketball game.”The pugnacious style manifested itself in the multiple casualties that amounted. Penn forward Friedrich Ebede was fouled hard by captain Matt Stehle on a breakaway late in the first half, sending him to the floor and later to the bench, where he remained for the entire second half. Starting forward Steve Danley, charged with guarding 7’0 senior center Brian Cusworth, injured his nose shortly after the break and was forced to the bench for the rest of the game.Those two losses left the Quakers short-staffed...
...That was pretty much the difference.” Princeton used a balanced inside-outside attack to jump out to and maintain a substantial lead throughout. Forwards Meghan Cowher and Becky Brown each had 16 points for the Tigers, while shooting guard Casey Lockwood came off the bench to add 10. “We really wanted to defend against [Cowher and Brown] and get out to the shooters,” Hallion added. “But we were a little slow. It’s Division I basketball–people are going to hit shots...
...tricking Kevin Du 56 ticks into extra time. But the writing was on the wall—the game-winner was only seconds away. Dylan Reese picked out Jon Pelle at the far post with a perfect pass, Pelle one-timed it in, and the jubilant Harvard bench emptied to mob Pelle and celebrate the 5-4 OT win. And herein lies the beauty of sports. In under an hour, on a cold New England night, in a pair of mediocre venues cheering for one good and one not-so-good college team, you can experience certainty and shock...