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...start your statistical leader and have her come of the bench is very much a luxury," Delaney-Smith said. "She's happy with that role, and although I'm sure she'd love to start, I like the way she plays when she comes off the bench...
...Crimson was able to utilize its bench to change its look at key points of its games this weekend...
...winning its showdown against Penn at the Palestra in Philadelphia next Friday. With a win, Harvard would push itself back into a tie for first place. The Quakers have now won 11 games in a row--including a win over Brown on Saturday--while making scarce use of its bench...
Saying that Penn just plays five players is a slight exaggeration, especially considering that its top player off the bench, freshman Jewel Clark, single-handedly carried the Quakers to victory over Brown in the final minute on Saturday. But Penn did put just seven bodies on the court throughout the game, while Harvard played 10 in its close victory over Cornell...
After cutting 12-point Penn lead to two, the Crimson literally threw the game away in the final minute of the second half, as Harvard over-utilized a bench that was unprepared to handle a sudden aggression by the Quaker press. The Crimson turned over the ball three consecutive times on the inbound, and by the end of the half, the Penn lead was at 12 again. Harvard could not overcome that sequence for the rest of the game, or really the rest of the season...