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...Crimson never led, and the game’s outcome was hardly in doubt. Five straight points by Blackbirds??€™ freshman David Hicks helped Long Island jump out to a 7-0 lead in the game’s first two minutes, and Harvard would never get closer than five the rest...
...earned him Ivy League Player of the Week honors, as announced by the league office yesterday. Goffredo took advantage of a porous LIU defense to find his groove. Lacking the interior height to play Harvard senior center Brian Cusworth straight up—the tallest player in the Blackbirds??€™ rotation is 6’7—LIU committed its defensive resources to plugging the middle, routinely getting guards to shade towards the interior and give help when the ball got deep. That left the outside open, and not even a shift from 2-3 zone...
...Goffredo, Housman, and the rest of Harvard’s guards also did an excellent job guarding the Blackbirds??€™ chief threat from the perimeter...
...James Williams, LIU’s leading scorer, entered the game averaging 17.1 points per game and had hit 25 threes in the Blackbirds??€™ eight games this season, but was 0-of-8 from long range on Saturday. It marked the first time this season that Williams failed to make even a single three-pointer in a game...
...Blackbirds??€™ leading scorer James Williams led all players with 16 points, but struggled at times, shooting 1-of-7 from long range...