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Still reeling from its shocking loss to Yale and minus its leading scorer in Sturdy, Harvard could not hang with Brown for much more than 20 minutes at the Pizzitola Center...
...Crimson's offense looked much better than it had one day earlier, but trouble reared its head in another form--rebounding. Brown outrebounded Harvard 26-11 in the first half as the Bears routinely had three and four shots on each possession...
...Brown's guards crashed the boards vigorously and were consistently a step quicker to the ball than their Harvard counterparts, helping the Bears to 15 second-chance points. Despite only shooting 36.4 percent in the first half, Brown held a 34-29 lead at halftime...
Harvard's deficit at intermission could have been worse; Brown led 34-23 with 2:38 remaining in the period. But the Crimson scored the final six points of the half on a trey by Miller, a free throw by freshman point guard Jen Monti and a lay-up by co-captain Sarah Russell to reduce the Bears' advantage to five...
...momentum Harvard may have carried into halftime disappeared quickly in the opening moments of the second half. Brown opened the period on a 12-2 run to effectively put the game out of reach for the Crimson. Harvard did pull within six at 65-59 on junior guard Courtney Egelhoff's two free throws with 2:23 left to play. But Brown freshman point guard Emily Troupe connected on a three-pointer on the ensuing possession to dash the Crimson's comeback hopes...