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...Friday night, Gellert put on a one-man show in the first half, getting all six of his steals against the Bears before the buzzer sounded. Those turnovers translated into easy points for Harvard. On Saturday, Gellert picked up five more steals to lead a team-wide defensive effort in a blowout of Yale...
...Harvard defense stopped the Bulldog attack when it needed to. Down 70-68 with 0:26.8 remaining, a jump ball gave Yale possession. But the stingy Crimson defense, playing on adrenaline and nerves, forced Yale sophomore forward Meg Simpson to take a rushed baseline jumper at the shot clock buzzer, only to have it rim out. Ides grabbed the rebound and was quickly fouled...
After missing the free throw, Yale got the rebound and drove down the floor, trying for a final shot. Yale senior guard Kelly Denit got off a successful shot right after the final buzzer sounded, disallowing the field goal...
When sophomore point guard Jenn Monti's desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer hit the right side of the backboard and fell to the floor, her teammates' shoulders slumped lower than they had all year. Monti had hit those last-second shots before, and there was no reason to think she couldn't repeat the heroics again when the Crimson had the ball with 18 seconds to go and down...
With 18.2 seconds left and Harvard trailing by two, there was little doubt that Monti would be taking the final shot. Monti was the one with the experience, having closed her freshman year with buzzer-beating shots in back-to-back games...