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Berry glided through the Big Red defense for an easy layup to give the Crimson (11-6, 2-1) what would have been a one-point lead, but referees called her for traveling. Unfazed, the sophomore retreated back on defense with a smile. The next possession, she stole the ball from Caitlin Costello and sprinted down the court for another layup. This time when the whistle blew, it sent Berry to the line. She converted the foul shot for the three-point play to put Harvard...
...effort capped off a late-half rally. Cornell hadn’t made any spectacular offensive plays, but the Crimson couldn’t seem to find the basket against its high pressure defense. For much of the first 10 minutes, Harvard seemed out of rhythm as it endured a scoreless streak of more than six minutes, allowing the Big Red to pick up an eight-point lead...
...Crimson co-captains started to turn things around. Junior Claire Wheeler hit a jumper to reduce the deficit to six. Harvard wouldn’t find the basket again for nearly two minutes, but it played lockdown defense and didn’t allow Cornell a tally in that period. Then junior co-captain Christine Matera scored her second of four three-pointers to bring the deficit down to two. By then, it seemed only a matter a time before Harvard took control, which it did following a three-pointer by freshman Victoria Lippert and the back-to-back three...
...second half, Harvard finally looked the part of the favored team with its usual offensive stars—Matera, Lippert, Berry and junior Emma Markley—hitting their shots. But the Crimson allowed the Big Red to hang around just long enough to tie the game twice before two free throws from junior Jackie Alemany finally put Harvard up for good with 13 minutes to play...
...Crimson escaped the pressure...