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...games from Harvard’s starting backcourt were essential for the Crimson, as senior center Brian Cusworth, playing with a brace on his finger due to an injury suffered in last week’s win over Colgate, was limited to three field goals by intense defensive pressure from LIU’s interior players...
When things looked bleak for the Harvard men’s basketball team last Wednesday at New Hampshire, when he was needed most, Brian Cusworth stepped up. With the Crimson trailing, 70-68, before a hostile crowd and only 4.5 seconds remaining in the game, Cusworth posted up and banked home a 10-foot shot to send the game into overtime. “Brian’s post-up was as close to the rim as we see him and he did a nice job finishing,” said Harvard head coach Frank Sullivan. Then, in the extra...
Riding the strong play of senior leaders Brian Cusworth and Jim Goffredo, the Harvard men’s basketball team won its third straight game Saturday, beating Colgate 76-64 at Cottrell Court in Hamilton, N.Y. With veteran guidance keeping the team on an even keel, the Crimson (4-3) pulled through the first three tumultuous minutes of the second half, overcoming a one-point halftime lead by the Raiders (3-3) and managing to hold a nearly steady ten-point lead for the last nine minutes of the game. “The gym was pretty quiet...
...Goffredo has already racked up 17 threes on the young season, the most important of which came with 1:27 remaining in overtime against UNH, when he calmly nailed one from long range to tie the game at 81. While Simon and Goffredo are closely matched, Crimson center Brain Cusworth and his Colgate counterpart, Marc Daniels, are not. Statistically, Cusworth average more points, rebounds, and blocks per game than Daniels, giving Harvard a distinct advantage down low. Cusworth, the school record holder in blocked shots, has racked up 12 rejections in 2006. For comparison, Daniels has two. But this...
...several feet beyond the arc, and buried the three to ignite the suprisingly vocal 642 fans in attendance and give New Hampshire an 81-78 lead. The Crimson did not panic, and the two most experienced Harvard players on the court, Goffredo and senior center Brian Cusworth, executed the two-man game brilliantly. Guarded on the perimeter, Goffredo gave the ball up and swung around a screen from Cusworth, who had ventured out to the three-point line to pick off Goffredo’s man. With a precious few feet of open space around him for seemingly the only...