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...however, put the game out of reach before the halftime buzzer even sounded. The intensity of the man-to-man in the final 15 minutes only emphasized further just how permeable the Crimson’s zone was in the first half. The best perimeter team in the Ivies, Dartmouth began the game 4-of-5 from the arc and kept heating up throughout the opening frame. By halftime, the Big Green’s Jeannie Cullen—who was a combined 9-of-18 from three point range in last year’s two conference games against...
...Dartmouth completely destroyed the Crimson’s zone defense in the first half, swinging the ball to find the open shooter before Harvard could react and using cross-court skip passes to exploit the holes on the perimeter. When Harvard did close out in time to prevent yet another dagger from beyond the arc, Dartmouth’s guards fired an entry pass to the low-post for forward Sydney Scott...
...break, Scott had 14 points on four-of-four shooting and a six-of-seven clip from the line. As a whole, Dartmouth shot 53.6 percent from the floor in the first half and was nine-of-16 from the three-point line. Harvard posted a respectable 46.4 percent clip, but all the damage was done on the defensive end. Dartmouth’s 48 first-half points are the most the Crimson has given up on the year...
...Crimson’s man-to-man defense worked, even if Harvard came up well short of an upset bid over the preseason unanimous favorite. Dartmouth was rattled during the Crimson’s second half tear, unable to find shots or corral defensive rebounds as the Big Green did consistently in the first half. “You know what it is? It’s the type of nothing-to-lose mentality which was our intention in starting the game,” Delaney-Smith said of the Crimson’s second half performance...
...Harvard puts together 40 minutes like those last 15 at Lavietes on Saturday, yet another March showdown between Dartmouth and Harvard will live up to its billing...