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...it’s just the middle of the season, and yes, it’s the first Ivy game, but no—the Harvard women’s basketball team will not take its opener against Dartmouth this Saturday afternoon lightly...
...perennial spot was snagged by the Big Green, who blazed to an 8-2 start in league play last year before dropping its last four and settling into fourth place. In the teams’ first meeting last season, which was also each squad’s Ivy opener, Dartmouth shocked Harvard in overtime at Lavietes Pavilion, snapping the Crimson’s streak of 26 league victories...
Meanwhile, Dartmouth will face Harvard in a condition very different from the one in which it began the season. Standout sophomore center Elise Morrison, last year’s Ivy Rookie of the Year, has been battling injuries the entire year and has played in just six games. She injured her ankle in the fourth minute of a Dec. 29 game against Richmond. The Big Green dropped the next two, and hasn’t won a game in which Morrison hasn’t appeared. Dartmouth does not have her listed as a probable starter for this Saturday...
...more thing—Dartmouth is 0-5 at home. Honestly, I don’t blame them, what with all the terrible people they have there. Try to get into a press box with the wrong type of credentials—it’s no use. They’ll turn you away and make you sit in the cold and rain even though all you’re wearing is a long sleeve t-shirt and three other writers from your newspaper are inside and they all plead with them to let you in. But I digress?...
Also seeing major time off the bench for Dartmouth was Callahan, who played 26 minutes and scored 17 points. Junior forward Jason Meyer also did not start but logged 20 minutes and contributed eight points on just three field goal attempts...