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...Poor play from the Crimson was not enough to challenge a motivated Big Green, which captured a portion of the Ancient Eight crown for the second straight year. “It should have been a game where we were loose,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “We have struggled with that all year.” The Crimson struggled to 34 percent shooting from the field and committed 24 turnovers, which Dartmouth converted for 25 points, as parts of a disappointing performance on final night of the season. “I expected...
...stalwart defense—is a mark of the youth that has kept Harvard out of the Ivy title hunt since the fourth weekend of the season.“We’ve tried to iron [the slow starts] out,” said Harvard head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith. “I guess people would say that’s what an inexperienced team does. If you open up any sports psychology books, they’re going to say that’s what you get with young players. And I have an exceptional amount...
Before the season started, Harvard head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith was quick to admit that this year’s women’s basketball team lacked the star power that former standouts Hana Peljto ’04 and Reka Cserny ’05 gave it. In the absence of superstars, Delaney-Smith said, the Crimson would opt for balance—and Harvard did just that in Friday’s 77-58 romp over Penn.Eleven players scored in the Crimson’s most balanced output of the season, with senior guard Laura Robinson and sophomore...
...defensive pressure to force 10 first-half turnovers, and the Crimson took a 33-28 lead into the locker room at the half. “I thought we were tight offensively, took too long to connect with each other [in the beginning],” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “But I was pretty happy with how we stepped it up on defense.” Taking advantage of Penn’s poor shooting from the outside—the Quakers were 4-of-18 from three in the first half—Harvard...
...four points for over seven minutes in the opening frame. Harvard shot 0-for-9 from the field and committed seven turnovers during the stretch, watching Princeton pad its lead to 26 points. “We had no connection with each other,” head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “It just epitomizes inexperience.” It didn’t help that Princeton seemed unable to miss from the opening tip, shooting 64 percent from the field, including 5-of-7 from three-point range, in the first half...