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Though the Crimson’s 14 first-half turnovers offset its 59.1-percent shooting clip, Harvard played stifling defense of its own, attacking the boards and limiting Lomax—the nation’s leading rebounder—to just one offensive rebound...
Delaney-Smith’s analysis of the game captures the gist of the Crimson’s first game in the Empire State...
Junior co-captain Christine Matera nailed a jumper a minute into the game to start the barrage of scoring. Harvard tallied 13 straight points to open the game, and the defense took care of leaving Cornell scoreless for the first seven minutes of the contest...
Unfortunately for Cornell, that would be the closest it would come in the first half. A series of turnovers by the Big Red, big rebounds by the Crimson, and steals by Matera and Lippert ensured that Harvard would keep a double-digit lead entering halftime. Sophomore Caitlin Rowland scored a trey to procure the Crimson’s biggest lead of the half, 35-19. Harvard would end the half with a 40-28 advantage...
...boards, the Crimson outrebounded the Big Red throughout the game, particularly in the first half. Harvard went to the locker room with 25 rebounds and finished the game with 48, while Cornell could only come up 16 in the first and 33 boards on the night...