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...fifth straight loss. The Bulldogs (14-11, 6-4) swept the season series from Harvard for the first time since the 2002-2003 season. “Just a discouraging weekend, a discouraging follow-up to a difficult game last night,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “We were a little better tonight, but I thought Yale was up for the challenge.” Unlike against Brown, the Crimson came into the Yale game relatively energized. That was evident from the opening tap, as Harvard took turnovers on Yale’s first...
Harvard coach Frank Sullivan called it “just a discouraging weekend, and a discouraging follow-up to a difficult game [on Friday against Brown]. Yale bounced back from their adversity”—a Friday night road loss at Dartmouth—”a little bit better than...
...drives and crisp backdoor cuts, Brown outplayed Harvard at its own game, scoring 20 points in the paint in the first half to take a 37-24 lead into the break. “They gave us what we gave them down [in Providence],” Crimson coach Frank Sullivan said. “Tonight Brown took us by surprise, because the game was all zone when we played them last time. We thought we would see zone, [but] we saw an aggressive man-to-man.”Brown’s new-look defense held the Crimson...
...Brown got six points in the paint in the first four minutes, en route to 43 on the game, as it hopped out to a 10-3 lead. “Brown was able to get too close to the rim all night long,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. Along with interior scoring, the Bears outrebounded the Crimson by five, a dramatic turnaround from the first time the two teams met, with Harvard winning the game and the battle of the boards by 14 in that one. “We talked about having some pride tonight...
...telling sign of the team’s dejection, the players were explicitly unavailable for comment for the first time this season at home. “For us just a discouraging weekend, and a discouraging follow-up to a difficult game last night,” coach Frank Sullivan said. “Yale bounced back from their adversity [a loss at Dartmouth on Friday night] a little bit better than we did.” After beginning the year 8-3, the Crimson has now lost eight of its last 11 games to fall out of contention...