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Harvard was successful in inbounding the ball to its free-throw specialist Goffredo...
...been an ability to get to the free-throw line—and more importantly, to consistently convert once there. The Crimson has shot 452 free throws on the season, 133 more than its opposition, and has connected on 75 percent. Both of those marks put Harvard at the top of the Ancient Eight.Drawing contact on offense looms all the more large for Harvard this weekend, given that Princeton and Penn have the two best scoring defenses in the league. Venerable Princeton and mighty Penn, in contrast, are both flawed from the free-throw line—Princeton has fewer...
...Harvard captain Matt Stehle said. “Night and day. One’s slow and causes you to change your defensive strategy...and for Penn, it’s just speed. Speed, speed, speed. It’s ball screens and flare screens all around the free-throw line extended, which makes it very difficult.”That speed has allowed Penn to become the highest scoring team in the Ivies this season, despite shooting among the worst in the league from the free throw line and from behind the arc. The key for the Quakers...
...YORK—Once again, the Harvard men’s basketball team dug itself a big hole in Levien Gym. But this time, the Crimson managed to claw its way out, using a strong performance from the free-throw line to forge a 69-59 victory over Columbia (8-10, 1-4 Ivy) on Friday night. Harvard (12-6, 4-1) went 21-for-27 from the stripe on the game, including 9-of-10 over the final 5:39 to seal the win. The Crimson held a 56-53 lead with under six minutes to go when freshman...
...quick to blow their whistles.The referees called 24 fouls against Cornell in the 79-77 Big Red victory, the most that the Big Red has committed all year, and 23 against Harvard, its second highest total on the season. Those fouls led to a combined 75 trips to the free-throw line for both teams. Harvard stayed in the game with its 27-of-29 shooting from the line, a startling 93.1 percent, while the Big Red shot 23-of-36 from the stripe, the most makes and attempts for a Harvard opponent this year. “It?...