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...Harvard men’s basketball team broke another streak, albeit a smaller one. The Crimson beat Columbia for the first time in six games, 72-63, Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion behind a balanced team attack, avenging a last second loss to the visitors two weeks ago. Junior guard Jeremy Lin and freshman forward Keith Wright tied for a game-high 14 points to lead four players in double figures for the Crimson as it pulled away midway through the second half, then held off the Lions’ attempt at a late charge. Senior guard Drew Housman...
...game was a tug-of-war over momentum. Each time the Crimson approached a double-digit lead, the Lions came roaring up court, zipping chest passes to each other as if it were the middle of practice drills. These Columbia stampedes were led by junior guard Sara Yee, who weaved through defenders with great speed and control. At 5’1”, the quick-footed Yee was one of the Lions’ principal energy sources in the first half...
...Columbia defense engaged in an aggressive full-court press in the second half, attempting to cause some arrhythmia in Harvard’s offense. But after being caught off guard in its 74-71 loss to the Lions in Cambridge earlier this season, the Crimson anticipated Columbia’s aggressive defensive strategy this time around...
...With 3:10 left in regulation, the Crimson’s lead was only three points. Harvard sophomore guard Christine Matera demonstrated crowd-silencing heroics by draining two three’s in a row with two minutes remaining. Because Columbia was resilient and relentless in its multiple comebacks, the Crimson bench was still tense with a nine point lead in the closing minutes...
...anything that was going to bail them out,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “We wanted no silly fouls or anything like that.” The Big Red then had 3.9 seconds left to take a final shot. Cornell inbounded the ball to guard Louis Dale, who drove straight into Crimson freshman Keith Wright, trying to draw contact. Wright, however, swatted the ball away as the clock wound down, giving Harvard its second straight victory this weekend, by a final score of 71-70. “We kept huddling up and saying that...