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...gave the Crimson its first lead of the game, starting a stretch of ties and lead changes that would last the rest of the game. Harvard fans responded to each twist and turn with raucous cheers, none louder than when a no-look pass from junior guard Emily Tay at the three-point line found Hallion alone under the basket. Hallion’s easy lay-in tied the game at 40 with just under eight minutes to play. Cornell responded at every turn, but was without its go-to-weapon down the stretch. As the crowds filtered into Lavietes...
...wide open misses led to long rebounds that the Lions converted into fast break opportunities. “Sometimes when things don’t go our way on offense, people put their [heads down] and we give up easy baskets on the other end,” junior guard Drew Housman said. Harvard gave up five-straight possessions where Columbia simply out-hustled it in transition. After bringing the lead down to three with nine minutes remaining, the quick transition plays killed off any chance for a Crimson comeback. Harvard, also dealing with foul trouble and the two-headed...
...percent) field goals in the first half—four more buckets than Harvard made the entire game. “They’re tough to stop, I give them a lot of credit—they have a lot of weapons,” junior guard Andrew Pusar said. “Certainly they do a good job of moving the ball fast to get their shooters open, and unfortunately there [were] a couple situations where we didn’t communicate well enough and they were able to get some looks at the basket...
...continued with its deafening cheers. Despite the hostile environment, at least one Harvard player enjoyed the chance to play through the Big Red boos and looks forward to next year’s battles. “I thought it was a lot of fun,” junior guard Andrew Pusar said. “I hope that they’re going to be good again next year, and hopefully we’ll get our place rockin’, then we’ll get other places going, and hopefully it will become spread throughout the league...
...dependence on the long ball showed as the game wound down. On the Big Red’s last possession, with Harvard up 49-46, the visitors needed a three to force overtime. The Crimson clamped down on defense to counter Cornell’s four-guard set, and the visiting team looked lost when nobody was open beyond the arc. The Big Red made nine three pointers in the teams’ first contest and shot 50 percent from behind the arc. Big Red guard Gretchen Gregg, the nation’s leading three-point shooter, made four threes...