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Senior shooting guard Sarah Brandt, junior forward Sarah Russell and freshman point guard Lisa Kowal represent the Crimson's formidable second wave of attack. They are Harvard's sixth women...
Brandt is perhaps the truest sixth player by definition, as she usually is the first to check into the game, whether or not Russell and Kowal accompany her. Brandt can play the two-guard or the small forward in Harvard's offense, and she normally replaces senior Alison Seanor or junior Suzie Miller when she enters a game...
Kowal, meanwhile, is the Crimson's back-up point guard for co-captain Megan Basil. Kowal provides a change of pace from Basil's style--while the latter is more of a spot-up shooter and half-court offense executor, Kowal's game is collapsing defenses by penetrating and then dishing to an open teammate. She is an excellent ball handler with superb quickness, and she is seldom unnerved...
...Sometimes it's the greatest thing ever if you're running up the court and you see Lisa blow by you," says Russell. "There's no drop ever when Lisa's on the court. That inspires so much confidence when you see a point guard who's just taking...
...think on the court [Russell] and I are very emotional players, and Lisa comes in with this dead calm poise of an awesome freshman point guard that balances out," says Brandt. "We definitely complement each other in that...