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...Crimson was able to cool off Lehigh in the last seven minutes of the first half. The Mountain Hawks ended up shooting 4-of-13 over the last seven minutes while three-pointers by Gellert and Long shifted the momentum toward Harvard. At halftime, the Crimson was down 31-22, but coming back...
...second half saw almost perfect offensive execution by Harvard. The main problem in the first half had been poor shooting (9-of-26) and 15 turnovers, four by freshman point guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman. Starting in the second half, the roles of the teams had changed...
...Lehigh that came out slow and mistake-prone. Harvard took advantage of 11 second-half turnovers--most of them in the first 10 minutes of the half--by driving inside and passing out to wide-open perimeter shooters. Gellert and Clemente drained early three's to bring Harvard to within four. Harvard shot 6-of-7 from three-point range in the second, and 8-of-13 for the game...
...wasn't just the five straight three-pointers that helped. The Crimson also cut down on the turnovers, committing none until five minutes remained in the game and finishing with only three in the second half...
...knew we could win in the second half if we did two things," Gellert said. "Solve the press and eliminate turnovers. We did both, and that led to easier shots and more points...