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Hanks, who entered Saturday's game coming off two straight double-doubles, came up just one rebound
But as well as Hanks played, Harvard largely succeeded in containing her and Dartmouth point guard Sherrty Freeman, who entered the weekend as the Big Green's two leading scorers. Both Hanks and Freeman met their averages in terms of point production (15 and 10 ppg, respectively) but neither was...
Hanks actually got off to a blazing start, hitting on a perfect 5-of-5 from the floor in the first half. But she cooled off after the intermission, as the Harvard defense held her to just two field goals.
"We knew [Hanks] was a great player and we have to look for her all the time," Peljto said. "In the second half, she got into a bit of foul trouble [four fouls for the game] and we treated her well and played good defense."
With Hanks less a factor down the stretch, Dartmouth was forced to try to beat the Crimson by other means. But outside of Hanks and Freeman, the Big Green shot only 33 percent from the field, including a paltry 7-of-25 in the second half.