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"We've been playing man-to-man this year, and my defense has gotten better along with my rebounding," Hayes said.
Hayes gives credit to the team's hard work, drive, and conditioning program. "We aren't as tired as other teams at the end of the game," she said. "Last year we lost a lot of close games because at the end of the game we were tired."
And the adjustment from high school to college has gone smoothly. In Hayes's freshman year, the size of the basketball was changed and the games became quicker.
"It wasn't new to me, because in the Bay State Olympics we used the new basketballs," Hayes said. "It wasn't so severe, because I had already played with them."
Her 26 points against Brooklyn last year was the third-highest scoring total ever for a Harvard player, and at the end of the season Hayes was named All-Ivy Honorable Mention.