Word: jameses
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The Harvard men's basketball team was a perfect example of this axiom this week. Sophomore Ralph James was named Ivy League Player of the Week the same weekend that the Crimson suffered its most devastating loss of the year.
James scored 49 points in Harvard's 83-81 win over Yale and 80-70 loss to Brown. The 6-ft., 4-in. guard was 18-for-33 from the field in the two games, playing his best basketball in an otherwise very disappointing season.
James, who is averaging 14.2 points per game, is shooting only 41 percent from the field and 67 percent from the foul line this season. He is second on the team in rebounding, pulling down 5.2 caroms per game.
But while James, last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year, was breaking out of his sophomore slump, Harvard was not so lucky. The Crimson found itself behind early in both Ivy games and were able to come back and win only the Yale game. Against Brown, James' five...
Phillips' 10.3 points per game ranks him fourth on the team behind Gielen (15.0), James (14.2) and Ron Mitchell (12.0).