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Everything was going according to plan. In a tough if not ugly matchup against Brown, the Harvard men’s basketball team was up six, 59-53, with just under two minutes to play.A missed rebound and resultant three made it 59-56, but with senior stalwart Drew Housman—a career 81 percent free-throw shooter—going to the line for a one-and-one with 1:08 to play, the Crimson seemed to have little reason to worry. But after a missed first shot and a Bears layup on the other...
...while close defense set the tone for the game. Brown wasted no time before using a full court press, forcing the Crimson to rush on offense. Neither team shot particularly well at first, with gaps of two minutes between scores for either squad. “We had some matchup issues,” Harvard Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “I don’t think we should be able to be pressed. We have enough ball handlers and we’re smart enough. But we were ok.”Eventually, the Crimson adjusted...
...Saturday afternoon, the Engineers upset the No. 7 Crimson, 3-2, in overtime to cap off an exhilarating matchup and advance to the ECAC Finals...
...combined for 35 points on 14-of-23 field goal shooting, the rest of the team shot 8-for-25. The Crimson did a stellar job of contesting close shots and denying easy opportunities, as the Bulldogs had a much tougher time finishing than they did in the previous matchup...
...expected the final score line at Bright Hockey Center on Friday night, least of all the Harvard men’s hockey team.Expectations were high coming into this first-round ECAC tournament matchup. The Crimson (9-16-6, 9-9-6 ECAC) had gone undefeated in its last six contests and just last weekend took down then-sixth-seeded Princeton in its final regular season game.It was only natural that no one foresaw Brown—the tournament’s 12th seed and a team that had not won a single regular season Ivy game—handing...