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...Crimson. Harvard (12-7, 4-1) will put its four-game winning streak to the test this weekend in two huge conference games against Cornell and Columbia, both of which are nipping at the Crimson’s heels in the Ivy League standings. Saturday night’s matchup with the Bears, on the other hand, wasn’t much for drama. After opening its Ivy slate with a gritty two-point win at Yale, Brown has dropped its last five games: all five at home, all five to league opponents. The night before the Crimson came...
...challenge to the Crimson’s big men.“The concern we’re going to have is their ability to pound the interior,” Amaker said. “They have the physical size and strength up front.”This matchup is especially problematic in light of the injuries plaguing Harvard’s frontcourt. Junior forward Doug Miller, who had started every game during a breakout season, suffered a foot injury last weekend and will miss extended action. This setback comes while junior forward Pat Magnarelli recovers from a shoulder...
...History favors Harvard in this matchup, though, as the Crimson has won 19 straight meetings with BU and holds a 13-1 record against the Terriers in the Beanpot...
...doesn’t make defense easier—just different,” Finelli said. “When you face a player of that caliber, you focus all your defense on that one person. With their more balanced team, we just all have to worry about our matchups and back each other up on the floor.”The Crimson will have to contend with a few very athletic Tiger guards. Sophomore Addie Micir (12 ppg) and freshman Lauren Edwards (9.7 ppg) are a pair of six-footers who can score inside and out. Princeton beat Penn...
...meets and we’re getting excited because it’s home. We want to go out and show them that we’re a really strong force.”The Crimson will try to dethrone the defending Ivy champion Tigers in a matchup of the league’s only undefeated teams. Competition starts at 6 p.m. on Friday.“I’m really confident going into it,” Clarke said. “I think this is the first time since I’ve been here that...