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...only other major negative has 19 Harvard turnovers. That hardly washed out the positives. Harvard shot an impressive 23-for-25 from the line, and Peljto, who scored 22 points, was 10-for-10 herself. Senior guard Jenn Monti, who leads the Ivies in assists, scored nine clutch points and dished out nine assists to just two turnovers...
With Nwagbo patrolling the area under the hoop, the Crimson was forced to push the ball outside and take some longer range shots. Harvard put up 16 first-half threes, making six of them. Both Monti and Peljto notched two treys before the first-half buzzer and kept the Crimson in the ball game at the break...
Fittingly, Harvard took its first lead of the afternoon on a rebound and putback by sophomore forward Tricia Tubridy, whose 12 clutch rebounds and 14 points kept the Crimson in the game. That lead, which came with 7:29 left, was bolstered by three-pointers from Monti and Peljto, who added another outside jumper with three minutes left to extend the Crimson lead...
With Peljto and Cserny having average games offensively, Monti and Tubridy stepped up. Monti, who had just five three-pointers entering the game, hit four three-pointers on seven attempts. The rapid change in Monti’s production was likely the result of a conversation she had with Harvard Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith...
...Delaney-Smith and I] had a little talk about all the pressure Hana and Reka are getting in the posts,” Monti said. “I always thought it was a better-percentage shot near the posts, but when I’m wide open, I need to shoot and open things up for them. I wasn’t really being guarded in the first half...