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Leading the way for Colgate was freshman backup forward Marques Green. The 6'5 Green routinely camped out behind the three-point line awaiting the pass for the open jumper. He finished the first half with 13 points on 4-of-7 shooting. He led all scorers with 21 points...
Defensively, Harvard came out of the break with a press, trying to force turnovers and get back into the contest, but the Crimson was limited in its efforts because of numbers.
"We had to be judicious in using the press due to the fatigue factor, especially with [Clemente] and [Prasse-Freeman] out and since [junior forward Bryan] Parker had the flu," Sullivan said. "So with our lack of depth, we didn't want to make our big men run too much...
And unfortunately for the Crimson, Colgate answered its efforts by shooting the lights out. After hitting 41.4 percent from the floor in the first half, the Red Raiders stepped it up to 65.4 percent in the second. Colgate also made 6-of-8 three-pointers after the break.
The lopsided loss to a Colgate team that was in a tailspin of its own does not bode well for the Crimson, especially with Clemente out for the season. Many questions, like where the missing points will come from, now arise.