Word: peljto
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...from the first half, when Harvard scored on several possessions in a row. The Crimson turned a close 13-10 game into a blowout as senior guard Jenn Monti, Peljto and co-captain Laura Barnard hit treys on three consecutive possessions, bookended by a pair of Sarah Johnson turnaround jumpers. Harvard shot 46.7 percent in the first half...
...Peljto led all scorers with 14 in the first half, but her second half slowdown cost her the league’s overall scoring title. At the point when Harvard led 42-15, Peljto had made up a pre-game 498-489 deficit on Dartmouth’s Katharine Hanks in the Ivy scoring race, but Hanks outscored Peljto by eight for the rest of the game...
...Neither Peljto nor Delaney-Smith were aware of the closeness of the scoring race. Peljto, in particular, has never been one to care about statistics...
...That doesn’t matter,” Peljto said of the scoring title. “I would rather have the Ivy league title...
Another factor contributing to Peljto’s second-half struggles was the officiating. Peljto earned only six shots from the line despite attempting 23 field goals, on many of which she was hacked. Hanks earned eight shots from the line, but took just 14 shots from the floor...