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...Penn??€™s Koko Archibong hadn’t seen daylight down low in the first twenty minutes against the Crimson Saturday night, but drilled a 23-footer 20 seconds after halftime. Harvard senior Sam Winter coughed the ball up on the ensuing possession, and the Quakers swung the ball around to an unguarded Jeff Schiffner. The shot fell. Just like that, the gains of a gritty, late first-half run by the Crimson had all but vanished. A six-point deficit had ballooned back to double-digits...
Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said that Harvard’s game plan had been essentially to pick its poison—invite Penn??€™s big man to operate in the paint rather than deal with its outside shooting...
Given the customary dominance of Penn??€™s ubiquitous 6’8 forwards, Ugonna Onyekwe and Koko Archibong, the strategy may have seemed mystifying. But both players’ numbers, particularly Archibong’s, have been down somewhat this year...
...Penn??€™s hands-on defense also forced Crimson ball-handlers into some poor decisions, especially along the baseline, causing Harvard to turn the ball over 21 times...
Penn opened up a double-digit lead midway through the first half, but the play was ugly on both sides. Both teams were turning the ball over and failing to finish fast breaks. However, rebounding efforts by Penn??€™s Jan Fikiel led to several easy putbacks and kick-outs for open threes, and the Quakers had 12 second-chance points (to Harvard’s two) in the first half...