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Furthermore, Harvard is stealing at a record pace of 13.6 per game, way ahead of last year's school record 10.9 per game. In fact, according to junior forward Darren Rankin, the Crimson's Achilles' heel against the Crusaders was not defense but offense-a relatively good sign amidst the taste of the defeat itself...
...really our offense's fault against Holy Cross, not our defense's," Rankin said. "Against Lehigh, we can play defense like we did against Holy Cross. Overall, the defense is the best since I've been here...
Harvard beat Lehigh by one point last year, 71-70, on the strength of a game winning basket and a career high 26 points from Rankin. The junior forward, the Crimson's leading scorer last year at 12.3 points per game and its second leading rebounder at 5.4 boards per game, is the Crimson's leading glass wiper this year at 7.2 per game and second leading scorer at 12.8 per game...
Sophomore Kyle Snowden is also posting impressive numbers, averaging a team-leading 15 points per game (despite notching only four points versus HC) and 6.5 boards per game. Last year, Snowden shook off the freshman butterflies to average 11.4 points per game (second to Rankin) and a team-leading 7.5 rebounds per game...
...Like Rankin, Harvard coach Frank Sullivan, a Lehigh assistant for 1977 to 1981, also has good memories of the Engineers. At Lehigh, Sullivan worked with Brian Hill, who is now the head coach of the Orlando Magic. The Engineers improved every year that Sullivan was there, and the 1980-1981 squad posted more victories than it had in 60 years...