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...Harvard that made the most mistakes in the early parts of the second half. The Crimson turned the ball over 10 times in the second half and missed seven crucial free throws, mustering just two field goals in the first ten minutes of the latter frame. Then Robinson took over, slicing through the Yale defense and getting to the free throw line—the only place Harvard found any offense after halftime. Despite the seven misses, 13 of the Crimson’s second-half points came from the charity stripe. Robinson netted 10-of-12 free throws...
...they got lucky.” Robinson had frustrated Hayes into off-balance shots almost all night, holding arguably the league’s most explosive player to four first-half points. But Hayes, an acrobatic offensive rebounder with an uncanny finishing ability for a guard, posted 12 second-half points—including seven points, two offensive rebounds, and a steal in the frantic final five minutes. After a sluggish first half, the Crimson claimed its first lead of the night on junior forward Christiana Lackner’s free throw with 5:01 remaining. The game went back...
...nerves of the younger players punished the Crimson early on, it was their superlative talent that nearly brought about the impossible comeback. Delaney-Smith has often called her freshmen class the best of her distinguished career. Tay and Rollins finished extremely strong, scoring 13 straight points during the second-half comeback. The 6’3 Rollins, who missed the first part of the year with an injury, finished with 14 points in just 17 minutes, drawing on a polished repertoire of moves under the goal. “She’s going to be a force...
...second half, however, Harvard won the battle in the interior, netting 18 points in the paint and holding SMU to 12. A more assertive man-to-man defense clamped down on the Mustangs’ post game, as the Crimson forced 12 second-half turnovers and held SMU’s starting frontcourt to just four points after the break. Mustang forward Derrick Roberts—who compiled 10 first half points on 5-of-9 shooting—took just one shot in the second half...
Junior guard Jim Goffredo, back in the starting lineup after missing the win against Albany with a staph infection that landed him in the hospital, chipped in with 13 points. He also drew two critical second-half charges on Colgate captain Alvin Reed, who led the Raiders with 14 points but fouled out with 4:34 to play...