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...victory over Stanford was merely theculmination of the greatest season in Harvardbasketball history. The team's 23 victories arethe most ever by a Harvard basketball team, men'sor women's, and continued a home winning streak atLavietes Pavilion that dates back to the 1996-97season and currently stands at 22 games, fullyintact for next year's squad to build upon...
...Feaster, who had missed her shot from the left baseline, sprinted after Scott and leaped high in the air to snare the ball and keep the score at 65-62. After a lay-up by Feaster pulled Harvard within one, Miller followed a Stanford miss with an off-balance 16-foot runner at 1:32 to give Harvard the lead for good...
...Stanford raced the ball quickly into thefrontcourt in the hopes of responding to Miller'strey, but it was not to be. Scott received a passin the low post and attempted to penetrate intothe lane, but Feaster swiped the ball cleanly fromScott's hands to prevent any Stanford heroics.After a couple of Harvard game-sealing freethrows, one final lay-up by Stanford and somedesperation misses by the Cardinal, the finalbuzzer sounded and Harvard's players and coachesrushed onto the court in an exuberant display ofelation and disbelief...
Harvard's win over Stanford also marked themoment of redemption for a lack of respect thatthe Crimson had complained it received throughoutthe past two years. The Crimson proved, as it hadoften claimed, that it did not deserve the 16 seedit was awarded, and Harvard showed the nation thatthe Ivy League can compete at the highest levelsof women's college basketball...
Despite the losing record on the week, the Crimson did come close to upsetting No. 2 Stanford. She and senior Julia Kim grabbed two singles victories before Hricko and Jain paired up to defeat the Cardinal's 10th-ranked doubles team. Unfortunately for Harvard, the Western powerhouse possessed too much firepower and edged out the East Coast visitors...