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...Darcy’s final memory of Lavietes Pavilion would be the sight of the Tigers once again celebrating on Harvard’s home court. After pulling ahead 6-2 in the early going, Harvard would not hit a field goal for the remainder of the half, a stretch of almost 17 minutes and 14 attempts. Time after time down the court, the Crimson either turned the ball over or had a shot rim out of the hoop, as the Tigers used their methodical, motion-oriented offense to grind out a 21-12 halftime lead. The only thing that...
...points with just over 13 minutes remaining in the ballgame, the Crimson didn’t give up. Led by freshmen Pat Magnarelli and Lin, Harvard used a 13-4 run to get within 12 at 66-54. Lin notched seven of his 12 points in that stretch, while Magnarelli had four. “It was good to see our young players stick their nose in there,” Sullivan said. Penn responded again, outscoring the Crimson 16-6 over the next 4:30, capped off by nearly identical two-on-one fast breaks where Smith found Jaaber...
...Yale one week before and had also surrendered six goals in a 6-6 tie with Brown the following night. “[Tobe] played well in relief against Yale,” Donato said of his decision to start Tobe. “Although Kyle had a great stretch of games where he played very well, I don’t think the last two were his best, and Justin has worked very hard.” While the Raiders did manage to beat Tobe early off of a turnover in the Crimson zone, he shut down the Colgate...
...have played a little sooner than 5-11 in the fifth game,” he said. “But we’ll take it at this point. It was great fight, a good team win. They executed what was asked of them to execute down the stretch.”After the game, Crimson players were quick to praise Weitzen’s play in the fourth and fifth games. “Jordan was on fire today,” Fitz said, adding, “I told Jordan when we came back from the second...
...men’s basketball team suffered another crunching at the hands of two-time defending league champion Penn on Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion, dropping its fifth straight game on the season, and 11th straight to the Quakers, 83-67. The Crimson’s crumbling during the stretch drive of the Ivy slate has come to closely resemble last season’s end-of-year collapse, when Harvard went through an agonizing stretch of eight straight losses. But if you tuned in at the right time in the game against the Quakers—specifically...