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...game started with both teams trading baskets before the Crimson pulled away to set the tone for the match. Harvard was able to distribute the ball and get everyone involved in a 10-minute stretch that opened up a 19-point gap for the visiting team...
Defense also played a role, with sophomore Brogan Berry stealing the ball twice in the 16th minute and junior Jackie Alemany swiping the ball right after to expose the Quakers’ weak ball handling. After consequent substitutions by both teams, Alemany blocked an attempted shot to keep Penn from gaining any momentum. Five minutes later, the home team still couldn’t come up with a basket, letting the game slip away...
...Crimson’s final possession with nine seconds left. Alemany dished out the ball to the perimeter, where she found junior co-captain Christine Matera, who made it rain from the perimeter all night long. She finished 5-of-8 on three-point shooting and led the team with 19 points on the night...
...second half opened with no surprises. Berry sunk a jumper with an assist from Matera to start up the Harvard offense, but the Quakers’ Jess Knapp responded with a three-point play of her own. Knapp, a starter for the entire season and leading rebounder on the team, took the most shots for Penn but was largely ineffective, only making two of her 11 attempts and finishing the game with five points. The case was different for the Crimson, which improved its shooting percentage to 50 percent, causing further distress to an already weakened opponent...
...easy feat for a basketball team to beat two opponents by double digits in the course of a week...