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PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—For the Harvard men’s basketball team Friday night, it was a game of either feast or famine, particularly on the defensive end.
Rookie point guard Brandyn Curry brought his usual defensive energy to the starting role, forcing Quaker star Zack Rosen into a five-second violation on Penn’s first offensive possession.
And its high-intensity defensive pressure was especially crucial during the contest’s final 36 seconds, when Harvard fell behind, 66-65, and was forced to foul.
On the first inbounds play, good defensive pressure by Harvard forced a Quaker timeout with 33.4 seconds to go. Penn would get the ball into play on its second try, but Curry knocked it out of bounds.
Against Clarkson, Harvard will have to find a way to shut down Golden Knights’ captain Britney Selina, the team’s all-time leading scorer and finalist for the ECAC Best Defensive Forward Award. The Clarkson offense also features third-team all-ECAC forward Dominique Thibault, second...