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...Crimson offense was grounded by a Yale defense that felt it had something to prove. Regardless of whether, as thousands of Yalies adamantly insisted, that Harvard was overrated, the Bulldogs made it clear on Saturday that their defense, during The Game at least, wasn’t second-best...
...steady senior forward Sam Kaplan remain. I’ve always believed a talented inside-outside combo is the key to college basketball success and the Eli have it in that duo. Flato, especially, a 44 percent shooter from behind the arc, could turn out to be the second-best player in the league in 2007. Yale coach James Jones (brother Joe is the Columbia skipper) will push this bunch into the runner-up spot...
...points by hitting four of his five shots, none bigger than a layup with 31 seconds left that gave Harvard a five-point cushion. The Crimson, which was out-rebounded 42-29, won the game at the free-throw line. Harvard was 28-of-37 from the stripe versus Maine’s 10-15 performance, a continuation of a trend from last year, when Harvard shot over 150 more free throws than its opponents and capitalized at an Ivy second-best .745 percentage. The combination of Cusworth and Harris’s work down low and the drives...
...Harvard received significant contributions on offense from its three returning starters, with senior center Brian Cusworth (20 points) leading all scorers. The Crimson snapped a two-game losing streak to the Black Bears, who were picked as the America East Conference’s second-best team in the preseason poll...
...margin, won the game at the free-throw line. Harvard was 28-of-37 from the stripe versus Maine’s 10-15 performance, a continuation of a trend from last year, when Harvard shot over 150 more free throws than its opponents and capitalized at an Ivy second-best .745 percentage...