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...went out there strong and got the rebounds.” As has been the case for much of the Ivy season, the second half belonged to those in Crimson—and this time, the second half explosion cooled Cornell’s outside arsenal and warmed up the Harvard nets. The Crimson shot a blistering 62.5 percent from the field in the second half, paced by freshman guard Niki Finelli’s 12 second-half points. “She’s an amazing shooter, and she makes plays for herself,” freshman guard...
...basketball team.What came out on Saturday in a humbling 69-57 loss to second-place Princeton was but the continuation of a disturbing year-long trend: the Crimson stumbles out of the gate more often than not, burying itself in a first-half hole that even sustained second-half runs cannot fill. That frustrating inconsistency—untimely droughts followed by offensive outbursts and stalwart defense—is a mark of the youth that has kept Harvard out of the Ivy title hunt since the fourth weekend of the season.“We’ve tried...
Harvard had two chances to cut the lead to single digits before the two-minute mark, but both times turned the ball over. The second occasion resulted in a fast break and a three-point play from guard Ibrahim Jaaber, which signaled the ebb tide of Harvard’s second-half surge...
...whole focus was on their inside game. We were doing what we were supposed to be doing. We were physically there, but we didn’t take the extra step in term of help defense to stop her.” The Crimson held Brown to just four second-half points, but ice-cold shooting from the field, coupled with a poor performance on the boards, evaporated any chance of a second-half comeback. After a Katie Rollins layup brought Harvard to within five at 48-43 with 8:09 remaining, the Crimson went without a point...
...potentially could be one of the best low post players to ever play here.”Rollins certainly showed that potential against the Big Red on Saturday. After amassing two early fouls and playing just four minutes in the first half, Rollins exploded for 15 second-half points and finished the night 7-of-10 from the floor and 5-of-7 from the line. More impressive was her composure against the League’s other top freshman, Cornell’s Jeomi Maduka, an athletic forward with a quick first step and a drive-first mentality. Despite...