Word: three-point
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...point victory was sweet revenge. for the Crimson (4-3). In last year’s contest, the Harvard team fell 70-67 in a game where they trailed by just one point late in the second half. The three-point loss continued the Crimson’s rough start to last season, which they would just as soon forget. Harvard began the year 1-10 before pulling together after the winter break...
Both defenses played solidly, forcing turnovers and bad shots, but it was the Terriers press-and-zone setup that caused the most trouble. The Crimson was forced to put up a season-high 35 three-point attempts and did not make nearly enough (six) to keep pace with...
...Crimson, Harvey’s teammates could not rise to the occasion and pick up the scoring slack. The Terrier box-and-one defense freed up the perimeter and coaxed Harvard into shooting from beyond the arc. Gellert and junior guard both went 0-for-4 from three-point range as the Crimson converted a miniscule nine percent of three-point shots...
...three-point shot, usually a Harvard asset, became a huge liability yesterday. B.U.’s defensive strategy meant that the Crimson did get open looks from beyond the arc. But the Terriers also made sure Harvey, the Crimson’s top long-distance shooter, only got two open looks in the second half, both of which he missed...
...Those three-point woes were compounded by the fact that more than half of all Harvard’s shot attempts were three-pointers. Overall, the Crimson only made six of 35 3-pointers, or 17 percent...