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...Fisher can neutralize Aubry down low, Harvard's success may depend on its three-point shooters--senior shooting guard Mike Beam (40.2 percent from three), Long (36.8 percent) and Clemente (33.3 percent). Clemente has improved his outside shot dramatically since moving to power forward, where opponents are not used to defending at the perimeter...
What the Sacred Heart contest did show, at times, was just how good Harvard can be. The Crimson shot a red-hot 59 percent from the floor, including 53 percent from three-point range. Harvard also dominated Sacred Heart on the boards, outrebounding the Pioneers by a whopping 42-19 differential...
Harvard's guards were simply better than Santa Clara's backcourt, which was without the services of All-West Coast Conference point guard Brian Jones. Although senior point guard Tim Hill was just 2-of-7 from the floor and scored five points, he still contributed seven assists as Beam and Clemente used screens and Hill's penetration to create open three-point shots...
Part of the problem was a lack of production from Harvard's two best shooters, senior shooting guard Mike Beam and sophomore forward Dan Clemente, who shot a combined 0-of-7 from three-point range. Neither Beam nor Clemente scored in the second half...
Clemente's ongoing recovery certainly complicates matters. He has yet to get his jumpshot back to last season's form-he is shooting just 39.1 percent from the floor and 20.0 percent from behind the three-point arc--and his injured ankle prevents him from creating mismatches against undersized or lead-footed opposition...