Women's Basketball Remains Atop Ancient Eight

The Harvard women's basketball team continued its impression of an armored tank last weekend, steam-rolling Columbia and Cornell.

The weekend definitely had a familiar feel for the Crimson. Ditto for the rest of the Ivy League.

Ancient Eight leader Harvard (15-6 overall, 8-1 Ivy) swept its opponents for the second straight week. So did second-place Dartmouth (15-6, 7-2) and third-place Yale (11-11, 6-4).

The Big Green is riding a five-game winning streak and has won six of its last seven. For the Crimson, the victories last weekend are part of an eight-game winning streak.

Host Harvard easily defeated Columbia (2-20, 1-9) by a score of 89-51. Sophomore forward Karun Grossman scored a season-high 11 points against the cowardly Lions.

Harvard also avenged its only league loss of the season by defeating Cornell (10-12, 1-9) by a comfortable 86-65 margin.

The Crimson's offense was a key factor in its continued success.

The team holds the top-scoring offense in the league with an average of 80.4 points per game, well above Dartmouth's second-place average of 65.5.

Sophomore forward Allison Feaster and co-captain Elizabeth Proudfit rank among the league's top ten scorers. Feaster is also second in rebounds, with an average of 9.6 per game.

The sophomore power forward had impressive numbers in Harvard's two victories, totalling 36 points, 23 rebounds and 7 assists, and garnered a spot on the Ivy League Honor Roll.

Junior guard Jessica Gelman had 27 points over the weekend and a 14-to-3 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Harvard is currently alone on top of the Ancient Eight, but the parallel wins of Dartmouth--the defending Ivy champion--make this weekend's home games against Penn and Princeton all the more crucial.

Harvard defeated Princeton 81-56 and Penn 85-63 in their previous meetings this season.

Dartmouth, however, remains only one game behind, riding an end-of-the-season surge. The hard-charging Big Green has built some momentum going into its final games.

Harvard will play Dartmouth in its season-finale in Hanover.

In other league action, Princeton (15-6, 5-4) is struggling to stay in the Ivy title race.

The Tigers split their weekend games, beating Brown 64-50, but losing to Yale 53-52 on Yale freshman Katy Grubb's jumper with 10.8 seconds remaining.

A loss to Harvard this weekend would all but eliminate Princeton.

Hapless Penn (0-21, 0-9) continued its lonely sojourn in the Ivy League cellar, in spite of the stellar play of senior Natasha Rezek, who recorded her 13th double-double of the season against Brown.

Penn once again came close, but the opposition emerged with the cigar. The Quakers lost to Yale 53-49 and Brown 46-40.

With several league games remaining, however, there may still be significant shuffling in the standings. IVY STANDINGS OVERALL  IVY Team  W  L  PCT  W  L  PCT Harvard  15  6  .714  8  1  .889 Dartmouth  15  6  .714  7  2  .778 Yale  11  11  .500  6  4  .600 Brown  9  13  .409  6  4  .600 Princeton  15  8  .652  5  4  .556 Cornell  10  12  .455  5  5  .500 Columbia  2  20  .091  1  9  .100 Penn  0  21  .000  0  9  .000