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In its toughest weekend of action on the schedule this season, the Harvard men's basketball team traveled to New Jersey and Pennsylvania to take on perennial Ivy League powers Princeton and Penn.
Despite battling Valiantly against its more talented opponents, the Crimson came up short, losing both contests. HARVARD 60 PRINCETON 66 On Friday night the Harvard (9-11, 3-5 Ivy)was in Princeton taking on the Tigers (14-3, 6-0 Ivy). Led by sophomore forward Dan Clemente's hot shooting hand, the Crimson clawed back from a 20-point deficit to pull within six with under two minutes to play before falling 66-60. Saturday night, Harvard was in Philadelphia to face Penn (14-3, 60 Ivy). The Crimson played the Quakers tough early on, but Penn soon pulled away en route to a 81-56 win. Clemente led the Crimson in scoring once again. Harvard was without the services of captain center Paul Fisher--who leads the team in rebounding--and his absence forced the Crimson to fight an uphill battle all weekend. The Crimson was beaten up all weekend in the paint by teams with two of the largest frontcourt lineups in the Ivy league. Princeton freshman center Chris Young and Penn junior center Geoff Owens, hurt Harvard with 20 and 16 points, respectively. Penn 81, Harvard 56 After falling short in its furious comeback attempt at Princeton, the Crimson had to muster up all its energy to take on Penn at the Palestra in Philadelphia. On this night, however, Harvard (9-11, 3-5 Ivy) proved to not be up to the task, as the quicker, bigger Quakers (14-3, 6-0 Ivy) wore down the Crimson en route to a 81-56 victory. Despite obvious fatigue, throughout the course of the game Penn made it clear to all that, tired or not, it was clearly the superior team. "Fatigue had nothing to do with it; Penn is just good," Coach Frank Sullivan said. "Sure you're tired on Saturday nights on the road in the Ivy League, but you've got to fight. It's more that Penn is just that good." The Quakers utilized a balanced attack and tough inside play to pick apart Harvard, as all five Penn starters finished the game with double digits in scoring. Leading the way for the Quakers--who are currently tied with Princeton for first place in the Ivies--was junior center Geoff Owens. Owens, who at 6'11 is two inches taller than his Crimson counter-part, senior center Bill Ewing, had a terrific game, finishing the contest with 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting to go along with 12 rebounds (five on the offensive glass). "I'm not really surprised with Owens, becausehe's one of the best players in the league,"Sullivan said. "He's a horse to box-out, and isjust a tough player inside." Sophomore forward Dan Clemente was the Crimsonhigh-man with 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Unlike the previous game against Princeton,Harvard seemed composed and prepared for thehostile crowd. Penn came out of the box quickly,jumping out to a 10-2 lead, but the Crimson seemedto weather the storm. Determined to play more aggressively then itdid against Princeton the night before, theCrimson attacked the Quakers early on. With itsaggressive play on both the defensive andoffensive side of the ball, Harvard stayed withPenn and cut the Quaker lead to five at 19-14 nineminutes into the first half. While its commitment to playing tough kept thegame close early on, the plan seemed to backfireas the Crimson frontline got into deep foultrouble early on against the stronger and quickerPenn big men. With nine minutes left in the half,Clemente and Ewing had each picked up two foulsalready, and sophomore forward Tim Coleman hadthree. Playing without Fisher made things even moredifficult. "Experience and size were a big factor in ourfoul trouble," Sullivan said. "[Senior powerforward Paul] Romanczuk and Owens are a reallydifficult match-up, and we struggled in that. Ourtrying to be aggressive also had a lot to do withit." In addition to the foul trouble, the energythat Harvard had expended against Princeton andPenn early on seemed to finally catch up withthem. After valiantly battling the stellar Quakersquad for 11 minutes, the Crimson seemed gassed. After having its lead trimmed to five at 23-18with 10 minutes to go in the half, Penn explodedfor a 17-2 run over the next six minutes. Duringthe run, Harvard was simply out-quicked,out-hustled and out-shot by the superior squad andwas never able to recover. The Crimson continued to fight, however,clawing back from its 20-point deficit. Over thefinal three minutes of the half, the Crimsonoutscored Penn 10-2 to cut the halftime lead to42-30. Despite going into the break on a somewhatpositive note, Harvard did not look in any shapeto mount a comeback attempt as it did in Princetonthe night before. The Crimson frontline ofClemente, Ewing and Coleman combined for ninefouls between them and was noticeably fatiguedagainst the strong Penn frontline. The Quakers came out smoking in the secondhalf, going on an 11-2 run over the first fiveminutes, opening its lead to 21 points, virtuallysealing the game. Harvard never got closer than 15the rest of the way. The game was all but done when Clemente andfreshman guard Drew Gellert had to leave the gamewith five fouls each. Without Clemente's scoringability or Gellert's defensive presence, theCrimson were no match for the Quakers down thestretch. Freshman Patrick Harvey had a strong offensiveshowing, scoring 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting, butit was not nearly enough on this night forHarvard. In one of the night's subplots, the muchanticipated match-up between point guards, seniorTim Hill for Harvard and junior Michael Jordan forPenn, never really materialized. Jordan was held scoreless in the first halfwith only one assist but scored 11 in the second,helping put the Crimson away. He finished withfour assists. Hill--who was booed by the Quaker faithful everytime he touched the ball--did not have aparticularly good game. The Harvard floor leaderhad only 11 points on 5-of-15 shooting with onlythree assists. "We're disappointed, but we know that they haveto come to Harvard in a couple of weeks, and we'llbe ready," Ewing said. "As seniors, these are ourlast home games, and we're going to go outswinging." Princeton 66, Harvard 60 In Princeton on Friday night, a second-halfcharge led by the starting front-court of Ewingand Clemente was not enough to overcome an18-point halftime deficit as Harvard came upshort, 66-60, to the defending Ivy champions. Clemente--who added two steals and twoassists--finished with 18 points. Ewing pulled down seven second-half rebounds,tallied eight points on 3-of-5 shooting, andcommitted only one turnover. The center, makingonly his second start of the season, helped holdPrinceton freshman center and three-time IvyRookie of the Week Steve Young to threesecond-half points. After trailing 39-21 at the break, Harvardmounted a comeback behind 13 second-half points byClemente. Harvard closed to within six points at64-58 with 1:30 remaining but could inch nocloser. With just under two minutes left, Ewing tippedhome a missed free throw by freshman PatrickHarvey to bring Harvard within eight. Following aPrinceton timeout, the Tigers had troubleinbounding the ball against tenacious Crimsonfull-court pressure. Princeton was forced to takea second timeout when it could not cross the10-second line. Princeton freshman point guard Ahmed El-Nokalithen threw the ball away, and on the ensuingpossession, Harvard again went to Ewing on theinterior, who was fouled by Princeton freshmancenter Steve Young. Ewing, a 55 percent free-throwshooter a year ago who has improved to 83 percentthis season, calmly knocked down both attempts tocut the Tiger advantage to six. After fouling Princeton freshman forward ChrisKrug, who connected on one of two to push the leadto seven, Hill was unable to knock down adifficult fadeaway from the right elbow. Princeton again missed one of two free throwsafter a Crimson foul, but a swarming Tiger defenseforced a turnover to end the threat. The Tigers pounced on the Crimson from theoutset. Harvard handled unexpected Tiger pressurecompetently but clearly looked rushed anduncomfortable at the offensive end. In the openingeight minutes, Harvard found several good looksfor Clemente and its guards, but no one could findthe net. Harvard connected on only one of itsfirst eight from the floor, mostly from theperimeter. Meanwhile, Princeton came out unconscious fromthe floor despite solid defensive pressure. TheTigers made 6-of-8 to open the night, including acouple of tough long-range bombs as the shot clockexpired. After the Crimson held the much biggerPrinceton lineup to only four points in the paintin the first eight minutes, Young started to dosome damage. In the second half, as Clemente and Ewing gotthe Crimson going offensively, Coleman and Ewingstepped up the job defensively, holding Young andfront-court-mate Chris Krug to just four pointsafter intermission. After giving no fouls in the first half, Ewingroughed up the opposition with three personalfouls and appeared more aggressive and physicalafter the intermission. PRINCETON, 66-60 at Jadwin Gym, Princeton, N.J. Harvard 21 39 - 60Princeton 39 27 - 66 PENN, 81-58 at the Palestra, Philadelphia Harvard 30 26 - 56Penn 42 39 - 81
On Friday night the Harvard (9-11, 3-5 Ivy)was in Princeton taking on the Tigers (14-3, 6-0 Ivy). Led by sophomore forward Dan Clemente's hot shooting hand, the Crimson clawed back from a 20-point deficit to pull within six with under two minutes to play before falling 66-60.
Saturday night, Harvard was in Philadelphia to face Penn (14-3, 60 Ivy). The Crimson played the Quakers tough early on, but Penn soon pulled away en route to a 81-56 win. Clemente led the Crimson in scoring once again.
Harvard was without the services of captain center Paul Fisher--who leads the team in rebounding--and his absence forced the Crimson to fight an uphill battle all weekend.
The Crimson was beaten up all weekend in the paint by teams with two of the largest frontcourt lineups in the Ivy league. Princeton freshman center Chris Young and Penn junior center Geoff Owens, hurt Harvard with 20 and 16 points, respectively.
Penn 81, Harvard 56
After falling short in its furious comeback attempt at Princeton, the Crimson had to muster up all its energy to take on Penn at the Palestra in Philadelphia.
On this night, however, Harvard (9-11, 3-5 Ivy) proved to not be up to the task, as the quicker, bigger Quakers (14-3, 6-0 Ivy) wore down the Crimson en route to a 81-56 victory.
Despite obvious fatigue, throughout the course of the game Penn made it clear to all that, tired or not, it was clearly the superior team.
"Fatigue had nothing to do with it; Penn is just good," Coach Frank Sullivan said. "Sure you're tired on Saturday nights on the road in the Ivy League, but you've got to fight. It's more that Penn is just that good."
The Quakers utilized a balanced attack and tough inside play to pick apart Harvard, as all five Penn starters finished the game with double digits in scoring.
Leading the way for the Quakers--who are currently tied with Princeton for first place in the Ivies--was junior center Geoff Owens. Owens, who at 6'11 is two inches taller than his Crimson counter-part, senior center Bill Ewing, had a terrific game, finishing the contest with 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting to go along with 12 rebounds (five on the offensive glass). "I'm not really surprised with Owens, becausehe's one of the best players in the league,"Sullivan said. "He's a horse to box-out, and isjust a tough player inside." Sophomore forward Dan Clemente was the Crimsonhigh-man with 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting. Unlike the previous game against Princeton,Harvard seemed composed and prepared for thehostile crowd. Penn came out of the box quickly,jumping out to a 10-2 lead, but the Crimson seemedto weather the storm. Determined to play more aggressively then itdid against Princeton the night before, theCrimson attacked the Quakers early on. With itsaggressive play on both the defensive andoffensive side of the ball, Harvard stayed withPenn and cut the Quaker lead to five at 19-14 nineminutes into the first half. While its commitment to playing tough kept thegame close early on, the plan seemed to backfireas the Crimson frontline got into deep foultrouble early on against the stronger and quickerPenn big men. With nine minutes left in the half,Clemente and Ewing had each picked up two foulsalready, and sophomore forward Tim Coleman hadthree. Playing without Fisher made things even moredifficult. "Experience and size were a big factor in ourfoul trouble," Sullivan said. "[Senior powerforward Paul] Romanczuk and Owens are a reallydifficult match-up, and we struggled in that. Ourtrying to be aggressive also had a lot to do withit." In addition to the foul trouble, the energythat Harvard had expended against Princeton andPenn early on seemed to finally catch up withthem. After valiantly battling the stellar Quakersquad for 11 minutes, the Crimson seemed gassed. After having its lead trimmed to five at 23-18with 10 minutes to go in the half, Penn explodedfor a 17-2 run over the next six minutes. Duringthe run, Harvard was simply out-quicked,out-hustled and out-shot by the superior squad andwas never able to recover. The Crimson continued to fight, however,clawing back from its 20-point deficit. Over thefinal three minutes of the half, the Crimsonoutscored Penn 10-2 to cut the halftime lead to42-30. Despite going into the break on a somewhatpositive note, Harvard did not look in any shapeto mount a comeback attempt as it did in Princetonthe night before. The Crimson frontline ofClemente, Ewing and Coleman combined for ninefouls between them and was noticeably fatiguedagainst the strong Penn frontline. The Quakers came out smoking in the secondhalf, going on an 11-2 run over the first fiveminutes, opening its lead to 21 points, virtuallysealing the game. Harvard never got closer than 15the rest of the way. The game was all but done when Clemente andfreshman guard Drew Gellert had to leave the gamewith five fouls each. Without Clemente's scoringability or Gellert's defensive presence, theCrimson were no match for the Quakers down thestretch. Freshman Patrick Harvey had a strong offensiveshowing, scoring 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting, butit was not nearly enough on this night forHarvard. In one of the night's subplots, the muchanticipated match-up between point guards, seniorTim Hill for Harvard and junior Michael Jordan forPenn, never really materialized. Jordan was held scoreless in the first halfwith only one assist but scored 11 in the second,helping put the Crimson away. He finished withfour assists. Hill--who was booed by the Quaker faithful everytime he touched the ball--did not have aparticularly good game. The Harvard floor leaderhad only 11 points on 5-of-15 shooting with onlythree assists. "We're disappointed, but we know that they haveto come to Harvard in a couple of weeks, and we'llbe ready," Ewing said. "As seniors, these are ourlast home games, and we're going to go outswinging." Princeton 66, Harvard 60 In Princeton on Friday night, a second-halfcharge led by the starting front-court of Ewingand Clemente was not enough to overcome an18-point halftime deficit as Harvard came upshort, 66-60, to the defending Ivy champions. Clemente--who added two steals and twoassists--finished with 18 points. Ewing pulled down seven second-half rebounds,tallied eight points on 3-of-5 shooting, andcommitted only one turnover. The center, makingonly his second start of the season, helped holdPrinceton freshman center and three-time IvyRookie of the Week Steve Young to threesecond-half points. After trailing 39-21 at the break, Harvardmounted a comeback behind 13 second-half points byClemente. Harvard closed to within six points at64-58 with 1:30 remaining but could inch nocloser. With just under two minutes left, Ewing tippedhome a missed free throw by freshman PatrickHarvey to bring Harvard within eight. Following aPrinceton timeout, the Tigers had troubleinbounding the ball against tenacious Crimsonfull-court pressure. Princeton was forced to takea second timeout when it could not cross the10-second line. Princeton freshman point guard Ahmed El-Nokalithen threw the ball away, and on the ensuingpossession, Harvard again went to Ewing on theinterior, who was fouled by Princeton freshmancenter Steve Young. Ewing, a 55 percent free-throwshooter a year ago who has improved to 83 percentthis season, calmly knocked down both attempts tocut the Tiger advantage to six. After fouling Princeton freshman forward ChrisKrug, who connected on one of two to push the leadto seven, Hill was unable to knock down adifficult fadeaway from the right elbow. Princeton again missed one of two free throwsafter a Crimson foul, but a swarming Tiger defenseforced a turnover to end the threat. The Tigers pounced on the Crimson from theoutset. Harvard handled unexpected Tiger pressurecompetently but clearly looked rushed anduncomfortable at the offensive end. In the openingeight minutes, Harvard found several good looksfor Clemente and its guards, but no one could findthe net. Harvard connected on only one of itsfirst eight from the floor, mostly from theperimeter. Meanwhile, Princeton came out unconscious fromthe floor despite solid defensive pressure. TheTigers made 6-of-8 to open the night, including acouple of tough long-range bombs as the shot clockexpired. After the Crimson held the much biggerPrinceton lineup to only four points in the paintin the first eight minutes, Young started to dosome damage. In the second half, as Clemente and Ewing gotthe Crimson going offensively, Coleman and Ewingstepped up the job defensively, holding Young andfront-court-mate Chris Krug to just four pointsafter intermission. After giving no fouls in the first half, Ewingroughed up the opposition with three personalfouls and appeared more aggressive and physicalafter the intermission. PRINCETON, 66-60 at Jadwin Gym, Princeton, N.J. Harvard 21 39 - 60Princeton 39 27 - 66 PENN, 81-58 at the Palestra, Philadelphia Harvard 30 26 - 56Penn 42 39 - 81
"I'm not really surprised with Owens, becausehe's one of the best players in the league,"Sullivan said. "He's a horse to box-out, and isjust a tough player inside."
Sophomore forward Dan Clemente was the Crimsonhigh-man with 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting.
Unlike the previous game against Princeton,Harvard seemed composed and prepared for thehostile crowd. Penn came out of the box quickly,jumping out to a 10-2 lead, but the Crimson seemedto weather the storm.
Determined to play more aggressively then itdid against Princeton the night before, theCrimson attacked the Quakers early on. With itsaggressive play on both the defensive andoffensive side of the ball, Harvard stayed withPenn and cut the Quaker lead to five at 19-14 nineminutes into the first half.
While its commitment to playing tough kept thegame close early on, the plan seemed to backfireas the Crimson frontline got into deep foultrouble early on against the stronger and quickerPenn big men. With nine minutes left in the half,Clemente and Ewing had each picked up two foulsalready, and sophomore forward Tim Coleman hadthree.
Playing without Fisher made things even moredifficult.
"Experience and size were a big factor in ourfoul trouble," Sullivan said. "[Senior powerforward Paul] Romanczuk and Owens are a reallydifficult match-up, and we struggled in that. Ourtrying to be aggressive also had a lot to do withit."
In addition to the foul trouble, the energythat Harvard had expended against Princeton andPenn early on seemed to finally catch up withthem. After valiantly battling the stellar Quakersquad for 11 minutes, the Crimson seemed gassed.
After having its lead trimmed to five at 23-18with 10 minutes to go in the half, Penn explodedfor a 17-2 run over the next six minutes. Duringthe run, Harvard was simply out-quicked,out-hustled and out-shot by the superior squad andwas never able to recover.
The Crimson continued to fight, however,clawing back from its 20-point deficit. Over thefinal three minutes of the half, the Crimsonoutscored Penn 10-2 to cut the halftime lead to42-30.
Despite going into the break on a somewhatpositive note, Harvard did not look in any shapeto mount a comeback attempt as it did in Princetonthe night before. The Crimson frontline ofClemente, Ewing and Coleman combined for ninefouls between them and was noticeably fatiguedagainst the strong Penn frontline.
The Quakers came out smoking in the secondhalf, going on an 11-2 run over the first fiveminutes, opening its lead to 21 points, virtuallysealing the game. Harvard never got closer than 15the rest of the way.
The game was all but done when Clemente andfreshman guard Drew Gellert had to leave the gamewith five fouls each. Without Clemente's scoringability or Gellert's defensive presence, theCrimson were no match for the Quakers down thestretch.
Freshman Patrick Harvey had a strong offensiveshowing, scoring 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting, butit was not nearly enough on this night forHarvard.
In one of the night's subplots, the muchanticipated match-up between point guards, seniorTim Hill for Harvard and junior Michael Jordan forPenn, never really materialized.
Jordan was held scoreless in the first halfwith only one assist but scored 11 in the second,helping put the Crimson away. He finished withfour assists.
Hill--who was booed by the Quaker faithful everytime he touched the ball--did not have aparticularly good game. The Harvard floor leaderhad only 11 points on 5-of-15 shooting with onlythree assists.
"We're disappointed, but we know that they haveto come to Harvard in a couple of weeks, and we'llbe ready," Ewing said. "As seniors, these are ourlast home games, and we're going to go outswinging."
Princeton 66, Harvard 60
In Princeton on Friday night, a second-halfcharge led by the starting front-court of Ewingand Clemente was not enough to overcome an18-point halftime deficit as Harvard came upshort, 66-60, to the defending Ivy champions.
Clemente--who added two steals and twoassists--finished with 18 points.
Ewing pulled down seven second-half rebounds,tallied eight points on 3-of-5 shooting, andcommitted only one turnover. The center, makingonly his second start of the season, helped holdPrinceton freshman center and three-time IvyRookie of the Week Steve Young to threesecond-half points.
After trailing 39-21 at the break, Harvardmounted a comeback behind 13 second-half points byClemente. Harvard closed to within six points at64-58 with 1:30 remaining but could inch nocloser.
With just under two minutes left, Ewing tippedhome a missed free throw by freshman PatrickHarvey to bring Harvard within eight. Following aPrinceton timeout, the Tigers had troubleinbounding the ball against tenacious Crimsonfull-court pressure. Princeton was forced to takea second timeout when it could not cross the10-second line.
Princeton freshman point guard Ahmed El-Nokalithen threw the ball away, and on the ensuingpossession, Harvard again went to Ewing on theinterior, who was fouled by Princeton freshmancenter Steve Young. Ewing, a 55 percent free-throwshooter a year ago who has improved to 83 percentthis season, calmly knocked down both attempts tocut the Tiger advantage to six.
After fouling Princeton freshman forward ChrisKrug, who connected on one of two to push the leadto seven, Hill was unable to knock down adifficult fadeaway from the right elbow.
Princeton again missed one of two free throwsafter a Crimson foul, but a swarming Tiger defenseforced a turnover to end the threat.
The Tigers pounced on the Crimson from theoutset. Harvard handled unexpected Tiger pressurecompetently but clearly looked rushed anduncomfortable at the offensive end. In the openingeight minutes, Harvard found several good looksfor Clemente and its guards, but no one could findthe net. Harvard connected on only one of itsfirst eight from the floor, mostly from theperimeter.
Meanwhile, Princeton came out unconscious fromthe floor despite solid defensive pressure. TheTigers made 6-of-8 to open the night, including acouple of tough long-range bombs as the shot clockexpired.
After the Crimson held the much biggerPrinceton lineup to only four points in the paintin the first eight minutes, Young started to dosome damage.
In the second half, as Clemente and Ewing gotthe Crimson going offensively, Coleman and Ewingstepped up the job defensively, holding Young andfront-court-mate Chris Krug to just four pointsafter intermission.
After giving no fouls in the first half, Ewingroughed up the opposition with three personalfouls and appeared more aggressive and physicalafter the intermission.
PRINCETON, 66-60 at Jadwin Gym, Princeton, N.J.
Harvard 21 39 - 60Princeton 39 27 - 66
PENN, 81-58 at the Palestra, Philadelphia Harvard 30 26 - 56Penn 42 39 - 81
PENN, 81-58 at the Palestra, Philadelphia
Harvard 30 26 - 56Penn 42 39 - 81
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