Game 26- Harvard: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

 

The Good: Miles Cartwright's poise and dependability throughout the game. Both Coach Allen and Zack Rosen cited their lack of poise in their struggles, but Cartwright was a rock. He led the team with 16 points on 5-for-12 and 3-for-7 shooting. Every time the Quakers were in a slump or a shooting drought, it seemed like Cartwright was the one to come up big. Mizzo has had his good games and his bad games this season, but overall he has shown tremendous promise for leading the team in seasons to come.

The Bad: Penn's perimeter defense. It was all but absent in the first half, and wasn't helped by Harvard's 58 percent 3-point shooting. The Quakers D tightened up in the second frame and stopped some shots, but the Crimson were unguarded and making nearly every shot in the first half. Freshman Laurent Rivard led the fight, going 5-for-8, while Christian Webster and Oliver McNally tallied two apiece. Harvard found its "sweet spots" in the corner (5-for-9), the top left corner of the arc (3-for-3 in the first) and the top right corner of the arc (3-for-3 in the second).

The Ugly: Both team's bench's final minutes. Maybe it's because most of these guys haven't had much college action, but the last three minutes looked like a bad high school game. A Harvard player passed from the paint to an empty midcourt, and Dau Jok muffed more than one pass. Let's just hope it was nerves that caused these mishaps, otherwise the future of Penn and Harvard are in trouble. Also ugly: Harvard's student section. It was just mean.

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