Cancun, Mexico. – In the second matchup of the Cancun Challenge Tournament, the Harvard girls’s basketball crew (3-3) dropped a detailed contest to Oklahoma State (6-1) with a rating of 62-71.
Harvard nearly amounted a late comeback in opposition to the Cowgirls, outscoring them within the second half. This was largely led by the efforts of three Crimson gamers capturing factors within the double digits: McKenzie Forbes with 21, Harmoni Turner with 14 and Elena Rodriguez with 12.
Head Coach Carrie Moore stated of the sport, “I couldn’t be more proud of the fight we displayed today. Without Maggie McCarthy for the first time all year, I thought our team really responded to what happened to us yesterday in a great way. We needed to get a couple more stops there at the end, but this group is really battling and coming together in a great way.”
Harvard gained the soar ball to start out the sport, adopted by Turner hitting the primary area objective of the sport to place the Crimson forward. Harvard held the lead for a big portion of the primary quarter, out-rebounding the Cowgirls 11 to 10 and capturing a free throw share of 75% over the opponent’s 40%, going into the second quarter down 16-18.
Harvard struggled to start out the second quarter, permitting Oklahoma State to construct up a lead, however started to drag them again in throughout the second half of the quarter. The crew as soon as once more out-rebounded the Cowgirls, this time 9 to seven. Going into the half, the Crimson had scored 9 second likelihood factors over Oklahoma State’s three, largely as a result of their effectivity in offensive rebounds. Forbes lead with 12 factors with a recreation rating of 26-38.
In the same trend to Thursday’s recreation, Harvard got here into the second half with extra confidence and proceeded to outscore the Cowgirls within the third quarter of motion, 16-14. The Crimson shot 100% from the free-throw line and solely turned the ball over twice in distinction to the Cowgirls’ 5 turnovers. The Crimson went into the fourth quarter down by ten, 42-52.
The Crimson stored their momentum from the third quarter going into the fourth, as soon as once more outscoring the Cowgirls, 17-15 within the last ten minutes of play. They shot 72.7% in area targets and 100% in three-point photographs and free throws within the quarter. Unfortunately, the late comeback fell in need of a win as Oklahoma State completed forward, 62-71.
Harvard Highlights
– Forbes lead the crew in factors with 21. This is second recreation this season she has been the highest scorer for the Crimson and scored 20+ factors.
– Turner posted three assists whereas 4 Crimson gamers every posted two: Forbes, Rodriguez, Gabby Anderson and Saniyah Glenn-Bello.
– Rodriguez and Turner reported factors within the double digits as properly, with Turner scoring 14 and Rodriguez scoring 12.
– Anderson and Rodriguez each reported rebounds within the double digits, with Anderson posting 11 to steer the crew and Rodriguez posting ten. Together they accounted for over half of the crew’s 40 rebounds.
– Anderson was the one participant to report a block and steal in opposition to the Cowgirls, posting one block and two steals.
– In the same sample to each wins and losses thus far this season, the Crimson have as soon as once more out-rebounded their opponent. Harvard posted 40 rebounds over Oklahoma State’s 38, 13 of them being offensive rebounds whereas the remaining 27 have been defensive.
– Harvard scored 17 second likelihood factors after these offensive rebounds, in comparison with Oklahoma State’s seven.
-Harvard has outscored their opponent within the third quarter in each video games on the Cancun Challenge, outscoring the Cowgirls as we speak 16-14.
-The Crimson have been extremely correct in capturing throughout the fourth quarter, hitting 66.7% of area targets, 75% of three-point photographs and 100% of free throws.
-Harvard held the Cowgirls to a nine-point margin of victory, posting a better last rating than the final time the 2 packages met in 2012, a contest by which the Crimson fell by 30 factors.
Up Next
The Crimson will face off in opposition to Florida State at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26 within the Crimson’s last recreation of the Cancun Challenge Tournament. The recreation will stream on FloHoops.
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