She liked Penn, but, "I wanted get away from home--more independence and all that," Keffer says," Penn was too close."

So Keffer, improved also by Harvard's campus, the girls on the team, and the hoop program in general , decided to don crimson for the next four years.

Nespoli, for one was happy. "I had said to her that if she got the offer Harvard-that's where she should go."

Delacy Smith was both surprised and placed by her decision. "She was always in top candidate but we thought that Press had her sewed up," Delancy Smith said. "We were just going through the motions [of recruiting] because she was so good."

So Keffer came to Cambridge as part of a strong freshman crip recruited in an attempt to turn around the Crimson, a 3-22 finisher in 1983-84.

She was not guaranteed a starting position, especially since last year's starting point guard, Anne Kelly, was returning. But when the time came for her Delancy Smith to make her choice, she decided to go with the freshman.

Keffer opened her collegiatic career with six points and seven assists against. Assumption and followed that performance with 10 points and five assists against Colgate.

Since those first two games, there's been no question who the cagers' number one point guard is.

Both Keffer and Dclancy Smith praise Kelly for her role in helping Keffer adjust to her new surroundings. "Anne has been a really great help to me," Keffer says. "She hasn't been mad or jealous or anything."

Keffer's adjustment to college competition has gone smoothly. In addition to the impressive statistics she registered, Keffer gas given the Cantabs something a freshman rarely provides: leadership.

"As a freshman, she's becoming a floor leader, and that's not easy." Dclancy Smith says.

Opposing coaches have noted her impact as well. Penn's Lois Ashley, whose team Keffer burned for 12 assists, comments. "I could see the difference in smoothness when she was on the floor. She's obviously doing a tremendous job as a floor general."

Despite her record-breaking play Keffer downplays her personal accomplishments. "I'd rather me not get the assist record and have us win than the other way around."

In fact, her biggest provoke as a player may be the tendency to pass to much Dclancy Smith "thanks I should try to shows more so that the defence will play me fairly," she reports.

This has been a rebuilding year for the Crimson and with a 7.9 record thus far, the unit has won almost as many game as the last two teams put together.