Harvard's leading scorer of a year ago--sophomore forward Sharon Hayes--is tops for the cagers in that category again this season, averaging 10.1 points per game. Hayes, whose strongest performance this year (21 points, 10 rebounds) came in a 77-58 loss to Lehigh in the finals of the Harvard Invitational Tournament, has been the cagers' high-scorer on five separate occasions in 1985-86..

The most improved player over last year has to be sophomore forward Nancy Cibotti. The Walpole native had her best effort of the season last weekend in the Dartmouth game, scoring 16 points, grabbing eight rebounds, and handling out three assists.

Cibotti leads the Crimson in rebounding (6.5 per game), is among the team leaders in scoring (6.8 per game), and is second in blocked shots with nine.

Senior Anna Collins is also coming off one of her better performances of the season. Against the Big Green, the Livonia, Mich. native scored 17 points on the strength of 8-for-12 field goal shooting.

Not that it means anything, but Collins has been the leading rebounder for the cagers four times this season; the Crimson is 4-0 when that's happened. Her high game of the year was 18 points and 14 rebounds against Smith.

Harvard's steadiest performers this year have been the starting guard tandem of Barbarann Keffer and junior Co-Captain Trisha Brown. They rank second and third, respectively, in scoring and one-two in both assists and steals.

Brown is having her best ever season with the Crimson, nearly doubling her offensive production of a year ago and giving Harvard a dependable outside jump shot.

Keffer--who easily eclipsed the former record for assists in a single season last year when she dished out 128 of them--has led the hoopsters in assists in eight of the 12 games.

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Quiz answer: Nancy Boutilier '84.