"We have a lot of things that we have to learn," Roby said. "We have to learn how to play with a lead, we have to learn how to play aggressively without fouling, but we're coming."
And the Crimson doesn't have to win by much.
Sweet Charity: Harvard has hit 89 of its 127 free throw attempts this year for a 70 percent success rate. That's a little off from last season, when the Crimson shot at a 71.1 percent clip.
Despite the slight decline, Harvard had a distinct edge against the Wildcats on Saturday. Coming into that game, UNH was shooting 58.3 percent from the line. The 'Cats didn't disappoint either, shooting an atrocious 12-for-26 from the line--a 46.2 percent rate.
Those missed shots--especially the one Dave Murray missed with a chance to tie the game with seven seconds on the clock--may have given the Crimson the game. That's why they call the foul line the charity stripe.
Oh Molloy: One of UNH's key scorers, Keith Carpenter, was surprisingly quiet on the court Saturday. The guard was just 1-for-6 from the field, and missed all three of his free throws.
The explanation for Carpenter's lack of offensive production may have had something to do with the man defending him--Ralph James. You see, the two were teammates at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, N.Y. two years ago. And James remembered some of Carpenter's moves.
"I basically know his game," James chuckled. "It hasn't changed much."
Stats the Ticket: Although earlyseason statistics are usually pretty meaningless, they sometimes provide good indications of which players to look for the rest of the year.
Although Mike Gielen and James lead the Crimson in scoring with 15.3 and 13.0 point per game averages, it seems that forwards Tedd Evers and Kyle Dodson are the keys to the Harvard attack.
In the Crimson's two wins, Dodson has shot 7-for-12 from the field (58.3 percent) and Evers has shot 8-for-14 (57 percent). But in the Crimson's two defeats, Dodson is only 3-for-15 (20 percent), while Evers has sunk just four of his 16 attempts (25 percent).
Mal Discontent: Sometimes it pays not to play. Sophomore center Mal Hollensteiner played a mere three seconds against the Wildcats. But in that time, Hollensteiner grabbed a rebound, stepped out of bounds to turn the ball over, and left the court.
For his three-second stint, Hollensteiner saw his scoring average plummet from 9.0 p.p.g. to 6.8, and his rebounding average fall from 4.7 rebounds per game to 3.2.
What the Hack?: Tri-Captain Bill Mohler has fouled out of three of the Crimson's four games this season.