Freud was booked solid. Sybil was shifting personalities. And Robert Lewis Stevenson was too busy mixing metaphors.

So, as luck would have it, this writer was left to explain the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-Like performance of the woman's basketball team this weekend.

A conflict between id and super ego?

Acute schizophrenia?

Or chemistry gone awry?

In a league marked by parity, the Crimson's 65-57 loss to Brown Friday night followed by its 83-54 win against Yale Saturday fall into the category of unexpected if not inexplicable.

The picture becomes even more complicated after taking into account Brown's two victories over Yale. Both of the Bears' victories this season came down to shots at the final buzzer.

"Nobody on the team has ever beaten Brown," junior Liz Gettleman (6 points) said. "That played on our minds."

The mental baggage of the past proved a handicap from the tip off. The Crimson (13-6 overall, 5-2 Ivy) came out tenatively.

"Against Brown we might have held back a little more than we should have," senior captain Tammy Butler (11 points) said. "We didn't apply as much pressure as we should have."

"In the Brown game, we came out conservatively," Junior Katy Davis added. "We came out on the defensive... We were playing not to lose on Friday."

Despite the tentative start, the score stood at tied at 37-37 after the first half.

The team's continuous focus on containing six foot five Brown star Martina Jerant left other Brown players open.

"It was a typical case of when you key on one person and other people step it up," Butler said.

"We spent a lot of time and energy shutting Jerant down," Gettleman said. "As a result, some of their other inside players hurt us with key baskets."