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W. Cagers Sweep Harvard Invite

* Feaster's 69 points earn her tournament MVP

Junior Suzie Miller--who was named to the All-Tournament team--and senior Alison Seanor followed up the free throws by nailing a pair of three-pointers.

Seanor's trey came on a pass from sophomore forward Laela Sturdy, who's work in the high post is what freed up the perimeter. When Harvard runs its offense as it is designed, threes rain down in buckets as they did yesterday.

And when the outside shots are falling, it feeds back into the post game and helps Feaster and Janowski, who chipped in eight points.

"It's all about ball movement and not taking the quick shots," Delaney-Smith said.

The Crimson held a 32-29 lead at halftime, and the Greyhounds got as close as one point, 34-33 early in the second, before Harvard put them away.

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Feaster got the party started when her three-pointer at 7:46 put Harvard up six, 47-41. The All-American's demonstrative reaction to the shot falling suggests that emotions were running high for Harvard and its co-captain.

The three began a 21-8 Harvard run in which Feaster hit four three pointers and scored 16 points. The last three gave Harvard a 65-49 lead with just over three minutes to go, and it was all she wrote for the Greyhounds.

Feaster's 39 points tops her previous career best by four and marks the fifth highest single-game scoring total in Ivy history.

Harvard 69, Norfolk State 57

In stark contrast to the Loyola matchup, Harvard's opening game against Norfolk State ain't got no alibi--it was ugly.

Harvard committed 21 turnovers, including five in the first six minutes, and the two teams shot a combined 44-of-131 (.336), but the Crimson settled down in the second half for a 69-57 victory over the Spartanettes.

Harvard opened the game with an uncharacteristic up-tempo style. The Crimson's first score came when Seanor jarred the ball loose on defense, leading to a fast-break bucket and a 2-0 Harvard lead. When Feaster extended the lead to 4-0 on a baseline lay-up, it looked like the Crimson would have its way.

But Norfolk State was not quite ready to die two minutes into the game. Although the Spartanettes' full-court press--which they employed from the opening minute--led to fast-break opportunities for the Crimson, it also led to indecision in the Crimson backcourt and disrupted Harvard's triple-post offense.

"We expected them to be really athletic, and we were disappointed with how we handled their pressure in the beginning," said Miller, who poured in a career-high 16 points. "We tried to beat them with 'run and gun,' which is their own game."

"I was not pleased with out play in the first half," Feaster said. "We were trying to win the easy way by playing a transition game more than running our offense."

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