Must-Win Situation
Instead, Northeastern's experience up front, in the form of 6'10 junior center George Aygar and forward Tyrone Hammick, outlasted the Harvard offense. The Huskies finished with 11 blocks and 24 defensive rebounds.
"They've just got bona fide shot-blockers over there," Sullivan said. "They put more traffic inside in the second half and that hurt us."
Young at Heart
During the next stoppage of play, Prasse-Freeman went up to Parker and chewed the upperclassmen out in front of the 649 fans in Lavietes Pavilion.
While Prasse-Freeman's shooting is still suspect (4-of-12 on Saturday, including 0-of-3 from three-point range), his assist-to-turnover ratio has improved, going 9-to-7 against Northeastern. He continually impressed with no-look bounce passes inside that led to easy lay-ups, and while he made some ballhandling errors late in the second half, Sullivan said he isn't worried.
"He's going through it for the first time," Sullivan said. "In fact, all the freshmen, plus some of our other younger guys are going through a situation like this for the first time."
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