If Harvard doesn't bring those numbers down, it will be tough to keep pace with Penn's offense.
Saturday's contest is against the Princeton Tigers, the other half of the Ivy's "killer P's".
Princeton hasn't posted as impressive a record as Penn has thus far in the Ivy. Princeton's average margin of victory has been 12 points and they lost to the Yale Bulldogs (6-13, 4-2) last Saturday.
Princeton, under head coach Bill Carmody runs a motion offense based around the back-door play, the same offense that Princeton used to make a run in the NCAA tournament two years ago. The Tigers knocked off Georgetown and North Carolina State in the NIT last year.
Specifically, Coleman and the rest of the Harvard frontcourt have to be able to contain sophomore center Chris Young.
Young leads the Tigers with 13.6 points per game and also chips in 5.9 rebounds and 3.3 assists per contest.
The Crimson backcourt may also be particularly strained on Saturday night because of the continual motion of the Princeton offense.
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