"I thought he was joking, too," Sullivan said. "He's just such an amazing athlete."
On Friday night, when Harvard stepped on the court at tip-off against Cornell, Clemente wasn't in the starting lineup. However, it took just three minutes for Sullivan to call his name off the bench.
"Oh, I felt pretty good," Clemente said. "No, I felt great."
He was just the shot in the arm Harvard needed. While captain Damian Long and three freshmen had produced solid but unspectacular results on offense, Clemente brought much-needed size and scoring. He assumed his role as the "go-to guy."
He didn't waste any time. After grabbing a rebound and an assist, Clemente went to his bread-and-butter-- the three-point shot. The ball hit nothing but net, giving the Crimson an early ten-point lead.
The final line looked like Clemente hadn't missed a game. He led all scorers with 24 points in a 67-57 victory, hit four three-pointers and played good defense. The only blemish on the stat sheet was his five turnovers.
One statistic sticks out more than the others, though: he didn't start and took only a short rest early in the first half. Other than that, he played 35 minutes.
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