Both Harvard and Dartmouth had taken similar paths leading up to Saturday's match-up. Each team had been roughed up by a challenging slate of non-conference games--the two toughest schedules of any Ivy team--to start the season. During the course of those games, they both suffered more then their fair share of troubles with too many turnovers, too little defense, and too low shooting percentage.

But all of that became ancient history this weekend. Saturday's league opener presented both clubs with a chance to begin fresh, and the Crimson took full advantage of the opportunity. If the start of the Ivy campaign comprised something of a new season, the Crimson came out against the Big Green as something of a new team.

New and improved, that is.

"We're a totally different team now," Peljto said. "After Christmas, we had a great week of practice. We know the Ivy League [schedule] is more important than the games we've played and we're just going to go after everyone else."

Saturday's contest featured two of the league's finest young players in Dartmouth sophomore center Katharine Hanks, last year's Ivy

Rookie of the Year, and Peljto, who is a prime candidate for the award this season.

Hanks, who entered Saturday's game coming off two straight double-doubles, came up just one rebound