“We obviously didn’t shoot very well, but the biggest problem was that we didn’t respond well to not shooting well,” Peljto said.
At 6-7, the Crimson has dropped some close decisions that observers and the team itself might have expected to be victories before tip-off.
“It’s hard to have such high expectations,” Tubridy said. “We need to start playing within ourselves and ignoring the hype.”
Harvard has a chance to recover quickly, matching up against Lafayette at Lavietes Pavilion on Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
It’s the Crimson’s last non-conference match-up before the bulk of the Ivy League portion of its schedule.
—Staff writer J. Patrick Coyne can be reached at coyne@fas.harvard.edu.