“We were conscious of [Lang],” said senior point guard David Giovacchini. “We didn’t know exactly how he was going to get his points, but he seemed to have the complete game [on Sunday].”

Also seeing major time off the bench for Dartmouth was Callahan, who played 26 minutes and scored 17 points. Junior forward Jason Meyer also did not start but logged 20 minutes and contributed eight points on just three field goal attempts.

Three of the top four scorers for the Big Green were substitutes.

For Harvard, the big contributor off the bench was Cusworth, who logged 28 minutes—tied for second-most on the team—and recorded 13 points.

Junior guard Michael Beal played 23 minutes off the bench and scored four points, and sophomore guard Jim Goffredo saw 16 minutes of action and contributed eight points to the Crimson’s bench total.

ASSISTED LIVING

In what has been a recurring problem for Harvard, the Crimson recorded just four assists in the first half of Sunday’s game, compared to 10 turnovers.

In the second half, though, Harvard made the necessary adjustments, and the Crimson players dished out 12 assists and turned the ball over just four times.

“We came out with more energy in the second half, and got more out of our

defense and that makes our offense a lot easier,” Giovacchini said. “It really started on the defensive end. We did a good job taking care of it as well.”

Harvard’s 16-14 assist-to-turnover ratio yesterday represented just the third time this season that the Crimson has recorded more assists than turnovers.

“We continued to talk about guarding, rebounding and taking care of the ball,” Sullivan said. “You really don’t want to maximize your opponents chances of making big

shots.”

Giovacchini led Harvard with six assists against just three turnovers.

COUNT THE BUCKET…AND ONE

Crimson junior forward Matt Stehle set a career-high with 25 points.....Harvard held a major advantage at the free-throw line, making 17-of-22 shots compared to 9-of-16 for the Big Green.

—Staff writer Jonathan P. Hay can be reached at hay@fas.harvard.edu.