The one bright spot for the Crimson was rebounding, as Harvard finished with a 43-31 advantage, including 26 offensive rebounds
“It was our best total rebounding game of the season,” Sullivan said. He was quick to add a caveat to his praise, however.
“We missed a lot of shots,” Sullivan said. “And the old coach will tell you that when you start missing shots, you become a good offensive rebounding team.”
Missing shots was one of the few things that the Crimson excelled at, shooting just 23-of-72 from the field.
In the end, Harvard’s most pressing flaw was its inability to slow down a faster opponent. BU feasted on the Crimson defense, thriving on back-cuts to create open layups and draw-and-kick schemes to set up open jumpers or three-pointers.
“We weren’t able to exert enough ball pressure on them to slow them down,” Sullivan said. “It was hard for us to get them in the halfcourt game.”
“This is the second year in a row that [BU] has beaten us like that,” Norman said. “It’s really discouraging.”