If quickness isn’t your forte, then guarding Bev Moore would be a nightmare.

Moore’s ball-handling skills and speed reveal the senior point guard to be one of the most agile players in the league.

Standing at 5’2, Moore hasn’t let her height get in the way of playing Division I basketball, so when she injured her ankle in December, she wasn’t about to let that stop her either.

Moore suffers from an inflammation of the bone lining in her ankle, which could lead to a stress fracture without the appropriate care. She has not, however, missed a game of her final season and due to proper care and treatment, has improved immensely since the pain began.

“It was frustrating early on when it was really bad,” Moore said. “It’d be like, oh my gosh, this really hurts. Plus, I’ve never really had anything nagging at me like this. Thank goodness, I’ve been pretty injury-free most of my career.”

Moore benefited from taking almost two weeks off during exam period, when she rested and rehabilitated. Her treatment includes icing after practice and games and ultrasound work with the trainer.

Even after those two weeks, Moore still feels the occasional pang of pain and soreness after every game.

“I’ve just gotten used to playing with it that way,” she said.

After starting the final 16 games of last season, Moore has retained the starting role at point guard the entire season.

Her time on the floor may be indicative of just how valuable Moore is—she played the entire 40 minutes against Kansas State in the NCAAs last year, notching 14 points against the Wildcats.

The diminutive point guard never saw the bench during Harvard’s 77-70 loss to Rutgers on Dec. 30, although Moore was feeling the brunt of her injury.

The decision to continue playing in every game, however, was one that she probably would not have made had this been her last season.

“It’s really hard to take time off, especially with the Ivy League games, I would say it would have to be pretty bad,” Moore said. “The trainer probably would have liked for me to have sat out a game or two, especially in December when we still had a couple games left before the break.”

The respite Moore has allowed herself consists of sitting out of extra runs and the occasional day off.

“It’s much better now…and on the days when there’s been more pain than usual, [Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith]’s been really good about letting me take the day off and rest it,” Moore said.