When she is on the court, Moore has managed her role without reprieve; in fact, aside from the rare grimace and the tape on her ankle, one would not know that Moore has been playing injured.
“While we know her injury can be very painful, it doesn’t seem to have been much of a factor affecting her play or our play this season,” co-captain Tricia Tubridy said.
In addition to running the point, she averages 5.7 points per game. Moore, always a shrewd and careful ball handler, also commits very few turnovers—1.625 per game—in spite of her ample playing time and Harvard’s propensity to turn the ball over.
Moore’s statistic for the highlight reels hasn’t suffered either. Last year she boasted a .429 three-point percentage, good enough for 16th in the nation had she made enough shots to be ranked. This year, Moore has again not made enough shots to qualify for rankings—she makes 1.33 treys a game, while the NCAA requires two—her inspired .464 accuracy from behind the arc would be fourth in the nation.
In addition to not letting pain affect her on the court, Moore has not permitted herself the luxury of complaint in the locker room either.
“Bev’s kept her injury mostly to herself throughout the season,” Tubridy said. “We all know that sometimes she has to play through pain, but she never makes an issue out of it.”
Moore’s toughness may come in handy next year when she turns in her uniform for another kind of suit entirely, beginning work as an analyst for Goldman Sachs. “Time permitting,” Moore still hopes to find a place on the courts of New York.
“I feel like as I start work, I’ll start missing it more,” Moore said. “But, living in New York, I’m sure there are tons of leagues.”
In the meantime, Moore and her fellow seniors, Tubridy and co-captain Hana Peljto, have just three games left in their illustrious careers. Although sitting fourth in the Ivy League was not part of the original game plan, Moore eagerly anticipates the chance to play spoiler for top-ranked Penn this Saturday.
Even though this season has not turned out as she had hoped, Moore points to the Crimson’s games against nonconference powerhouses as highlights of her career here.
“I’m the kind of player that really enjoys the big games and I thought we had a lot of fun ones early on,” Moore said. “I get really psyched up about the big games.”
Her excitement comes through on paper, too—Moore scored 11 points, including three three-pointers, against No. 13 Colorado and nine points against Rutgers.
In spite of her love of contests against the top teams in the nation, Moore doesn’t lament her transfer from No. 6 Louisiana Tech at all.
“I definitely made the right decision and don’t have any regrets about that,” Moore said.
—Staff writer Jessica T. Lee can be reached at lee45@fas.harvard.edu.