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Notebook: Bulldogs No Match For Crimson

After a Bryant three, starting guard sophomore Oliver McNally converted on a three-point play with 6:49 remaining, and the lead got as large as 26 on a three by freshman Dee Giger with 1:58 to go.

Fellow highly-touted freshman Kyle Casey also posted formidable stats. The forward showed instances of dominance in the paint, calling for the ball often and finishing with seven points and seven rebounds in 18 minutes. Curry added six points, four rebounds, and three assists in the same amount of time.

Bryant, meanwhile, continued to have enormous troubles shooting the ball. The Bulldogs shot just 28.6 percent in the second half and started just 1-for-14 from the three-point line.

The Crimson led in nearly every statistical category. Perhaps most impressive was its points in the paint, where it dominated Bryant 40-16. Though he had trouble finishing, sophomore Keith Wright ended up with nine points.

The entire Harvard roster saw minutes in the blowout victory. Freshmen Jeff Georgatos, Spencer de Mars, and Peter Edelson all logged their first minutes, and Georgatos collected two points and a rebound.

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Amaker continued to use the extended rotation to keep his players fresh. Ten different players saw 14 minutes or more of playing time for the Crimson, whose bench outscored the Bulldogs’, 43-20.

The even distribution of minutes, as well as the extended second-half lead, resulted in more rest for Lin, who—after scoring a combined 43 points in his first two games—played a season-low 27 minutes and attempted only seven shots. Instead, he tried to open things up for his teammates, finishing with six assists.

“I thought [Jeremy] was very efficient,” Amaker said. “He’s responsible for so many more points than he ever scores for our team, and there are times when he scores a lot.”

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