Following Harvard’s back-to-back losses to Cornell and Princeton, Amaker made the decision to switch up the Crimson’s starting lineup. With the new lineup in place, the Crimson has pulled out three straight victories.
Amaker has opted for a defensively-oriented lineup, replacing sophomore point guard Oliver McNally and freshman wingman Christian Webster with freshman Brandyn Curry and sophomore Max Kenyi.
The new, more athletic lineup has given teams trouble early on but has also allowed the Crimson to receive a scoring boost from its bench.
“Webster and McNally coming off the bench, being a little more offensively aggressive, is giving us the points and production we’ve missed coming off the bench,” Amaker said.
Webster has seen the biggest increase in production, finishing in double figures in each of the last three games after failing to do so for nearly a month.
—Staff writer Martin Kessler can be reached at martin.kessler@college.harvard.edu.