“We were able to match up really well with their shooters on the outside and it helped us get really good rebounding position and control the flow of the game.” Lewis said.
In the second half, the Crimson continued the effort. Harvard held the Bison to 24 points on 29-percent shooting from the field. In total, Howard would only put up 24 shot attempts in the second period.
The Crimson did, however, send Howard to the line early and often. On the game, the Bison went to the charity stripe for 29 shots. Fortunately for Harvard, the visitors would only convert on 14 of those.
For coach Amaker the matchup afforded an opportunity to mix up his traditional man defense. After sending Howard to the line for 13 attempts in the first, Amaker switched into zone for the second half.
“I thought overall it was a good time to work on our zone and I thought for the most part our guys executed well,” Amaker said.
—Staff writer Troy Boccelli can be reached at troy.boccelli@thecrimson.com.