With the rest of the College off for break, The Back Page is keeping up with the Harvard men’s basketball team (12-1) as it finishes the remainder of its nonconference schedule. In the fourth in a series of running previews about the upcoming nonconference opponents, David Freed looks at Rice.
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Men's Basketball Preview: Rice
Published by David Freed on January 04, 2014 at 11:37PM
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Crimson Skaters Will Take to the Ice in Sochi
Published by Jacob D. H. Feldman on January 02, 2014 at 10:11PM
From left to right: Michelle L. Picard and Lyndsey B. Fry were named to the USA Women's Olympic Hockey team on Wednesday.
The red, white, and blue will have some Crimson in it, too. The USA women’s hockey team, led by Harvard coach Katey Stone, announced Wednesday that three current and one former Crimson skaters will be joining Stone in Sochi, Russia. Lyndsey Fry, Michelle Picard and Josephine Pucci will make their first Olympic appearance in February while Julie Chu ’06-07 is set for her fourth Olympic Games. Kate Buesser ’11 practiced with the team but was cut in December.
Athlete of the Week: Okolie Scores 17 Points in 15 Minutes
Published by Kurt T. Bullard on December 31, 2013 at 10:13PM
Agunwa Okolie, shown here competing in October's Crimson Madness slam-dunk competition, came off the bench to shoot 6-for-7 from the field in Harvard's 94-86 win at Fordham on Saturday.
Basketball is not about the quantity of minutes played, but rather the quality of those minutes.
Reserve sophomore forward Agunwa Okolie only logged 15 minutes in the Harvard men’s basketball team’s win against Fordham on Saturday, but it was how he used those minutes that earned him Athlete of the Week honors.
Men's Basketball Preview: Fordham
Published by David Freed on December 27, 2013 at 10:13PM
With the rest of the College off for break, The Back Page is keeping up with the Harvard men’s basketball team (10-1) as it finishes the remainder of its nonconference schedule. In the second of a series of running previews about the upcoming nonconference opponents, David Freed looks at Fordham.
Athlete of the Week: Chambers Perfect from Three Versus Vermont
Published by Patrick Xu on December 25, 2013 at 10:13PM
Sophomore point guard Siyani Chambers, shown here in earlier action this year, missed only one of 10 field goal attempts in Harvard's 74-68 win over Vermont.
Even though Siyani Chambers connected on all four of his three-point attempts in the first half of Harvard's 74-68 win over Vermont on Satruday, the sophomore point guard's second half performance proved to be the most heroic part of his day.
