HARVARDDADGRAD
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11-13-22 07:20 PM - Post#346484
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
Elon presents as a weaker Ivy league squad, which presents opportunity for observtions in Harvards 92-77 victory.
Elon didn't have a rim protector and so Harvard could post, penetrate, and move the ball back out when Elon had to collapse on the ball. This led to open 3's, of which the Crimson made 10 or 25 (40%), as well as 17 assists
Elon's lack of size was evident in Harvard's 42 to 25 rebounding advantage, including 14 offensive rebounds.
Harvard had too many TO's at 16, although Elon did employ a half court press for much of the game.
Guards ruled the day, as Nelson (23), Sakota (14), Silverstein (13 at SF), Tretout (12) and Lesmond (9) got their points. Ledlum (10), Okpara (5) and Ajogbor (4) continue to force things, and had 8 TO's in a combined 51 minutes.
Appears that Elon's lack of bigs allowed Harvard to get away with a lot. On the other hand, Harvard couldn't establish a post game at all.
Frankly, this was a good showing of Harvard's ball movement offense and ability to block shots (6) and rebound. However, the Crimson were never really tested around the basket and still had anemic numbers underneath. Hemmings only played 3 minutes and Harvard didn't pull away until Amaker benched Ajogbor (8 minutes). Okpara looked like a newbie again with 4 T0's and 4 PF's in 17 minutes.
We did shoot almost 75% from the FT line (26-35), which is a good showing for this squad.
At best, this is what things can look like on a good day against a weak team. On the other hand, this outing confirmed what I expected: Harvard has good guard depth and shooting options, but little inside presence on offense.
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