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By NoontimeSports.com

CAMBRIDGE, MA – Friday’s win against Cornell University marked Harvard University’s 19th overall victory, and fifth conference win of the season. As for the Big Red, they’re now 7-12 overall, and 0-10 on the road.

Yet, why have they struggled in opposing gymnasiums?

“It’s hard for anybody to win on the road,” said head coach Bill Courtney, who answered the question bluntly. “To be honest, if you look at the teams we’ve played, a lot of them are in the top of their divisions.”

The head coach continued by saying, “We played Stony Brook on the road, they’re first place in American East, we played an ACC team, we’ve played two Big 10 teams, so it’s hard to beat good teams on the road.”

The Big Red exhibited signs of why they’ve struggled on the road this year by finishing the game 20-of-53 from the field. Cornell sank 6-of-21 three-pointers, and were also out rebounded, 34-30. Yet, they did manage to force Harvard to turn the ball over 16 times. Also, Cornell was able to record 10 fast break points, but only three second chance opportunities on offense.

“They really are marksman out there, and we had guys that we couldn’t leave and they did a great job of screening for those particular players and making it difficult for our guys to guard [them],” said Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker. “I thought they did some things harder and better in the second half.”