No. 23 BYU 66, Harvard 51
11/29/2006 8:23 PM
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BOSTON (AP) -Dani Wright scored 14 points and Cassie King added 11 to help No. 23 BYU beat Harvard 66-51 on Wednesday night.
The Cougars (4-2) forced 28 turnovers and held Harvard to 32 percent shooting (20-for-61). Mallory Gillespie and Haley Hall each scored 10 points for BYU (4-2), which forced 28 turnovers and held Harvard to 32 percent shooting (20-for-61).
Niki Finelli paced the Crimson (0-5) with 17 points and Lindsay Hallion scored 16.
Christina Lackner of Harvard led both teams with 11 rebounds. The Crimson outrebounded BYU 43-35.
The Cougars outscored Harvard 7-2 in the final 5:32 of the first half to take a 26-21 lead at the break. Finelli led both teams in scoring with 10 points. But BYU forced 15 Harvard turnovers, leading to 13 points.
BYU went on an 18-3 run midway through the second half, behind six points from Wright, to take a 61-38 lead with 4:21 left.
The Crimson used a pair of 3-pointers as they scored 12 unanswered points in the last 2:42 to cut the lead to 62-51 with 46 seconds remaining.
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