Andrew Gellert of Newtown, a 1998 graduate of Newtown High School, will lead the Harvard men's basketball team in a Tuesday, December 21, game against Sacred Heart University of Fairfield. Tip-off is set for 7 pm. The Crimson will also be in Connec
Andrew Gellert of Newtown, a 1998 graduate of Newtown High School, will lead the Harvard menâs basketball team in a Tuesday, December 21, game against Sacred Heart University of Fairfield. Tip-off is set for 7 pm. The Crimson will also be in Connecticut later in the season for games against Yale and Hartford.
Gellert is among the team leaders in assists and steals and is scoring nearly 10 points a game for Harvard, which won its first three games but since then slipped into a four-game losing streak that put its record at 3-4 overall, 0-0 in the Ivy League.
The last win was a 72-62 decision over Lehigh in which Gellert scored 17 points (with three, three-point field goals), grabbed seven rebounds, and dished off six assists.
HARVARD (72)
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Player       Min  FM   FA   FTM FTA RB   A     TP
Long  34     5       11     4       4       2       3       16
Gellert      38    7      13    0      2      7      6      17
Mayshak       13     0       0       0       1       3       0       0
Parker 21Â Â Â Â Â 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 4
Clemente     29     7       16     5       5       0       3       20
Freeman       18     0       2       1       2       4       2       1
Lowder        9       0       0       0       0       0       0       0
Coleman       27     6       10     0       0       7       0       14
Winter 11Â Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0
Totals       200   27    57    10    14    26    19    72
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LEHIGH (62)
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Player       Min  Fm   FA   FTM FTA RB   A     TP
Hess  33     3       11     0       0       2       3       6
Willis 33     3       6       6       6       4       1       14
Alysworth     35     1       4       0       0       5       6       2
Willybiro      30     6       10     7       9       3       0       19
Brown 28Â Â Â Â Â 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 8
Hawkins       15     0       2       0       0       3       2       0
Logie 10     1       4       0       0       0       1       3
Crawford      5       1       1       1       2       2       0       3
Lacayo 10Â Â Â Â Â 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 7
Engel 5       0       2       0       0       1       0       0
Rumney        3       0       1       0       0       1       0       0
Mbom 2       0       1       0       0       2       0       0
Ferguson      1       0       0       0       0       0       0       0
Totals       200   21    52    17    24    31    15    62
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Amanda Morici of Newtown, a 1999 graduate of Newtown High School, is a freshmen member of the wrestling team at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. Morici, who had a successful season with the Nighthawks as a senior, is wrestling at 133 pounds. Roger Williams was 15-14 a year ago and earned the Pilgrim League championship.