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THE OTHER GUYS

Against the Tigers on Friday it was senior Steven Cook who proved to be too much for the Crimson. Cook finished the game with a career-high-tying 30 points against Harvard at Jadwin Gymnasium.

On Saturday, it was another senior that Harvard could not contain.

Just a few minutes into the game co-captain Matt Howard made it immediately obvious he wasn’t ready to play his last college game. The senior scored Penn’s first 11 points and consistently played much bigger than a 6’4’’ guard.

“I’ve been around a lot of senior nights and it’s hard,” Penn head coach Steve Donahue said.

“[Howard] put us on his back and moved forward. It was awesome.”

The senior finished the game with 24 points and 12 rebounds on 8-of-13 shooting from the field, 2-of-4 from deep, and 6-of-7 at the line. For a Crimson team that’s somewhat small at the guard position, Howard simply proved to be too much on Saturday night.

—Staff writer Troy Boccelli can be reached at troy.boccelli@thecrimson.com.