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Yahoo
18-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Harvard's Harmoni Turner is AP women's basketball player of the week
The Associated Press national player of the week in women's college basketball for Week 19 of the season: Harmoni Turner, Harvard The senior guard is The Associated Press women's college basketball player of the week. Turner scored a school record 44 points in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament and then added 24 in the championship game to help the Crimson earn their first NCAA bid since 2007. Runner-Up Katelyn Young, Murray State. The graduate student forward scored 23 of her 34 points in the first half and reached 3,000 for her career in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game win over Belmont. Young averaged 25.7 points in the tournament and earned MVP honors. She was 31-of-52 from the field in the tournament. Honorable Mention Meghan Andersen, Fairfield; Teneisia Brown, FDU; Paige Bueckers, UConn; Bella Nascimento, William & Mary. Season Recap JuJu Watkins of USC earned player of the week honors three times, the most of anyone this season. Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, Florida State's Ta'Niya Latson and Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes all were honored twice. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP women's college basketball: and The Associated Press
Associated Press
18-03-2025
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- Associated Press
Harvard's Harmoni Turner is AP women's basketball player of the week
▶ Follow AP's full coverage of March Madness. ▶ Get the AP Top 25 women's college basketball poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. The Associated Press national player of the week in women's college basketball for Week 19 of the season: Harmoni Turner, Harvard The senior guard is The Associated Press women's college basketball player of the week. Turner scored a school record 44 points in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament and then added 24 in the championship game to help the Crimson earn their first NCAA bid since 2007. Runner-Up Katelyn Young, Murray State. The graduate student forward scored 23 of her 34 points in the first half and reached 3,000 for her career in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game win over Belmont. Young averaged 25.7 points in the tournament and earned MVP honors. She was 31-of-52 from the field in the tournament. Honorable Mention Season Recap JuJu Watkins of USC earned player of the week honors three times, the most of anyone this season. Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, Florida State's Ta'Niya Latson and Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes all were honored twice. ___
CBS News
17-03-2025
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- CBS News
Harvard Women's basketball makes NCAA Tournament for first time since 2007
The Harvard Women's basketball team in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2007 after claiming the school's first-ever Ivy League Tournament championship over the weekend. The Crimson beat Columbia, 74-71, on Saturday to win the Ivy League Tournament for the first time in school history. Harmoni Turner led the way for Harvard with 24 points and captured tournament MVP honors, which capped off an incredible weekend for the Crimson's senior guard. In Harvard's semifinal win over Princeton on Friday, Turner scored 44 points to set new conference tournament and school records for most points in a game. Harvard will be dancing this March as a 10-seed in the Regional 1 bracket. The Crimson will face 7-seeded Michigan State at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. This marks Harvard's first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 18 years and the school's first under head coach Carrie Moore, who guided the Crimson to a 24-4 record in the regular season. Turner was Harvard's top player this year after averaging 22.5 points off 44 percent shooting from the floor. She surpassed 2,000 points for her career over the weekend to become just the third player in Harvard history to reach the milestone. The Crimson have a tough matchup against Michigan State, which went 21-9 and finished fifth in the Big Ten. But Harvard showed it could compete with some of the biggest programs in the nation early in the season, with wins over both Big Ten powerhouses Indiana (which was ranked No. 25 at the time) and Northwestern in November. "It gives us a little extra confidence in that, hey, we've been in this situation before against a Big Ten, power-five team," senior guard Elana Rodriguez told WBZ-TV's Steve Burton on Sunday. "I think we can do it one more time. As we always say, third time's the charm." Harvard closed the season with nine wins over its last 10 games, and will look to pull off a pretty big upset next weekend. The Crimson have the biggest upset in women's tournament history, as the 1998 team upset top-seeded Stanford as a 16-seed. Harvard made it to the round of 32 that season, which was the school's best performance in an NCAA Tournament. On the Men's side, be sure to join our national CBS Bracket Challenge for your chance at a $1,000 grand prize.
Boston Globe
17-03-2025
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- Boston Globe
Harvard women's basketball headed south for NCAA tournament meeting with Michigan State
The Crimson (24-4), whose 24 wins already are a program record for a season, are No. 6 in the nation on defense, allowing just 52.5 points/game. Harmoni Turner will be key on the other side of the ball, her 68 points across two games in the Ivy tournament — including a tournament record 44 in the semifinals against Princeton — earning her Most Outstanding Player honors. Advertisement Harvard will be joined in the regional by a fellow New England team. Vermont (21-12), which won the America East conference tournament on Saturday, will face regional host N.C. State (26-6) in a 15-vs.-2 matchup. Julian Benbow can be reached at
Associated Press
15-03-2025
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- Associated Press
Harvard wins Ivy Tournament beating Columbia 74-71 to earn first NCAA Tournament bid since 2007
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Harmoni Turner scored 24 points and Harvard beat Columbia 74-71 on Saturday to win the Ivy League Tournament for the first time in school history. It's the Crimson's first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2007. Fittingly the back-and-forth game came down to the final few plays. Harvard led by five with 17.6 seconds left before Columbia scored three of the next four to get within 74-71. The Crimson had a chance to seal it, but Elena Rodriguez missed a wide-open layup with 5.2 seconds left, giving Columbia once last opportunity. After a timeout, Riley Weiss took a 3-pointer from the wing that rimmed out just before the buzzer. She finished with 21 points to lead the Lions. Turner, who scored 44 points in the semifinal win over Princeton, earned the tournament MVP honors. She was the league's Player of the Year in the regular season. Harvard (24-4) reached the finals of the Ivy Tournament for the second time in three years. The Crimson lost to Princeton in 2023. Columbia (23-6), which won the outright regular season title for the first time in school history, lost in the title game for the third time in the past four years. Princeton beat them in 2022 and 2024. Now the Lions will wait to see if they can get an at-large bid for the second consecutive year. Columbia made its first NCAA Tournament appearance last year as one of the last teams in the field of 68. The Lions lost to Virginia Tech in a play-in game. It was the second time in league history that the conference got an at-large bid. This season the league could potentially get two at-large bids with Princeton also in the mix. That would be a first for the conference. It was an entertaining first half that saw Harvard go up 34-26 behind Turner before the Lions closed to 44-42 at the break. The teams combined to hit eight of their final 10 shots, trading baskets for the final 3 minutes before the half. ___
