CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Women's basketball junior guard
McKenzie Forbes and men's basketball junior forward
Chris Ledlum have earned Harvard Athletics Student-Athlete of the Week presented by The Harvard COOP honors for the week of Nov. 22-28, Harvard announced on Wednesday.
McKenzie Forbes, Women's Basketball, Junior, Sociology
McKenzie Forbes recorded a team-high 26 points against Boston University on Saturday night. The junior led the Crimson to an 82-79 victory after sinking a go-ahead three-pointer with 3.3 seconds to go in the game. Forbes helped Harvard erase a 19-point deficit to rally past the Terriers on 10-of-17 field goals and 6-of-11 three-pointers. This was Forbes second game this season surpassing 20 points.
Chris Ledlum, Men's Basketball, Junior, Sociology
Junior forward
Chris Ledlum averaged a double-double for the week behind 16.3 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. He finished with 16 points and a team-high six rebounds at Siena, before posting double-doubles against Colgate (16 points, game-high 12 rebounds) and Northeastern (team-high 17 points, game-high 12 rebounds). Ledlum became the first Harvard student-athlete to record consecutive double-doubles since
Seth Towns in March 2018.