Word: backcourts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard's guards were simply better than Santa Clara's backcourt, which was without the services of All-West Coast Conference point guard Brian Jones. Although senior point guard Tim Hill was just 2-of-7 from the floor and scored five points, he still contributed seven assists as Beam and Clemente used screens and Hill's penetration to create open three-point shots...
Shot selection, especially out of the backcourt, broke down, Beam, Clemente and even Hill forced shots uncharacteristically early in the shot clock. And Hill was unable to keep the reeling ship on course...
Without a healthy Clemente, teams have much less difficulty containing the more traditional backcourt shooters...
...surprise for Dartmouth, however, has been the scoring of its backcourt, giving the Big Green a balanced attack on offense...
...backcourt, senior shooting guard Mike Beam chipped in 13 points but shot only 4-of-11 from the field, including 2-of-5 from three-point range and fouled out, while Hill added five assists, giving him an Ivy-best 53, but committed three turnovers in the loss...