Word: balled
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Northeastern had switched to a man-to-man defense at halftime and the Harvard cagers were dismally unable to adjust. The Crimson brought the ball upcourt and set up in a one-two-two offense but the Huskies closed off the wings and the Crimson failed to penetrate. Frustrated, Harvard forced passes time and again which resulted in many turnovers and few shots...
Only when Curry took the ball one-on-one to the hoop were the Crimson able to break the scoring drought as she hit on three consecutive drives to put the score at 43-37 with 3:05 remaining...
From that point on the game was simply chaos. Northeastern's Marie Usseglio hit the first half of a one-and-one to put the Huskies ahead. Curry turned the ball over and Northeastern kicked it out of bounds. The referee made the wrong call and Usseglio hit the first end again. Carle sunk two free throws to tie the score and Cosell be damned it was overtime...
...Ball Game...
This year a new, softer ball has been adopted which is more like the ball used in international competition. The softer ball puts more of a premium on stamina, and the squash team is experimenting with different ways of practicing. "To keep up you must be able to run forever as well as to play intelligently," Fish said...