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...what it costs, when available, at the butcher shops. But when Maria gets off work after an eight-hour day finishing steel tractor parts, she must stand in the interminable queues at the neighborhood supermarket. Half an hour alone is wasted waiting in line for the obligatory shopping basket she must use for purchases. Always poorly stocked, the supermarket has been virtually stripped bare during the holiday season; even eggs have become a rarity. Says Maria: "All we find now is tea and vinegar...
Harvard started out strong, staying up with Providence basket for basket and playing a solid, effective 1-3-1 zone defense. The starting lineup of Nancy Boutillier, Kate Martin and Pat Horne at point guard, forward Marget Long and center Elaine Holpuch offered just the right mixture of height, speed, shooting ability and defensive expertise to keep up with a touch Providence squad, last year's ECAC champions. Coach Carole Kleinfelder had the good sense to leave the same quintet in for most of the first half, interchanging Ann Scannell occasionally for Martin...
When New Hampshire jumped out to a quick 10-2 lead, a rout seemed in the works. But the cagers fought back to within a basket, 24-22, midway through the first half. Almost. Whoops, now it's 36-23. But Harvard again refused to give up, and battled back to a halftime deficit...
Holy Cross, an otherwise unremarkable team, stood heads above the Crimson when it came to passing. The Crusaders kept the ball moving constantly down in Harvard's end, leaving the hoopsters flat-footed and unable to block their opponents' drives to the basket. The Crusaders used screening effectively too and had plenty of time to get their shots...
With 1:29 left in the first half, and Harvard up, 50-47, Bowers went to the line for a one-and-one, which produced a bench technical against Harvard. "The Express" made three of the four shots to tie the game, Ross swished a basket seconds later, and American went to the locker room...