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...sleepy tropical island city of Malabo had hardly changed in years. The capital of Equatorial Guinea, a tiny West African nation of fewer than 500,000 people, consisted of little more than some moldering Spanish colonial buildings, a few palm-lined plazas and the tightly packed shantytowns that en circle most African settlements. Its one claim to fame was that Frederick Forsyth lived there while he wrote his military thriller The Dogs of War. But in recent years, Malabo has been transformed. Office buildings have shot up, hotels and banks have opened, and foreigners, once a novelty, now cram...
...Crimson shot just 29 percent in the first half en route to a 39-28 deficit. Winter and Merchant combined for 26 points in the game, but only four of those came in the first half...
Though Harvard’s defensive schemes were similar to the ones it used in the opening period, Mercer, with its up-tempo pace, found holes in the Crimson defense in the second half. The Bears outscored the Crimson, 44-33, in that second frame en route to a 44-percent shooting night...
Mercer, with its up-tempo pace, found holes in the Crimson defense in the second half, even though Harvard’s defensive schemes were similar to the ones it used in the opening period. The Bears outscored the Crimson, 44-33, in that second frame en route to a 44-percent shooting night...
...careful scouting, No. 1 Harvard didn’t know any details about the Wildcats’ style of play, its forecheck or power play. It didn’t need to. It just used its skills to blow through every trick New Hampshire tried in the defensive zone en route to the 7-1 victory...