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Beerbohm's shot bounced off the back of the rim and fell off to the low post on the left side, where sophomore forward Tim Coleman snatched the rebound. With no timeouts remaining, Coleman turned and whipped an outlet pass to senior point guard Tim Hill near the half-court line...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Buzzer Beater Lifts M. Hoopsters | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...managed to hit 43 percent from the field and also outrebounded the Crimson 38-31, but the difference seemed to be Harvard's renewed effectiveness in generating points from its half-court sets rather than exclusively from transition. HARVARD, 62-61 at Conte Forum Harvard 24 38 -- 62 Boston College...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Buzzer Beater Lifts M. Hoopsters | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

...second half, Harvard came out in a zone defense after playing man-to-man for the first 20 minutes, and the strategy paid off. While the Crimson gave up easy jumpers in the half-court set and lay-ups in transition during the first half, the Terriers had a much harder time getting to the basket in the second. B.U. junior forward Gina Powers burned Harvard for 16 points in the first half but was held to just seven in the final 25 minutes, including overtime...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Hoops Tames Terriers in OT | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

...with skills that few other players of comparable physical ability could match and that eventually would set him apart at the championship level. For that was when the professional game changed from a somewhat casual full-court game that showcased pure natural ability to a fierce, defensively driven half-court game in which pure athletic ability was of a more limited advantage and the discipline and completeness of a player's skills were equally important. As such, Jordan is a reminder to us of something desperately undervalued in contemporary America: the value of a real apprenticeship for even the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How He Got Up There | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

Kowal, meanwhile, is the Crimson's back-up point guard for co-captain Megan Basil. Kowal provides a change of pace from Basil's style--while the latter is more of a spot-up shooter and half-court offense executor, Kowal's game is collapsing defenses by penetrating and then dishing to an open teammate. She is an excellent ball handler with superb quickness, and she is seldom unnerved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Features Trio of Sixth Women | 3/12/1998 | See Source »

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