Word: handler
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Sullivan can look at some of his younger players with satisfaction, however. Freshman point guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman has grown into an assertive and confident ball handler who has a penchant for razzle-dazzle. In one sequence in the second half, junior forward Bryan Parker missed a cut because of miscommunication and the play ended up in a turnover...
...guru is a handsome, 40-year-old Highlander named Alasdair MacRae, widely regarded as the most dangerous of all "dangerous men"--the insider's term for virtuoso sheepdog handlers. The son of a tenant farmer, MacRae is a newfangled sort of celebrity. In centuries past, those who handled sheepdogs were known as shepherds, and their occupation was so humble that many fled to America to escape it. These days, however, competitive sheepherding ranks among the fastest-growing outdoor sports in the U.S. Fifteen years ago, perhaps a dozen sheepdog trials were held each year; now there are more than...
Kelley came in to take some of the pressure off Monti, the Crimson's primary ball-handler and only true point guard, but Holy Cross' aggressive defenders pressured Kelley into stopping her dribble early and forcing passes where they shouldn't have gone. Of course, it was easy to spot her mistakes because she was often entrusted with the ball...
...Crimson will need some help with the ball-handling in the future. Monti played 76 of a possible 80 minutes over the weekend, and Harvard was often looking for a secondary ball-handler to ease her load...
Harvard doesn't have a true backup point guard, so Monti, the Crimson's only confident ball-handler, had her hands full...