Word: man-to-man
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Despite Harvard's perimeter shooting woes, Penn continued to play straight-up man-to-man defense and did not double-team on Snowden or Grancio as the two scored almost at will against Penn's inexperienced underclassmen post players...
...going to need to play a tight man-to-man defense in the zone if we want to stay strong and win against Northeastern," senior captain Colleen Malek said...
Penn tried to switch from a man-to-man defense to a 2-3 zone in the middle of the first half in order to contain Harvard's interior game, but it was to no avail as Harvard's consistent outside shooting caused Penn's zone to break down. Penn was forced to switch to an unorthodox defensive strategy, combining a traditional zone with a trapping defense...
...game that started the turnaround was against Brown. Playing the Bears evenly in the first half, the Crimson switched from its zone defense to a man-to-man, which shut down the Brown attack. Harvard won, 10-7, and the season began to change...
...Crimson will probably begin the game in a zone defense, a set which gave the Loyola offense fits last weekend. Practically every collegiate team uses man-to-man defenses, so even if the Terps know to expect a zone it's not something they can easily practice against...