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Coach Carole Kleinfelder had prepared her squad for a close contest against the highly-touted Tigers. The stickwomen were unable to penetrate Princeton's tight man-to-man defense early in the contest and found themselves trailing, 2-1, in the middle of the first 20-minute session...
...scrapped the slick-passing offense he had favored at Denver and returned to Wooden's more traditional style. Sophomore Mike Sanders, a comparatively small 6 ft. 6 in., was switched from forward to center to key the attack. Brown also eliminated complicated defenses in favor of a simpler man-to-man coverage. With Bruin basketball stripped to essentials once more, U.C.L.A. was on its way. Says Brown: "Because we were so young and were playing so many people, we had to simplify. I've tried to take the thinking process away and just let them play...
Providence returned for the second half with a 35-20 advantage, forcing B.U. from a zone into a man-to-man defense. Sheedy took control of the game by utilizing her impeccable passing and dribbling skills to spread out the Lady Friars' offense and feed her teammates for countless backdoor layups...
Kleinfelder's combination of zones and man-to-man worked only when her charges remembered to help each other out. At times they seemed more concerned with protecting their own turn than with double-teaming and taking chances...
Harvard, fresh from three consecutive lopsided victories, wasn't prepared for a team of the calibre of B.U. The Terriers, displaying exceptional shooting and an energetic double-teaming man-to-man defense, were unbeatable...