Word: man-to-man
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...other Ivy League team employs the zone as its primary defense besides Brown; the other seven squads use a man-to-man as their base. With Goffredo and the driving ability of freshman point guard Drew Housman keeping those man-to-man defenses from collapsing, Stehle and Cusworth might finally be able to operate around the hoop with the level of freedom they previously could only dream...
...educational one for an inexperienced Harvard squad. For about 25 minutes, the Big Green decimated a Crimson zone defense that left gaping holes on the perimeter and rotated poorly on the low block. But for the final 15 minutes, Harvard (4-10, 0-1 Ivy) switched to an aggressive man-to-man defense that forced Dartmouth (8-3, 1-0 Ivy) away from the three-point line and kept the Big Green off of the offensive glass...
...when the Crimson faced a near 30-point deficit early in the second half, the Crimson switched to a high-pressure man-to-man defense that kept Dartmouth closer to halfcourt and away from the three-point line. After the Big Green nailed nine-of-16 first-half three-pointers, Harvard held them to just five attempts from the arc in the second frame. The halftime adjustment to the man-to-man helped Harvard close a one-time rout to an eight-point deficit after...
...Crimson’s first half struggles, however, put the game out of reach before the halftime buzzer even sounded. The intensity of the man-to-man in the final 15 minutes only emphasized further just how permeable the Crimson’s zone was in the first half. The best perimeter team in the Ivies, Dartmouth began the game 4-of-5 from the arc and kept heating up throughout the opening frame. By halftime, the Big Green’s Jeannie Cullen—who was a combined 9-of-18 from three point range...
...Crimson’s man-to-man defense worked, even if Harvard came up well short of an upset bid over the preseason unanimous favorite. Dartmouth was rattled during the Crimson’s second half tear, unable to find shots or corral defensive rebounds as the Big Green did consistently in the first half. “You know what it is? It’s the type of nothing-to-lose mentality which was our intention in starting the game,” Delaney-Smith said of the Crimson’s second half performance...