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Harvard started nervously, falling behind quickly by a score of 10-2 with just 4:30 gone. SMU opened the game with a 1-3-1 full-court zone press that flustered the Harvard offense. Using its height advantage, SMU dominated the boards and let their 6 ft. -1 in. center, Marilyn Caswell, clog the middle and reject the Harvard aerials...
...remainder of the first half was a see-saw battle, as the two teams traded baskets up and down the floor. Crimson guard Wendy Carle assumed the leadership role as she controlled both the offense and defense and helped Harvard break the SMU press...
...factor that kept Harvard from running away with the game right from the start was their severe lack of offense. SMU's attack was a one-on-one type of stop-and-pop. With a distinct absence of patterned play, the blue and gold scoring came mainly from long bombs taken from the 20-30 ft. range...
Eileen O'Rourke and Mary McCarthy were the hot shots from the outside for SMU, and when they missed, which was not often in the first half, the big SMU forwards were there to grab the rebounds and put in the follow...
...contrast, Harvard's offense was a total lack of both organization and good shooting. Ten times the women missed easy layups, and constantly their outside shots rolled around the rim and out, falling into the hands of the awesome SMU giants...