Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...else on the floor for Dartmouth wanted to shoot over Harvard's 2-3 zone. The Crimson "D" did not allow the Big Green to penetrate and the guards would not venture the perimeter shots. With Edmonds riding the pine, Dartmouth could manage but six points in the last seven minutes of the first half...
After riddling the Fordham zone defense in the first half, the Crimson got off only nine shots from the floor in the second stanza. The cagers hit seven of 14 foul shots, and out-rebounded 29-12. In fact, the hoopsters had a chance to sink a pair of fou! snots on 18 occasions during the game, and converted both only four times...
From then on, though the scoring remained even, the first half belonged to Harvard. A tight zone defense worked wonders, forcing Bentley to resort to lots of ineffectual outside shooting. Field and forward Hildy Meyers played aggressively, and Caryn Curry, the team's mainstay, pulled things together by grabbing a total of ten rebounds and scoring seven field goals for the night...
...things were tougher in the second stanza. The Harvard offense continued to run aground on the tough Bentley man-to-man defense, and the Bentleys showed an increasing ability to slip through the Crimson zone. Bentley's Judy Paratore came up with a few successful layups and some slick ballhandling...
Then George Hughes picked up a loose puck at his own blue line and streaked into the B.U. zone, slipped the puck through Bill Leblond's legs, side-stepped Olympian Dick Lamby, and popped shot over Durocher's right leg. Short-handed goal. Harvard...