Word: fielding
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...challenge for us clearly is our field goal defense and rebounding," Harvard Coach Frank Sullivan said. "We've been in the top half of every statistical category in the league except for rebounding and field goal percentage defense...
Last season, Harvard ended near the bottom of the Ivy League by allowing its opponents to hit 44.8 percent of their shots. Having a strong field goal defense is crucial for the Crimson. In games in which Harvard holds it opponents under .400 shooting, the Crimson is an astonishing 44-2 over the last five years and 5-0 last year. Unfortunately, Harvard went 7-15 in its remaining games, in part because of its relatively weak field goal defense...
Although earning a shot in the Tournament would require beating Princeton and Penn to win the Ivy Title, the Crimson may be able to pull an upset or two with improved rebounding and field goal percentage defense...
With fifteen seconds left in the fourth quarter against Penn, trailing 36-35, Harvard was faced with fourth down on Penn's 16-yard line. Any hopes of an Ivy League title rested on the one thing the Crimson had not done well all season--field goals...
...Wright had made a few field goals the weekend before against Columbia, and so there were no hesitations in sending him out to kick a 33-yarder into a strong wind. The snap was good, the kick went untouched, but Wright's kick was wide left, not even close...