Word: arcing
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...were really hitting the open person and moving the ball,” Rollins added.Matera’s play was the story of the first half. Coming off her career-high 17-point-performance on her birthday Friday at Penn, the sophomore went 4-4 from behind the arc in the first half off the bench.“Christine [Matera] is one of the best shooters I’ve ever played with,” Rollins said. “Her decision-making and shot selection is great. We all have so much confidence in her. She?...
...consecutive shots to take a 4-0 lead. Harvard responded with a jumper from Tay to get on the board. The Quakers extended their lead with four straight points, bringing the score to 8-2. Tay tallied two more baskets and Berry hit a shot from behind the arc to put Harvard within one. The Crimson earned its first lead of the game off of a pair of Claire Wheeler free throws, making it 11-10. A layup from Berry and a three-pointer from Matera brought Harvard from 17-16 to a 22-16 advantage...
...Down 41-40 with 15 minutes to play, he hit a floater in the lane to give his team the lead. Several possessions later, he dribbled around and hit a jumper from the key. Then it was a pull-up just inside the arc. Then two free throws, followed by a bank-shot. He followed that with another jumper, then hit both ends of a one-and-one. When his one-man run ended, he had kept the team close, as it led 54-52 with eight-and-a-half minutes left...
...where do female editors go with all that power? What's the career arc? During Wintour's time at Vogue, Tina Brown was editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. She was, arguably, just as famous. Ten years later, having written a best seller, Brown is editor of an upstart website. With an office that looks onto an alleyway and a dumpster. Grace Mirabella, Wintour's predecessor at Vogue, started her own magazine, which folded 11 years later. It's hard to think of one name-brand magazine editor who has maintained her prominence or transferred her influence...
...fade-away jumper over Saunders after a Harvard timeout to put his team up 45-36. The three he nailed to give the Crimson a 52-43 lead with 11:29 to go came from several feet beyond the arc...