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WINGS Other inventors had discovered that curved wings reduce air pressure above and increase it below, resulting in an upward push, or lift. While most used a perfect-arc design, the Wrights put the high point of the arc nearer the leading edge. They believed this would increase the Flyer's stability by keeping the wings balanced over the center of pressure, where lift is focused, as the plane moved up and down during flight...
Freshman Jose Olivero paced Lehigh (3-3) with 24 points, making Olivero the latest guard to create havoc against the Harvard defense. Despite shooting just 28.9 percent off the bench before Saturday, Olivero torched the Crimson beyond the arc and at the charity stripe, hitting 3-of-5 three-pointers and making 9-of-10 free throws...
...help in the world couldn’t slow him down. Reed eclipsed his season average after just 12 minutes and finished the first half with 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting from the field, including a 4-for-5 performance from behind the arc...
...Maine responded with a 13-0 run to take a lead it would never relinquish. Guard Kevin Reed scored six points in the spurt and had 24 by halftime. Reed was 8-of-10 from the floor on the half and was 4-of-5 from behind the arc as the Crimson struggled to defend the three for the second straight game...
...defensive concentration left the Crimson vulnerable at the perimeter, and the Wildcats hit ten three-pointers during the game and shot 77.8 percent from behind the arc during the first half...