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When sophomore point guard Jenn Monti's desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer hit the right side of the backboard and fell to the floor, her teammates' shoulders slumped lower than they had all year. Monti had hit those last-second shots before, and there was no reason to think she couldn't repeat the heroics again when the Crimson had the ball with 18 seconds to go and down...
...HUPD responded to a Malkin Athletic Center call to aid in medical emergency. A diver had landed on a man in the pool. The subject was transported to the hospital on a backboard...
...shot, or "throw," as my girlfriend would say, bounced off the backboard and swished through...
Jackson, a former Knick, also had 11 assists, but they all came in the first three quarters. He was busy in the fourth quarter beating Charlie Ward one-on-one, making his familiar no-backboard layups and sticking a pair of jumpers that twice deflated New York rallies...
...like moment. After letting UConn win the tipoff, the opposing Villanova players stood silently on their side as a player ceremoniously dribbled the ball to the basket and handed it to the flat-footed Sales, who finished the stilted pas de deux by banking an ugly one off the backboard; then Villanova evened the game with an uncontested shot of its own. The backstage maneuverings were even more contrived. Geno Auriemma, UConn's coach, devised the stunt, then suggested it to his buddy, Villanova coach Harry Perretta. The two coaches cleared it with their athletic directors and university presidents...