Word: clinch
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Down 75-72 with time running out, Merchant’s three-point attempt failed with 0:09 on the clock. Yale junior guard Ime Archibong then sank two free throws to clinch the win. Archibong made 11 of 12 free throws for the game...
With one more victory, the Harvard women’s basketball team can clinch the Ivy League title outright and a spot in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament...
...Even though we need only one game to clinch the title, we still feel like we need to win all three games,” sophomore forward Hana Peljto said. “The wins will result in a higher NCAA bid and they will help our confidence coming into the tournament...
Elsewhere in squash this weekend, the No. 4 Princeton men barely edged No. 3 Yale as Eric Pearson needed five games to pull past the Bulldogs’ Christopher Olsen to clinch it at No. 5. Meanwhile, the Yale women breezed past the Tigers, 7-2. Yale, which had not factored into the Ivy championship mix in past years, has aggressively recruited young talent over the past two years and has gotten remarkable early success from its new players. Yale’s women’s top nine includes six freshmen, and the Yale men’s victories...
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