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...minute lead at home to fall on a buzzer-beater in the final second, which lead to a string of six more losses, a swoon that served as the emblem for Harvard’s most disappointing season in recent memory. This year’s team held an eight-point lead early in the second half last Friday night, but was slowly bled to death over the remainder of regulation and two overtime periods by the infamous Princeton scheme. But despite the differences, the two defeats represent the same threat--an extended losing streak as a direct result...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Crimson Hopes To Not Repeat 2006 Collapse | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...halves, and Sullivan then elected to keep his captain on the court for all five minutes of overtime. The 6’1 guard rewarded that confidence just at the point when it looked like the game, seemingly well in hand for Harvard when it held an eight-point lead midway through the second half, had escaped from the Crimson in brutal fashion. With the score tied at 78 and a minute and a half left in overtime, Wildcats guard Jermaine Anderson pulled up at the top of the key, several feet beyond the arc, and buried the three...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Captain Finds Stride in OT | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...Crimson (2-3) with 20 points while sophomore guard Drew Housman added a season-high 18.Junior forward Brad Unger had 11 points off the bench and sophomore guard Andrew Pusar scored a career-high 10 points. He also had four of the team’s 15 offensive rebounds. Last week’s Patriot League player of the week, senior guard Jose Olivero, paced the Mountain Hawks (2-5) with 15 points but was only 5-of-17 from the floor.Trailing 41-22 at halftime, Lehigh scored on eight of its first nine possessions to start the second half...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Early Lead Proves Enough for Victory | 11/26/2006 | See Source »

...Whether Republican tactics are working is anyone's guess; the latest polls show everything from Corker with an eight-point lead to Ford ahead by five points. Separate CNN and Reuters/Zogby polls released Tuesday gave Corker an 8- to 10-point lead over Ford, while a poll for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has Ford leading Corker 46 to 40 and Ford's internal figures have him up by 5 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '06: Could a Gay Marriage Amendment Help Harold Ford? | 11/3/2006 | See Source »

...when the Crimson (2-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC) took to the ice against conference doormat Union (2-4-0, 0-2-0) the question was: how quickly will Sarah Vaillancourt notch a hat trick? The answer, amazingly, was less than 21 minutes. Fresh off a three-goal, eight-point effort in an 11-0 drubbing of Rensselaer the day before, the sophomore winger poured in four scores in a 10-0 dissection of the Dutchwomen, tallying her third a mere 59 seconds into the second period. Vaillancourt showed off her skills on her first goal, which came...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Takes Union by Ten Goal Margin | 10/30/2006 | See Source »

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