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...blistering 67 percent from behind the arc, but it could not overcome Rice’s second-half comeback as the Owls (4-5) beat the Crimson 67-63 at Tudor Fieldhouse. Harvard (4-5) took the lead in the final minute with two free throws by junior guard Jeremy Lin, but Rodney Foster answered for the hosts with a three pointer with 40 seconds to play to give his team a 62-61 lead it would not relinquish. Free throws turned out to be the deciding factor in a game that remained close until the Crimson grabbed...
...teams traded leads for most of the second half, the Gauchos used an 8-2 run with under five minutes to play to put themselves up by seven with 1:17 to play. The run set the stage for Harvard’s own furious scoring streak. Sophomore guard Christine Matera and co-captain Niki Finelli hit back-to-back shots from distance, which they sandwiched around a Brogan Berry steal. Up by one, UCSB’s Jenna Green turned the ball back over to Harvard to set up senior forward Katie Rollins’ game-winning layup. After...
...Reggie Theus, just got the news on Monday. That's a new record for axings before Christmas. The other casualties include Sam Mitchell, the 2006-07 NBA Coach of the Year for the Toronto Raptors, fired by the club on Dec. 3; Maurice Cheeks, the beloved ex-champion point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers, canned by the Sixers last weekend despite winning widespread admiration for turning Philly into a playoff team a year ago; Eddie Jordan, the first coach in 28 years to lead the Washington Wizards to four straight playoff appearances, cut down after a 1-10 start; Randy...
...indefinitely, a major blow for Harvard, who kept it close nonetheless against its talented hosts before falling away near the end. “It’s not really a positive, because it was a 15-point loss, but we were undermanned,” senior guard Drew Housman said. “We caught them on a hot-shooting night, so we know we have a lot to work on, but we put forward a good effort.” Against the athletic Colonials from the Atlantic-10, the Crimson (4-4) battled to a stand-still...
...play forty minutes of tough basketball.” It seemed that the Crimson was cruising to its fifth win of the year as the team led 68-62 with just over a minute to play, but Vermont junior Courtnay Pilypaitis had other things in mind. The Cantamount guard sunk a three point shot from deep center court to bring Vermont within three of the Crimson with 1:06 left in the second half. A steal and subsequent jump shot by Vermont’s Andrea Cihal brought Vermont within one of the Crimson just twelve seconds later. But this...