Word: half-court
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...Elliott got in a rhythm early, which is important for him,” Sullivan said. “When [Stony Brook] went to the half-court trap, that threw our whole team out of sync, and that rhythm kind of slowed down...
...Harvard’s ball movement improved, the Crimson found seams through the Husky defense. At points during the second half, the half-court offense was generating five or six touches each trip down the floor. Harvard had assists on two-thirds of its baskets, including a career-high eight by Gellert, who found junior forward Sam Winter on a pretty back-door pass early in the second half...
...turned out, he had. With 7.4 seconds remaining, Tigers point guard Ahmed El-Nokali took the inbounds pass, dribbled towards half-court, and worked the ball to Wente, who was swarmed by two Harvard defenders. Junior guard Andrew Gellert-the league's top defender-played the ball in an attempt at a swipe while sophomore guard Pat Harvey played the body, his arms raised in hopes of disrupting the shot...
...give some multi-millionaire baseball-player-wannabe three at-bats for the same price? They don't win many games anyway; and who knows, the fans might really take to it. I've been at basketball games where the crowd yells loudest when the guy at half-time misses the million dollar half-court shot. It's the same sort of thing. It's a little like "Survivor," only the participants pay to get on the show. It's really an alternative tax for the wealthy - a tax, unlike every other, that they're very willing...
Hanks scored 18 to lead her team. Those points included a three-point shot from just inside half-court as the first-half buzzer sounded...