Word: hoopes
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Senior center Graham Beatty got the party started right before halftime, as junior guard Michael Beal found him wide-open in the lane as the defense broke down. Beatty grabbed the pass, turned to the hoop, and finished with a two-handed slam that gave the Crimson a 32-26 lead heading into the intermission...
...with just over nine minutes to go, the Bulldogs needed a spark. Hughes was quick to provide it, grabbing a defensive board and hitting the outlet to start a fast break. Yale moved the ball up the floor to guard Eric Flato, who lofted the ball toward the hoop for a streaking Hughes. The 6’6 sophomore leapt into the air, grabbed the ball one-handed, and threw it down to complete the alley...
After Yale guard Edwin Draughan stole the ball from Giovacchini—one of his two turnovers on the night compared to seven assists—Draughan raced down the floor and hit Hughes. Hughes passed the ball back to Draughan, who lofted the ball up near the hoop. Hughes went up, grabbed it and nailed the back of the rim with the attempted...
Looking for the exclamation point up 13 with less than 10 seconds to go, Stehle heaved the ball down the court to captain Jason Norman. Norman charged toward the hoop and broke into the signature stride that almost always precedes a two-handed jam. The Harvard captain went up, but got fouled hard by Yale guard Alex Gamboa...
...Force One landed in Brussels for the start of his first foreign trip since winning re-election, the man of action gave himself over to the art of conversation. "You might call this a listening tour," he said during a press conference with nato Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. "People have got things on their mind and they want me to hear...