Word: humped
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...Blankenau had an open look from the left side. It rimmed out, and, in a six-point switch, Brown’s Peter Sullivan sank a three on the other end.“It gets demoralizing when you can’t get over that hump, and we saw that happen when Alek missed a three right in front of our bench in transition,” Amaker said of the play. TWIN POWERSWhile Lin shot 4-of-10 from the floor and scored just nine points, his presence was felt as he added seven boards, seven assists...
...first—that draws to a close without a single win on the road.“It’s been a perplexing thing for us,” Amaker said. “We haven’t been able to get over the hump there and certainly that’s a tough thing for any team when you struggle on the road.”But the significance of this weekend’s games extends beyond standings and implications for next year. For the lone senior on the team, captain Brad Unger, Saturday?...
...concerned with that and we’re hopeful that we can do a better job,” Amaker said. “And then hopefully being at home again we’ll have enough spirit, confidence, and energy that can propel us to get over the hump if we find ourselves in a nip-and-tuck situation—as we anticipate it will...
...hole,” Amaker said. “We dug and scrapped and clawed to try to make it interesting and competitive in the second 20 minutes, and I thought we did that. But we didn’t have enough to get over the hump...
...enough for closing it out.“We ran out of gas, we didn’t have that last push,” junior guard Drew Housman said. “We got back and tied the game, but we couldn’t get over the hump.”The Crimson found itself in a 10-point hole at the half due to inconsistent play and its lack of interior size. That allowed Holy Cross to stop drives to the basket and pick up easy points around the rim. Harvard’s inbounding defense...