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...event has turned out to involve big risks, well, Obama likes big risks. This is a man who, with the cameras rolling in Afghanistan, elected to fire a basketball from 3-point range rather than move in for a layup. Who chose as his running mate Senator Joseph Biden, a verbal thrill ride who might say anything at any moment and very frequently does. Who - and this is the biggie - decided with just a couple of years in the Senate under his belt to take on the Clinton machine in a battle for control of the Democratic Party...
...began to collect their belongings, and the Princeton bench afforded itself an opportunity to sit back and relax. That’s when the Crimson struck. Head coach Tommy Amaker commanded his players to shift into a full press. The change was followed on the offensive end by a layup from captain and forward Brad Unger. “More than anything, it was do or die at that point,” Unger said. “You can’t get down by too many against Princeton—six or eight points against Princeton...
...assist performance in a big non-conference win over Mercer. Lin would later put his stamp on the season in one weekend, with the team hosting Princeton and Penn at Lavietes Pavilion on consecutive nights. Against the Tigers, Lin capped an 8-0 run by the Crimson with a layup on the right side with nine seconds to play to tie the game and force overtime. He finished with 20 points and seven boards in an eventual 76-67 Harvard victory. The next night, Lin did one better, notching 21 points, six rebounds, five assists, and three steals, leading...
...ball, get steals, push it up and find the shooters,” Amaker said of Braswell, who finished with eight points and five steals. “He’s been very effective in that role.”Flato would hit another three and Braswell another layup before intermission to extend to a 39-30 lead at the break.“In this league, if you get lackadaisical for just one second, they’ll make you pay, just like we saw tonight,” Pusar said.After Yale scored the first two buckets...
...those shots. In a game where the opposing team was shooting so well, Harvard needed a boost to get past its sub-50 field goal percentage, and that force never came through.Twice the Crimson got within two points—once with Harris’ put-back layup, and once with a pair of free throws by junior Andrew Pusar. Neither was able to spark a huge run, however, and Brown responded to every Harvard basket with two or three more. The Bears went on a 21-6 run after the Crimson cut the lead, and the game never...