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...take them away from their comfort zone and hope they miss shots,” Delaney-Smith said. Unfortunately for the Crimson, the Trojans didn’t miss much. USC shot 57 percent from the field in the opening period, finishing the game with a season-high mark of 54 percent.In particular, Harvard’s tough defense was unable to slow freshman All-American Briana Gilbreath, who scored 17 of her game-high 22 points in the first half.After the break, the Trojans quickly extended their lead to 27. The Crimson, however, refused to go away. Harvard demonstrated...
...wrestleback match.Peppelman went 2-2, winning consecutive wrestleback bouts after dropping a major decision to second-seeded Jake Patacsil in the opening round. After notching a decision and a technical fall without relinquishing a point, Peppelman finished the tournament with a 4-1 loss to Pittsburgh’s Mark Powell.In the heavyweight division, Desena could not muster an upset over top-seeded David Zabriskie, losing 9-0 before bowing out to Iowa’s Eric Thompson in the wrestlebacks.—Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...
...forward Peter Boehm—starting his second game in a row as classmate Keith Wright sat out due to an illness—led the long-distance charge, making 7-of-9 three-point attempts on his way to 23 points, a game high and a new career mark. His hot hand did not see many minutes in the second half due to foul trouble—he ended up fouling out with four minutes left in the game—but the Crimson shot well enough without him. The team’s 78-percent mark from downtown...
...popularity around the world. The U.S. consumed some 300 million cigars by the mid-19th century, and many Cuban cigar-makers migrated to nearby Florida, where Tampa became known as "Cigar City" by the early 20th century. "If I cannot smoke in heaven, then I shall not go," Mark Twain declared. Though the boom was partly lit by the cigar's affordability, they soon become a must-have accessory for debonair gentlemen - men like King Edward VII, who, upon assuming the British throne in 1901, famously announced a break with the smoke-free policies of his mother Queen Victoria...
...Three I have no sympathy for the big three automakers [Dec. 15]. For decades, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler fiercely opposed corporate restructuring and green technology while egregiously mismanaging their businesses. The only reason they've recently gotten religion is that they're teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. Mark Stuart Ellison, Brooklyn...