Word: rim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first-to-50 contest, 51-48, in double overtime. Freshman Katie Gates, whose 30-foot buzzer-beater vanquished Dartmouth earlier this season, launched a 50-foot prayer at the end of the second overtime session, but the shot clanged off the side of the rim...
...Princeton shaved 20 seconds off the clock before Thirolf attempted another three. The shot missed the rim and landed in the arms of Harvard senior Rose Janowski, who was immediately tied up to force a jump ball with 19.6 seconds...
...Egelhoff hauled in the carom off the front of the rim and got it to Monti, who found senior Sarah Russell behind the three-point arc, just right of the top of the key. The last time Harvard visited Princeton, when the Tigers emerged victorious and snapped the Crimson's 29-game Ivy League winning streak, Russell had a chance to win the game on a three-pointer from the same spot. She was wide open and her shot seemed on line, but it found only the back of the rim...
...Crimson got one more chance in the waning seconds when Gates corralled the rebound off a missed free throw by sophomore guard Jessica Munson, but her shot from beyond half court landed on the right side of the rim...
...Friday's loss, it seemed Harvard was battling not just first-place Princeton but also Lady Luck, who this season has been among the Crimson's most bitter foes. Despite generating good shots under and around the basket, Harvard was consistently unable to put the ball through the rim...