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...followed by eight free throws, helped ice the game. As usual, Tay helped push the pace for Harvard. The biggest cheer of the night came with seven minutes left when she hit Katie Rollins with a behind-the-back pass for an easy layup. The two juniors put in solid contributions in the win. Tay finished with 12 points, eight assists, seven rebounds, and five steals, while Rollins added 11 points and seven boards. In such a high-paced game, the Crimson players and staff were happy with the way they battled. “We?...
...Crimson (6-15, 1-4 Ivy) turned the ball over 17 times before intermission, that turnaround will have to wait, as Yale knocked off Harvard, 83-70, at the John J. Lee Amphitheater. With Harvard down 24-23 with 6:57 to play in the first half, Yale used solid pressure defense and outstanding rebounding prowess, especially on the offensive end, to make a huge run and extend its lead to 44-28 going into the locker room.“I thought the difference tonight was our inability to take care of the basketball in the first half...
...first 14 games, Housman hasn’t topped eight since. “I’m hopeful he will [get it going],” Amaker said of Housman. “Drew is a veteran and we need his leadership and his solid play.” Harris, just one night after tallying a career-high 23 points in a loss to Yale, remained inconsistent, scoring two points and declining to attempt a field goal. With its season on the line—five Ivy losses virtually disqualify a team from contending for the conference title?...
...cloth wishes to violate her vows to spite her mother. “Zombie Boy,” a silly shot at sinister post-punk, features Merritt courting an undead paramour.Aside from the perennial envelope pushing, “Distortion” boasts quite a few otherwise solid tunes. “Old Fools” finds Merritt lamenting the past and regretting the future, all to cathartic piano lines that belong at the end of some charmingly schmaltzy John Hughes film. The churning, guitar-warped exchange between Simms and Merritt that composes “Please Stop Dancing...
Despite his carefully honed image of being always at the top of his game, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is taking a lot of solid shots on the chin these days. Disappointing policy results, hotly challenged reform proposals, and peaking public disgust with his overexposed private life have fueled a dizzying plunge in Sarkozy's approval ratings. That darkening image could have consequences. Just five weeks before the first round of nationwide municipal elections, rightist candidates fear a possible leftist rout in cities across France as voters signal their displeasure with Sarkozy's national leadership...