Word: spurted
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...squad, however, that came out hot opening the second half. Down 51-35 going into the intermission, Harvard went on a 10-0 run in the first three and a half minutes of the frame. Housman had a hand in the first four baskets of the spurt, draining jumpers as well as setting up senior Evan Harris for a layup. A gorgeous fall-back jumper by Lin punctuated the run, which cut the lead to six, but any hopes for a dramatic finish were soon dashed when the Crimson missed seven of its next nine field goal attempts...
...NASCAR position itself to motor through the downturn? The sport has to start with its costs, which exploded during NASCAR's stunning growth spurt earlier this decade. "The old adage was, If you need $1 million in expenses, go get $1 million in sponsorship," says Mike Dee, president of Fenway Sports Group, which owns 50% of the Roush Fenway Racing team. "The railroad doesn't run that...
...Bulldogs opened the night on an 8-3 run, until the home team answered with a 10-2 spurt to take a three-point lead just under five minutes into the game. After four Crimson turnovers in two and half minutes, an emphatic Pinick dunk gave Yale the lead at 12:21. A Pusar triple and senior guard Drew Housman’s two free throws tied things up four minutes later, but thirteen straight Bulldog points gave Yale the lead for good. Harvard closed the half on a 10-4 run to cut the deficit to five...
...night, turning in 11 points on 4-of-9 shooting from the field. Trailing by 19 at the break, the Crimson used several runs over the course of the second half to chip away at what proved to be an insurmountable deficit. The most key was a 12-2 spurt in the middle of the period—highlighted by six points from Markley—to narrow BU’s lead to just 10. A Markley jumper with nine minutes to play made the score 56-49—the most favorable deficit Harvard would...
...until Yale misplayed a ball on the Crimson’s first punt that things really got going. The Crimson took over at Yale’s 13-yard line and inched its way through the red zone, as Gordon capped off the drive with a 4-yard spurt up the middle and into the end zone. The lone touchdown of the day gave Harvard a 7-0 lead with 8:07 left in the first frame, a score that wouldn’t change for nearly 50 more minutes of play.“We knew that, based upon...