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...sudden spurt of helicopters going down comes just as the U.S. military is embarking on the Bush Administration's much-debated surge of soldiers into Baghdad, and it brings up the question: why are so many aircraft suddenly crashing, and what, if anything, does it say about the capabilities of the insurgents who are claiming to shoot them down...
...about that,” guard Patrick Foley said. “We came out on fire.” The Crimson never fired an answering salvo and never got closer than 15 points the rest of the evening. Columbia closed the half with a 9-2 spurt to take a 54-28 lead into the break, then began the second period as it had the first, scoring the first six points on interior baskets from forwards John Baumann and Ben Nwachukwu to take a 32-point lead at 60-28. Whether due to the full moon over Cambridge...
...career, making him only the 23rd player in Harvard history to reach that figure. With four NBA scouts in attendance to watch his play, the seven-footer also hauled down a game-high 10 rebounds, recording his third straight double-double and sixth on the season.However, outside of the spurt late in the period that pushed Harvard within three, Cusworth was largely held in check in the second half thanks to more consistent defensive pressure in the form of double-teams. And when Yale clamped down on the big man, no one else was able to step up for Harvard...
...career high with 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the first half, hit his only attempt of the second, a short bank shot. Goffredo followed with another make from downtown, and after a series of misses on each end, Housman finished off the seven-point Harvard spurt, driving right and hitting a runner off the glass. Housman was fouled on the play and added the free throw to put Harvard up 66-58 with 8:19 to play. LIU never crept within six points the rest...
...Crimson that opened the second period and put the team ahead 40-33. “We knew from that point forward that we could bully [Colgate] under the rim,” Harris said of Cusworth’s instrumental dunk. The early spurt helped Cusworth score 17 of his game-leading 23 in the second half. He added a game-high nine rebounds and shot an efficient 9-of-12 from the floor, posting impressive totals for the second game and proving emphatically that he has broken out of an early-season slump. “It makes...