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...seems to have found a solution to its offensive struggles of late—make free throws. The Crimson could have won games against Dartmouth and Penn at home with some makes, but showed recent improvement against Princeton. The new guard tandem of senior Drew Housman and freshman standout Oliver McNally should make a difference, if Amaker stays with it. In the end, Yale is struggling too much and Harvard has too much talent. If it can learn to win, this should be its game for the taking.Harvard 65, Yale 59COLUMBIA AT PENNPenn had a chance to snag big points...
...emerging victorious with a 3:14.18 time. Diekema shone in the individual events as well. Battling sickness all week, Diekema overcame this obstacle to finish first in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:45.16. The sophomore also placed second in the 100-yard backstroke, falling only to Yale senior standout Alex Righi. On the board, sophomore Zac Ranta blew away the competition in the one-meter dive, finishing with a score of 288.05 points. Ranta also came in third in the three-meter dive, barely passed by Yale’s Drew Teer and Princeton’s Daniel Dickerson...
...explained. “He’s wrestled very well against a lot of good opponents. He’s come in and given us a bit of a spark at the bottom of the lineup, especially with the forfeit at 125 lbs.”Despite these standout performances–particularly O’Connor’s use of only 4:49 to invoke the technical fall rule–the two grapplers made little impact in a lopsided defeat. After bringing the score to 16-8, the Crimson watched the next five bouts slip away...
...upper hand, going 5-of-10 from the field to post 13 points to go along with his six assists, but the junior standout failed to convert on multiple attempts at the line, going 2-of-5 from the stripe when it counted most...
...cube of toasted squid-ink rice. The bar offers a 10-course haute cuisine feast in miniature for a minuscule price of $35, but don't miss the pigeon baztela cooked slowly with sweet spices, raisins and rose petals, then wrapped in a crisp filo pastry. Another standout is the milhojas, a luscious caramelized tower of coin-sized potato disks sandwiched between slices of apple, cèpe mushroom and foie gras. The only problem? One bite is never enough...