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...possessions, with Harris scoring a layup and Housman draining two free throws with 6:27 left to complete the run, bringing the score to 56-42. “[Before the run], we went into one of those huddles, and everyone got really focused and knew we had to step up the D,” Housman said. “Everyone played hard, everyone rebounded and got in the passing lanes. We were slopping through it, and then we really turned it on.” Housman was making his first start of the season and responded...
After a less-than-stellar defensive performance in last weekend’s contest against Marist, this victory is a first step to doing just that...
...offense is not shooting particularly well in a close game, it is up to the defense to step it up and keep the game tight until the offense can break away. On Saturday afternoon at home against Army, the Crimson defense came through and put on a show, setting a new single-game record of 12 blocks in the victory...
...opposition gathered support over the weekend, as business leaders joined the chorus calling for Thailand's democratically elected ruling party to step down from power. "The situation has gone from bad to worse," the Thai Chamber of Commerce said in statement on Saturday, "signaling that [the government] is incompetent at ensuring peace and order ... coalition parties should have the political courage to withdraw from the government and allow a new government to be installed." The chamber also urged antigovernment protesters to end their occupation of the two airports. Some members told the Bangkok Post they would stop paying taxes...
...Solidarity did not want to rein in its political aspirations," the general argued. "Because of the geopolitics, the authorities could not step back. There was a knot which we decided to cut ourselves." The crackdown, however brutal, was a "lesser evil" that spared Poland the a direct Soviet military intervention, he argued. He acknowledged that martial law brought human suffering, for which the general said he "is sorry and takes the responsibility...