Word: stripe
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...deeper to try to get back in the game.”One of the things that kept the Crimson down the entire game was its lack of free-throw opportunities. Brown was only called for 13 total fouls, and Harvard players were able to get to the charity stripe just 10 times, sinking six of those shots. In a game where the opposing team was shooting so well, Harvard needed a boost to get past its sub-50 field goal percentage, and that force never came through.Twice the Crimson got within two points—once with Harris?...
Despite Unger’s nondescript performance (six points, five rebounds, one assist), his play oozed grit and determination, motivating his teammates with his work ethic and efficiency (committing only one foul and shooting 4-for-4 from the charity stripe...
...Harris, shooting 76% from the charity stripe on the season, only manages to make 1 of 2 FTs. Yale makes a trey to cut the lead to eight before Fitzgerald takes a hard foul on the inside (His defender practically jumps on his back). The freshman misses both FTs, but Lin causes a Yale deflection to go out-of-boudns. On the inbounds, Jeremy Lin goes iso on his man....but dribbles it off his foot. [Harvard 27, Yale...
...floor and just 16 points.But Hallion and Knox, in their last game at Lavietes, made it a memorable one. Each stepped up to the line and calmly buried a pair of free throws with under a minute left. In both cases, the co-captains found themselves on the charity stripe with Harvard clinging to a one-point lead. “Honestly, this sounds horrible, but I didn’t know what the score was, I didn’t know what the time was,” Knox said of her game-sealing free throws with two seconds...
...Barack Obama’s stripe of “hope” does not require any effort, any commitment: it demands only that close one’s eyes and ears to the difficult or uncomfortable realities with which one would rather not have to bother. Immediate gratification is the ethos...