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Penn (18-7, 11-0), however, played keep away, shaving valuable seconds off the game clock. Star Penn guard Michael Jordan got the ball, jumped up looking for someone to pass to, but came down without getting rid of the ball and was called for the travel. Harvard remained alive for the last shot with 9.3 seconds left...
...made them tough all season. Despite Shewchuk's quick answer to the Wildcats' first goal, UNH struck back quickly on winger Tina Carrabba's goal at 11:08, assisted by line mates Carisa Zaban and Samantha Holmes, making it 4-2 with a lot left on the clock...
...take it anymore and retaliates. Because of what I like to call the Murphy's Law of Blind Referees, the retaliating player gets caught and called for the foul, while the one who instigated the shoving gets the ball back along with a new 24-second clock. I worry that we as voters may be prone to Blind Referee syndrome, forgetting who started the mudslinging first, thereby giving the advantage to the guy with the ball, the money and the longer-running negative commercial...
Harvard continued to pour it on early in the second half. The stifling defense made Brown's guards hold on to the ball for long periods of time, and the Bears often got poor shots off with under seven seconds left on the shot clock. The shooting of Clemente and Long then helped open Harvard's largest lead of the night at 21 points...
...Harvard defense stopped the Bulldog attack when it needed to. Down 70-68 with 0:26.8 remaining, a jump ball gave Yale possession. But the stingy Crimson defense, playing on adrenaline and nerves, forced Yale sophomore forward Meg Simpson to take a rushed baseline jumper at the shot clock buzzer, only to have it rim out. Ides grabbed the rebound and was quickly fouled...