Word: three-pointers
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...college basketball - and NBA - season, elite coaches fail to make a move that any barstool Bobby Knight would surely recommend (and will surely scream at the TV). With your team up three points, and just a few seconds left in the game, the opponent needs a long-distance three-point shot to tie it up. So, it would stand to reason, you should prevent the other player from taking that potentially heart-breaking heave by fouling him before he has a chance to shoot the ball. In the college game, that usually sends the opponent to the line, forcing...
...been a little extra because of that decision, but I don’t think that her performance was necessarily out of the ordinary.”Doron wasted no time making her presence felt offensively, answering Crimson forward Katie Rollins’s game-opening layup with a three-pointer at the 18:14 mark. “I was feeling it early, and my teammates continued to find me so I got some good looks,” Doron said. “The extra pass was there today and that’s why we shot...
...think that gave the team confidence. We saw ourselves making plays, making shots.” Goffredo was much more aggressive than he has been in recent weeks, drawing two shooting fouls on dribble penetrations in the first few minutes of the game. He connected on his first three-pointer with 13:03 left in the frame and followed it with a tough pull-up jumper in traffic. Goffredo then hit three-pointers on successive possessions, the latter tying the score at 29-29 with 7:39 remaining in the first half. “I was a little upset...
...shooting frustration, and gave the Crimson its first league road win in six tries. The victory also secured a season sweep for Harvard over third-place Cornell (16-12, 9-5), the highlight of an otherwise rough league campaign.Harvard’s opponents had made over 80 more three-pointers than the Crimson entering Friday night, and the Big Red ranked near the top of the league in both three-point makes and percentage. But with the game’s outcome in the balance, Cornell leading 71-68 with 4:14 to play, the visitors mounted a stunning...
...game, as both teams made a few early stops. Three buckets and an impressive assist by Tay sparked a 10-0 run that gave Harvard a 24-8 lead.The lead did not stay comfortable for long, though, when Yale’s Jamie Van Horne drained a few three-pointers. She finished the first half with five shots made from downtown and helped Yale cut Harvard’s lead to five by the first buzzer.Though Van Horne had the hot hand in the first half, Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith thought the Crimson could have done a better...