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Basketball

Electrifying start to second half earns Jumbos top seed in NESCAC for third consecutive year

By Alison Kuah | February 17

With the right to host a NESCAC quarterfinal matchup and an undefeated home record on the line, the No. 4 women’s basketball team was in a must-win situation against No. 18 Bowdoin -- the only other unbeaten team in the conference -- on Saturday. An electrifying start to the second half, in which the Jumbos turned a 10-point halftime lead into a 21-point game within four minutes, sealed the runaway 66-55 victory.

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Tufts clinches No. 4 seed in NESCAC tournament

By Steven Hefter | February 17

Sitting at 5-3 in the NESCAC with two conference games to play, the men’s basketball team went north to Maine over the long weekend to conclude its regular season. On Friday, Tufts beat Colby 72-64 before dropping a nail-biter at Bowdoin on Saturday, 57-5. The Jumbos finished their season at 13-11 ...

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Jumbos survive difficult road trip, stay undefeated in NESCAC

By Alex Schroeder | February 10

For a moment this past weekend, it looked like the No. 4 women's basketball team was at risk of dropping its first NESCAC game of the season. The Jumbos were down three with just 19.7 seconds left to play at Hamilton's Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Friday night after committing a foul ...

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Fan the Fire debuts the Blue Zone on Saturday

By Abby Curran | February 8

The Student Athletic Advisory Council (SAAC) unveiled the newly designated student cheering section this Saturday as part of the Fan the Fire event featuring the men’s basketball team's game against Williams College. Students swarmed the stands for the game to celebrate the inaugural day of ...

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Jumbos stay above .500 after weekend split

By Jake Indursky | February 8

Fans coming to the Cousens Gym Friday night hoping to see Linsanity 2.0 -- courtesy of NBA point guard Jeremy Lin's younger brother Joseph -- were disappointed. Instead, they witnessed Tufts put together a solid team performance in its 70-63 win over Lin and his Hamilton Continentals.However, fans ...

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Foley hits 1,000-point milestone as Tufts downs RIC

By Alex Schroeder | February 5

Senior tri-captain Hannah Foley connected on a 3-pointer with one-and-a-half minutes elapsed in No. 4 Tufts' final non-league game of the season, against Rhode Island College (RIC), Tuesday night, leaving her just three points shy of the 1,000-point mark as a Jumbo. Fans and teammates awaiting ...

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Jumbos earn two more NESCAC wins on the road

By Alison Kuah | February 2

Tufts went on the road this past weekend, taking on Conn. College on Friday and Wesleyan on Saturday. The squad defeated both teams easily, extending its record of 20+ winning point margins to seven straight with a 69-48 victory over Conn. College and a 77-53 win over Wesleyan.On Saturday, Tufts ...

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Following Sabety injury, Jumbos stay afloat in NESCAC

By Jake Indursky | February 2

Before its two-game homestand this past weekend, in which it split games against Wesleyan and Conn. College, the men's basketball team received news of the biggest loss -- both literally and figuratively -- of its season when 6' 8" sophomore center Hunter Sabety suffered an apparently serious ...

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Jumbos suffer first conference loss, remain at .500 for season

By Steven Hefter | January 29

After starting the NESCAC season 3-0, the men’s basketball team returned to action with a non-conference game against UMass-Boston on Thursday and then played on the road at Bates on Saturday. The team won on Thursday night at Cousens Gym, extending its winning streak to four games before falling ...

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Resounding win over Bates lifts Tufts to 4-0 in conference play

By Alex Schroeder | January 26

At halftime of the women's basketball game on Saturday, No. 5-ranked Tufts led opponent Bates by 11 points. When all was said and done in the NESCAC matchup at Cousens Gym, the Jumbos had built a 46-point lead, defeating the Bobcats 83-37 to move to 16-1 overall and 4-0 in the NESCAC.Prior to this ...

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Tufts back to .500 following three-game winning streak

By raypaulbiron | January 22

The men’s basketball team defeated Trinity College on Saturday 59-55 to improve to 7-7 on the season and increase its current win streak to three. Two sophomores, center Hunter Sabety and guard Tarik Smith, led the way with 14 points apiece. This comes just a day after Tufts, led by 18 points from ...

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Tufts steamrolls Amherst, Trinity with strong second halves

By Alison Kuah | January 19

Heading into the crucial NESCAC stretch of the season, the No. 7 women’s basketball team established its dominance in the conference early with a 65-42 victory over No. 3 Amherst on Friday and a 70-46 routing of Trinity on Saturday. With the pair of wins, the Jumbos move to 14-1 on the season and ...

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Jumbos take two of three over winter break

By Steven Hefter | January 13

After a dispiriting 3-6 start to what the men's basketball team had hoped would be a promising season, the Jumbos used their time off this winter break to regroup before returning to campus early. They then played three games over eight days, winning two, including their biggest win of the season ...

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Jumbos bounce back after dropping first game of break

By Alex Schroeder | January 13

The women's basketball team started last season 21-0 before losing its first contest of the year to Babson in mid-February. While the No. 7 Jumbos have certainly started this year's campaign with similarly commanding play, winning 11 of their first 13 games by double-digit margins, they suffered their ...

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Track And Field

Women's sports winter break preview

By Alison Kuah | December 8

Women's BasketballCurrently in the midst of a seven-game winning streak to begin the season, the team is coming off an 88-48 thrashing of Fitchburg State, besting its season-high point total by 10 points. The team will take on Bridgewater State tomorrow at 7 p.m. before going on an extended ...

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Live Stream: Tufts Women's Basketball takes on undefeated Fitchburg State

By Alison Kuah | December 6

3.30pm - Tufts defeats Fitchburg State 88-48. Hannah Foley is the game's top scorer with 21 points, finishing 5-of-6 from 3-point range.3.27pm - Kelsey Morehead 2-pointer brings Tufts lead to 40, Tufts leads 86-46 with 1:32 left in the game.3.23pm - Tufts scores season-high 84 points with 3 minutes ...

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Jumbos fall to tough competition

By Steven Hefter | December 4

After two straight wins against Emerson and Wentworth, the men’s basketball team played two consecutive games against nationally ranked competition. The Jumbos went on the road to face No. 11 MIT before Thanksgiving break and faced No. 13 Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) at home on Wednesday ...

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Jumbos' 45-point first half carries team to 6-0 start

By Alison Kuah | December 3

Fueled by a season-high 45 points in the first half, Tufts improved to 6-0 on the season after handing the 4-0 Wheaton College team its first loss of the season on Monday night. The Jumbos shot 47.4 percent (18-for-38) from the field and 57.1 percent (8-for-14) from distance in the first half to ...

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No. 11 Engineers outlast Jumbos in overtime battle

By Jake Indursky | December 2

The men's basketball team dropped to 2-3 last Tuesday, losing to Massachusetts Institute of Technology 71-64 in overtime before the Thanksgiving break. Although the loss may have left an empty feeling in the team's stomach that not even turkey and stuffing could fill, there were many positives ...

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Tufts holds steady to secure win over ECSU

By Alison Kuah | December 1

The women's basketball team continued its undefeated start to the season with a 63-51 win over Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) on Tuesday, winning its 11th consecutive road game to continue a streak that began last season. The win improved the Jumbos' record to 5-0 while ...

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