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Men’s basketball captain will not return to team

Yale men’s basketball captain Jack Montague ’16 will not return to the team, Yale Assistant Director of Sports Publicity Tim Bennett said in a press release Wednesday afternoon.

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Men’s basketball captain currently withdrawn from Yale

Yale men’s basketball captain Jack Montague ’16 “is withdrawn” from Yale College, a representative from the University Registrar’s office told the News on Tuesday.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Sarju ’16 saves best for senior season

With just four games left in her college career, Yale women’s basketball player Nyasha Sarju ’16 has a lot to reflect upon.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Ivy perfection snapped, but Yale remains in first

After five unblemished weekends, the Yale men’s basketball team suffered its first Ivy League defeat, falling to Princeton 75–63 on Friday before rebounding 79–58 against Penn the following night.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Bulldogs bounce back, remain in first

Following its first Ivy defeat of the season on Friday night, Yale moved to 9–1 in the league behind an impressive second-half effort against Penn.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Princeton snaps Yale win streak, pulls even in loss column

In a contest between the top two teams in the Ivy League, Yale fell to Princeton by 12.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: One vs. two in Ivy showdown

With just two more victories, the Yale men’s basketball team, winners of 12 consecutive contests, can move into a tie for the longest winning streak in school history — a 14-game mark set back in 1906–1907.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Elis play host to Ivy League leaders

The Yale women’s basketball team will look to snap its six-game losing streak this weekend, when it plays Penn and Princeton, the top two teams in the Ivy League.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale’s “quirky” superstar

Yale men’s basketball forward Justin Sears ’16 has accomplished many feats during his four years in New Haven, including reaching the 1,000-point scoring mark, receiving the Ivy League Player of the Week award a record 14 times, being named the 2014–15 Ivy League Player of the Year and earning a share of the Ivy League championship with his teammates a season ago.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Simpson ’18 steals show in record-breaking year

In last Friday’s women’s basketball game between Yale and Dartmouth, a 68–63 Eli loss came alongside a silver lining from an underclassman who has quickly emerged as a statistical leader for the Bulldogs in her collegiate career. Guard Tamara Simpson ’18 broke the Yale record for steals in a season against the Big Green. Currently boasting a total of 80 takeaways, the sophomore still has six games remaining in the season to improve upon her historic mark. The News spoke with Simpson, who is also Yale’s second leading scorer with 10.8 points per game, about her groundbreaking record and her outlook for the remainder of the Ivy League season.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Another weekend, another sweep

Yale men’s basketball forward Justin Sears ’16 scored 21 points on consecutive nights to power the team to two Ivy League victories, preserving a perfect 8–0 conference start for the Bulldogs in addition to avenging the team’s most recent two conference losses.

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