Sentences with phrase «point lead with»

Road America became a turning point for the season, as DNFs for both Pilgrim and Davis, and a third - place finish for Pobst, allowed the defending champ to pull out a point lead with four races remaining.

In the Prototype Engine Manufacturer standings, Chevrolet holds a 26 - point lead with 70 points available in the final two races.

The pairing has won twice so far in the No. 3 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R and holds a slim seven - point lead with a maximum of 36 points available in Sunday's race.

That referendum had a 2.6 point lead with 77 percent of precincts reporting.

Cahill has cut what was a large 27 - point Schneiderman lead in August to a 16 - point lead with still more than five weeks until Election Day,» pollster Steven Greenberg said.

The poll shows that Maffei has a bigger edge with Democrats than Katko has with Republicans, but that Katko has a seven - point lead with independents.

And Clinton now has a 17 - point lead with independents, up from a 2 - point lead a month ago.

Siena pollster Steve Greenberg says Faso has a 14 - point lead with men, while Teachout has an 11 - point lead with women.

The Siena poll shows Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump by eight points with women and Trump has a commanding 29 - point lead with men in the 22nd Congressional District.

Across the 11 counties which comprise the 19th Congressional District, Trump held a five - point lead over Clinton, including an 18 - point lead with independent voters.

«While Murphy leads by five points with men, he enjoys a 26 - point lead with women.

A recent Opinium poll for the Evening Standard showed that Labour's candidate for London mayor had a nine - point lead with just two days until the polling stations open.

He also has a two - to - one advantage over Turner with Democrats, but Turner leads nearly six - to - one among Republicans and retains a slim four - point lead with independents.

They have a 16 - point lead with seven matches left to play.

A nine - point lead with 10 games left to play certainly isn't a lock that the title race is over, but it's definitely a damn good sign — especially with Napoli completely struggling the way they are right now.

Chelsea maintained their nine - point lead with 14 games left after an impressive 3 - 1 win over Arsenal on Saturday.

The Nets controlled the tempo for most of the game, but OKC owned a one - point lead with less than a minute left.

Leaders Walsall maintained their six point lead with a win against next to bottom Morecambe while Blackpool remained above Accrington on goal difference with a win at Tranmere while Stanley beat Carlisle.

Three plays later, C.J. Anderson's 2 - yard touchdown run and a successful 2 - point conversion gave the Broncos a 14 - point lead with 3:08 remaining.

Driving the left baseline, he scored to give Villanova a one - point lead with three seconds to play, only to be beaten by a 35 - footer at the buzzer by Tracy Jackson.

With 10 seconds on the shot clock and Georgia Tech trailing 54 - 53, Jack penetrated the lane and drew a fifth foul on BC's best player, forward Craig Smith, earning himself the two free throws that gave the Jackets a one - point lead with 30 seconds left.

On the ensuing possession, he picked off a pass and went in for a dunk, giving Tech a three - point lead with 5.5 seconds remaining.

The fourth quarter saw tense action, but when Mississippi State took a five point lead with just over two minutes remaining thanks to a huge Roshunda Johnson three, things looked bleak for the Irish.

Harden gave the Rockets a two - point lead with some free throws of his own, but then Williams gave the Blazers the lead with a three off a chaotic scramble started by a bad turnover by Jeremy Lin:

The No. 2 seed Bearcats held a 22 - point lead with 11:37 left in the second half against a Nevada team that — working with a six - man rotation and barely two days of rest after an overtime win in Round 1 — would have been forgiven for looking up at the scoreboard, coming to terms with Cincy's penchant for squeezing the life out of opposing offenses and calling it a day.

How nice would it be to build a nice 12 point lead with Gillon out there, and then be able to shut a game down over the last 8 minutes with Howard heading a punishing defense, and no need to play stall balll

With the Celtics clinging to a five - point lead with just more than a minute to go in Game 5 of their opening - round series against the Knicks Wednesday night, Garnett hit a jumper that silenced Madison Square Garden and sealed a 92 - 86 Boston victory.

The Pacers center recovered to the rim just in time to meet James in the air and alter his shot with Indiana clinging to a five - point lead with under 2 minutes to go in the fourth quarter.

But last week they also knew that if they hadn't blown a 10 - point lead with four minutes to play against Kokomo High in January, they and not New Castle High, whose 9,325 - seat field house is the largest high school gym in the world, would have been unbeaten and ranked No. 1 in the state.

The Brooklyn Nets nearly blew a nine point lead with just over three minutes left in Game 7 against the Toronto Raptors, but they ended up walking away with a 104 - 103 win after Paul Pierce's block on Kyle Lowry in the final seconds of the game.

The Brooklyn Nets nearly blew a nine point lead with just over three minutes left in Game 7 against the Toronto...

The Jaguars were nursing a six - point lead with 1:48 left in the game, but their defense had improbably allowed the Browns to move the ball from Cleveland's 22 all the way down to Jacksonville's 40 - yard line.

The Buckeyes were so bad they could only hit one outside shot in the first half, and Louisville had a five - point lead with three minutes left.

Massimiliano Allegri has pulled off one of the best mid-season turnarounds in recent memory for Juventus, taking the reigning Serie A champions from the bottom half of the table to a nine - point lead with just a few weeks to go.

After heading into the fourth quarter tied, 61 - 61, Los Angeles (44 - 37) opened up an 11 - point lead with 4:00 to go before holding on in the end.

If he makes it, the Jazz still have a 3 point lead with the ball and the shot clock off.

The Falcons, in the midst of blowing a 25 - point lead against the Patriots, were clinging to an eight - point lead with just under five minutes in the game.

The Italian tactician has been a revelation since his arrival in England last summer, as he has guided Chelsea to the top of the Premier League table with a 10 - point lead with just 11 games remaining.

But regardless of whose fault it was, here the Colts were nursing a six - point lead with the Texans just 7 yards from the goal line.

Michigan's Jordan Morgan hit a shot to give Michigan a one point lead with 7.9 seconds left against Illinois.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) David McFarland scored 15 points, including a dunk to give SIU - Edwardsville a 10 - point lead with a minute - and - a-half left to play, and the Cougars knocked Jacksonville State out of a three - way tie for third place in the Ohio Valley Conference with a 75 - 67 upset victory Saturday afternoon.

Kinchen forced a turnover and then missed a jump shot, but Bill Awet tipped in the shot and the Cougars had a one - point lead with 18 seconds remaining.

After grabbing an interception with 55 seconds left, Matt Ryan put together a drive that ended with a 53 - yard Matt Bryant field goal and the Falcons had a one - point lead with 44 seconds left.

Chandler Parsons gave the Rockets a two - point lead with a putback, but Lillard responded with a huge shot out of an inbounds play.

The Blues could subsequently storm into an eight - point lead with a victory at White Hart Lane.

After blowing a 16 - point lead with just four minutes remaining in regulation — the first time that's ever happened in the NBA playoffs — the Warriors kept battling in overtime but couldn't put away the Spurs.

With four minutes left in the game, the Raptors offense went cold, and Garnett and Pierce — who had played very poorly by their standards for the entire game — each hit big shots to give the Nets a six point lead with less than two minutes to go.

None were bigger than a turnaround 20 - footer Pierce hit to give the Nets a nine - point lead with less than a minute to go, which iced the game.

After making a key block on Marc Gasol on the defensive end in overtime, Tim Duncan hit a jumper in the lane that hit every part of the rim and backboard before falling in to give the Spurs a four - point lead with 1:08 remaining.

Paul Pierce gave Brooklyn a four - point lead with a layup almost immediately upon re-entering about halfway through the period, but Toronto responded with a 14 - 2 run to close the game.