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Word: basketfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...outstanding player. He led the team with 26 points, and singlehandedly broke up a second-half B.C. full court press by a skillful dribbling performance. He would either draw his defensive man into a foul, and then sink both free throws, or dribble past and pass for a basket...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Crimson Basketball Team Defeats B.C. 101-86, to Break Single Game Record | 2/14/1957 | See Source »

With ten seconds remaining, Schreiber was fouled, and calmly underhanded two straight free throws which perfectly swished through the basket, and broke all Harvard scoring records...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Crimson Basketball Team Defeats B.C. 101-86, to Break Single Game Record | 2/14/1957 | See Source »

...stunning 39-37 beating from Iowa State, Kansas Basketball Coach Dick Harp went into seclusion with a set of chessmen to work out the right moves for the return match. When the Iowa Cyclones came back to Kansas, Chessman Chamberlain slipped out from his post position under the basket, pulled three Iowa defensemen to the foul line with him, gave his teammates room to drive in for scores. While "Wilt the Stilt" settled for only four field goals, Kansas won 75-64, all but took possession of the Big Seven title and probably earned back its No. 1 intercollegiate ranking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 11, 1957 | 2/11/1957 | See Source »

...basketball team won its fifth game in six tries Saturday night, easing by the Suffolk Teachers College freshman team, 61 to 60, in the closing seconds of play. Bruce Carlson threw in a basket with 15 seconds to go, to provide the victorious margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Interim: Sweet and Sour Goulash | 2/5/1957 | See Source »

...Lions pulled ahead during the short spurt largely on fast breaks. Time after time the Crimson would be caught empty-handed as one of Columbia's speedy guards would be racing toward the basket to catch a long pass and dribble in for an easy basket...

Author: By John A. Rava, | Title: Varsity Basketball Team Loses League Games to Lions, Bruins | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

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