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Word: basketfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ithacans were fast and precise, scoring most of their points from right under the basket. Fine rebounding by Walt Ashbaugh, Fred Eydt, and Paul Gorwin kept the ball in the Big Red's possession. After compiling an amazing 54 percent shooting average, the visitors walked off the floor with a 44 to 18 half-time lead...

Author: By Michael J. Halberstam, | Title: Cornell Drubs Five, 73-44; Red Defense Foils Crimson | 2/14/1951 | See Source »

Eliot and Adams fought down to the wire in a tight game with Tom Petschek's last-second basket winning the game for the Elephants, 34 to 33. Winthrop took its "B" contest with Dudley by a 41 to 27 score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commuter Quintet Beats Winthrop; Kirkland B Team Stays Unbeaten | 2/9/1951 | See Source »

...other sharp-shooters. Al Stein, at five eleven, the smallest starter, is a cool playmaker. Besides the starting five, there are two other consistent scorers who spend most of their time on the bench--Frank Lewis and Bob Sullivan. Lewis in six five, and Sullivan scored the basket which beat Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Columbia Meets Quintet in I.A.B. Tonight | 2/6/1951 | See Source »

Princeton and Penn are the only two opponents common to both teams so far this year. Columbia beat Princeton by one basket, while the Crimson lost to the Tigers by the same margin. Penn, which lost to Columbia by almost 20 points, beat the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Columbia Meets Quintet in I.A.B. Tonight | 2/6/1951 | See Source »

...halftime, McGuire's Redmen led a surprised Bradley, 34-29. All-America Melchiorre had not sunk a single basket. Could St. John's keep up the pace? Midway through the second half St. John's was still leading, and the Bradley Braves were wilting. Melchiorre, held to four points for the game, fouled out. Moments later, he was joined on the bench by two more first-stringers, for the same reason. St. John's wrapped up the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Downfall | 1/22/1951 | See Source »

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