Word: benches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Time had run out as a Princeton freshman, Justine Koeppen, stood alone at the foul line. Two teams and 30 spectators looked on. She bounced the ball once...twice. She took a deep breath, shot...and missed. No sighs emerged from the Princeton bench. No cheers sounded from the Harvard bench or the Briggs bleachers...
Scott Fusco, the number-one Crimson scorer, stood in street clothes on the bench, felled for the night by a groin pull. Meanwhile, the number-two line started and clicked for three of Harvard's four scores...
Senior Co-Captain George White replaced the disqualified Trout, only to follow him to the bench a minute later when he fouled--guess who--Kelly going after a rebound. With both White and Trout playing spectator roles and Harvard's height advantage dissipated, the quicker Elis grabbed control. When Kelly hit his sixth straight free throw and his 10th consecutive Yale point, the Elis led by six and the cagers could not recover...
Freshman David Bernard played a solid 30 minutes off the bench, tallying 12 points on 50 percent shooting. Sophomore guard Bob Ferry, the most consistent cager, chipped in 16 points. Despite a defense that keyed on him only slightly less than it keyed on Trout, Captain Calvin Dixon managed 12 points and a game-high seven assists...
With the score 7-0 and the game securely in hand. Dooley had an opportunity to do something he hadn't done in a while--use his bench. And that provided a chance for some new names to enter the scoring book...