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...cagers need a win this Wednesday against Brown to secure a better spot for the Ivy tournament next month. With starters Dorris Woolery and Franessa Hall out for the season, and center Elaine Holpuch slowed down with bronchitis, the hoopsters will need determination and strong performances from the bench to salvage the season...
Freshman guard Ann Scannel intimidated the opposition's offense, spoonfed her teammates under the basket, and crashed into the Barnard bench to retrieve loose balls...
Soon after, though, captain Bob Allen picked up a pair of quick fouls, and the decline and fall of the Harvard effort began. Allen ended up spending most of the night on the bench with constant foul troubles. He was not the only one who was less than enthusiastic about Harvard's first appearance in the Classic...
...freshman forward Flatt who left the bench to guide the offense. He nailed four straight field goals to boost the hoopsters' lead to 31-25 at the 4:59 mark, and led all scorers for the half with ten points...
...court. I've got the theory that the only soul I had to save was my own." In late 1974 a stroke confined him to a wheelchair. His colleagues delayed any case that Douglas could decide with a tie-breaking vote, but Douglas refused to leave the bench. He was determined, he told a friend, to stay on the court until a Democratic President was elected who could appoint his successor. But his pain became so unbearable that he could no longer sit through oral arguments, and in November 1975 he reluctantly retired...