Word: clinched
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Early in the second half, Harvard pulled within a point at 45-44 and brought the ball up court. A play failed and the Tigers converted a fast break basket and then stole the ensuing pass-in and scored again to smash the momentum and clinch the victory...
...offense, tallying 27 points on a devastating combination of graceful hook shots and close-in muscle plays. At 6-8, he overpowered most of the Harvard defense, especially after Crimson captain Bob Kanuth fouled out in the second half. With Kanuth gone, Sorensen dropped in two quick baskets to clinch the decision...
...Penn wins this one, it will clinch third place for Bob Odell in his fourth year at the controls. For that reason, and not because I want to see Bob Blackman and his crew fall into the second division, I'll call the Quakers...
...club fighter tactics of Rocky" would have on "the china chin of the Georgia Deacon." The scene set, Le-Bow then took over to describe the action, pausing now and then to note that Martha Raye and Martin Balsam were in the "audience" or, in the middle of a clinch, to exclaim: "The Rock looks down this way and winks, of all things! If this is all in fun, he had better tell Flowers about it!" Then, as the crowd noise mounted to a frenzy in the eleventh round, LeBow shouted: "Rocky connects with a solid right to the head...
...surrendered 80 points in two games; statistics, however, may be a little misleading. Until early in the final period last Saturday, Princeton's much-vaunted offense had scored only two touchdowns. Then the Lions missed a key two-point conversion and the Tigers exploded for 30 points to clinch the decision...