Word: eliotisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hating myself for doing this, as losers gain no honor in verbal warfare post facto, I must say that your very partisan reporting did little justice to the great championship basketball game involving Leverett and Eliot Wednesday night (Leverett, 51-46, OT). Quite clearly, the two best house teams of recent years did battle, leaving one somewhat mystified as to where the reporter dug his "It was not supposed to be such a close game" scoop...
...baskets by Eliot's leading scorer Dave Rogers (11 points) made the score 40-39. And Leverett was suddenly trailing after Curry put up another bomb from mid-court. A swish with 14 seconds left by Lewis sent the game into overtime...
...supposed to be such a close game last night but inconsistent play by Leverett and 18 foul shots out of a whopping total of 33 attempts kept Eliot in the game...
...Eliot jumped to an 8-2 advantage as Curry took a few moon shots from somewhere around Lowell House for Leverett's early offense. Three baskets by Lewis and a two-pointer by Curry, all after offensive rebounds, helped Leverett close...
...With Eliot on top 33-32, in the final half, Curry turned a three-point play, and Lewis pulled off the trick after grabbing an offensive rebound. Four successive offensive rebounds produced another Lewis tally, and Leverett was threatening to pull away with two minutes remaining...