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...Grace's fall-away jumper knotted the score at 50 with 22 seconds left. The 50-50 score in the NCAA's 50th championship game set a new record for most haltime points...
...third consecutive road outing at the start of the 1986-'87 campaign, the Crimson (now 0-3) battled hard to the closing seconds, but the Eagles' Troy Bowers' eight-ft., fall-away jump shot with 25 seconds remaining lifted Boston College to an 87-86 victory--the cagers' second one-point loss in three games...
Though Bush is carrying no new initiatives with him, he is charged with hearing out Western European fears and counterproposals. "We will not be proposing any specific fall-away positions," Admiral Daniel Murphy, the Vice President's chief of staff, explained last week. "But there may well be discussions of alternatives hi order to get their views." A strong message from the allies, say White House sources, could prompt the U.S. to re-examine its missile position. "We have tabled a very good proposal," said Bush of the zero option, but he added that Washington was prepared to entertain...
Harvard then tightened its staunch 3-2 zone and Fleming recovered a loose ball, drove the length of the court and sank a fall-away six-footer to bring the Crimson within three. Dixon then followed Fleming's efforts with a 13-ft, jumper of his own to cut Cornell's lead...
Curry oozed finesse with a stylish fall-away jumper to complement a pair of Carle baskets as Harvard began a 19-1 tear that erased a 41-35 deficit and concurrently gave the hosts a commanding 54-42 bulge. The flashy playmaker finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and six assists...