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...Indians improved defense still failed to stymie completely the Crimson's weaving fast-break attack. Ed Smith poured in seven baskets, mostly on his hook shot, from his pivot position, and Rockwell, despite Rowe and later McDonald hovering over him, dropped in five...
Larry Goldsborough led the Ithacans'' fast-break attack, scoring four first-half baskets with his one-hand jump shot. six-foot-four inch Fred Eydt also did some clever outside shooting, but the man who saved Cornell's victory was Gerwin, who sank eight out of ten foul shots...
Within a few weeks he had things worked out surprisingly well. None of his squad was particularly fast--this meant Shepard's favorite fast-break brand of ball wouldn't work. But John Rockwell and Ed Smith were tail and good workers under the basket; be decided to concentrate his attack around the two lanky forwards. He built a double-pivot game around them, and it promptly paid off. Rockwell's work put him among the nation's top scorers by the middle of the fall...
Rockwell and Smith have paced the team's scoring so far this year, racking up 159 out of its total of 275 points. They have been averaging just under 20 points per game. Shepard has somewhat revised his pre-season plans for fast-break ball to capitalize on their skill under the boards; his strategy worked nicely last Tuesday when the varsity beat a swift BC quintet by forcing it to play a close, deliberate game...
...impressed Shepard as being one of the best ball-handling teams in the East. The Eagles have a swift and shifty forward, Dick Fitzgerald, who prowled all over the court against St. Anselm's, intercepting passes and sparking an otherwise loose defense. BC plays a blood-and-thunder fast-break game, with flashy passing and tricky cuts at the basket...