Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Winthrop has had success with its fastbreak, using a running game to offset a lack of height. Bob Cathcart, Ron Johanson, and John Chappell have set the Puritans' winning pace. Kirkland's recent surge, on the other hand, has been attributed to new team spirit. George McGarrity, Dick Nye, Don Burnett, and Dave Nasch have led the Deacons to five straight victories...
...devised plans of Floyd Wilson played a major part in both triumphs. In the B.C. game, a new starting lineup was advanced, calculated to be the fastest, most aggressive, and best shooting alignment possible, even though it involved three guards playing concurrently, and a resultant loss of important rebound height...
After this worked so successfully, Wilson decided he still needed something more if the team were to cope with Princeton's superior height. Following a scouting trip to see the Tigers play Brown, he devised a pressing zone defense, which allowed the Crimson to keep its tall men under the boards, and forced Princeton to handle the ball outside instead of working it into the keyhole...
...varsity basketball team will have its new starting alignment tested for the first time tonight when it faces the superior height of a veteran Princeton five at 8:30 in the I.A.B...
Guard Dave Hurley still cannot play at full strength, because of an ankle injury, but the rest of the team is in good shape. Munk Muncaster, who lost his post in the new starting lineup, will be ready to play if Princeton's height proves too damaging...