Word: irion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...loudest clairon in the hoopster's first victory was center Steve Irion, who rattled through ten buckets and led all scorers with 23 points...
With Hooft shaking loose for easy layups and Irion snagging a team high nine rebounds, the half closed with the cagers out in front...
Take for instance Friday night against Syracuse. Jonas Honick was scoring (14 pts. in the game), Steve Irion was cleaning the boards, Coach Tom Sanders was smiling, and there was this young, unexperienced team controlling the play, slowing down the usually fast-breaking Orangemen, and finding themselves down by only two points, 35-33, at the half...
...then Syracuse revealed its secret weapon, the second half. Led by talented freshmen Roosevelt Bouie and Louis Orr, the Orangemen stifled the Crimson with zone defense and a reinvigorated fast break. The defense chilled both Irion and Honick ("They both just plain ran out of steam," Sanders said) and the running left Harvard puffing and panting to the tune of a 75-48 final score...
...crucial matchup, Crimson center Steve Irion will pair off with 6ft.11in. freshman Roosevelt Bouie. Bouie was named Player of the Year by the New York Sportswriters Association in both his junior and senior years in high school while averaging over 30 points an outing...