Word: jump
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...High jump: Charlie Njouku, who has cleared 6' 6", ought to be an able replacement for Chris Pardee. But Army is strong here, and Njouku could encounter some trouble...
Harvard could not penetrate the Jumbo zone defense, so the game was close for a while. But the Crimson found the best remedy for a zone which prevents driving -- popping from the outside. All the starters were swishing jump shots from the corner, the top of the key, and sometimes further out than that. Ten minutes had gone by before the Crimson worked the ball to the inside for a hook shot by Chris Gallagher...
...time, the Tufts zone had collapsed, and the Crimson was scoring on drives, hook shots, jump shots, and tap-ins. Harvard ended up with a solid 48.8 per cent shooting percentage, to 33.3 per cent for the visitors...
...Jeff Grate, who Floyd Wilson has called "one of the finest natural athletes I've seen at Harvard," start playing up to his potential this year after a somewhat disappointing sophomore season? Grate can jump -- he's one of the few 6 ft. 1 in. players anywhere who can stuff the ball with two hands. He's quick, and can shoot and pass well, but he tends to be careless at times...
Brandeis started fast in the second half, with the center play of 6 ft. 10 in. Tom Haggerty leading a rally that closed the gap 37-34 That's when Harvard back court experience began to show. Jeff Grate (nine points) hit a jump shot. Gene Dressler (12 points) made two steals in a row, getting nothing out of the first, but two foul-line points from the second. Dressler hit another foul shot, and then a jump shot, and Grate added a foul shot, and the two guards had opened up a 42-34 lead...