Word: layup
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although Wellesley seemed to hold the upper hand on the court the game remained a cliff hanger. When Gelzer reentered the game, blocked a breakaway layup, and finished it off at the other end of the floor for two, the game was tied...
...play designed to produce an open man stacks Meyers and Wilkes together to the right of the basket. This bunches the defense, setting up a "breakout" for Wilkes or Meyers, who can spring down the foul lane and take a pass from Curtis or Walton to score on a layup. Other favorite U.C.L.A. plays bring Walton out to a "high-post" position (near the foul line), opening up the middle for passes to Wilkes, Meyers or Johnson...
...merely to get the ball down the court fatigues many poorly conditioned teams. Once the ball is across midcourt, U.C.L.A. falls into man-to-man defense, sagging off players to converge on the man with the ball. With Walton to clog up the middle and intimidate anyone considering a layup, this defense forces play to the outside, where most college shooters are least effective...
...first half 35-35 tie, the opening three minutes of the second stanza were characterized by the same back-and-forth action of the first half. But at 16:36, Needleman, running full tilt, took a pass from junior guard Steve Selinger and canned an unmolested fast-break layup. Ken Wolfe followed with another layup; Jenkins added a jumper and the Crimson owned a lead they would never relinquish...
...driving layup by Bulldog guard Gary Franks and a tip-in by Yale center Jim Cartmell with 32 seconds left brought Yale within one. The half-time score was Harvard...