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Word: layups (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson maintained an almost perfect foul-shooting percentage during the opening minutes of the second half. A Canty hook-shot brought the Crimson within one point, 53-52, at the nine-minute mark, but the varsity became over-eager and the scoring stopped until Downs drove in with a layup to give Yale a 55-52 lead at the halfway mark...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Varsity Quintet Bows To Yale Five, 75-67, As Robinson Shines | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...gift shots, the Judges didn't relent, even through the last seconds when the Crimson held an 11-point lead. The continuing antagonism was clear from the three personals in the last 45 seconds. The Judges scored on one of these, though, and Leonard Winograd broke through for a layup in the last seconds to narrow the final margin to eight points...

Author: By Jack Rosenthal, | Title: Five Whips Judges, 73-65, Despite Near-Fights, Fouls | 1/14/1954 | See Source »

...shortest major college (6 ft. 4 in.) centers and one of the game's most prolific scorers (21.6 points average), and 3) Co-Captain Frank Ramsey of Madisonville, Ky., a 6 ft. 3 in. guard and floor leader who specializes in intercepting passes and scoring on driving layup shots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Kentucky Comeback | 12/21/1953 | See Source »

...Crimson led by three points until the last three minutes, when Nunziato went into the game. Then he scored on a push shot, and Reisner, who was second high for B.U. with 12, made a hook and a layup to put the Terriers ahead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball Team Nicked by Underdog B.U. Five, 70-66 | 2/26/1953 | See Source »

...scoring record for the team this season with 29 points. Three of them came in the last minute of action and put the varsity only one point down, 74 to 77. But Dick Lionette and Ed Condon missed shots after that, and after Tufts' John Heneghan scored on a layup for the clincher, the Jumbos kept possession of the ball till the game ended...

Author: By Jere Broh-khan, | Title: Jumbos Beat Crimson Five; Dennis' 29 Points '52 High | 3/6/1952 | See Source »

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