Word: pivoting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While they shuffle through the orderly single-file maze of the serving line, we twirl spastically from one tub to another, careening around arms and flailing scoops to finally smack cups onto the counter, then pivot to the register, ducking around cone-wielding scoopers. It's a sport more intricate than basketball, with the interesting complication that the other team is working with the wrong set of rules...
While several statuesque thyroid cases share the Las Vegas pivot, the team is fundamentally centered if not completely built upon the solid 6-ft. 9-in. soft shooter and rugged rebounder Gilliam. A high school wrestler from Pittsburgh, he toyed with the notion of playing football at Clemson and embraced basketball last. "When you mention Las Vegas, people think of glitter," Gilliam says, "but glitter wears...
When the Bruins pulled within four points with 3:26 remaining, Crimson guards Barb Keffer and Trisha Brown moved the ball inside to Duncan, whose two pivot shots in the lane put the Crimson up by seven, 78-71. Open-basket lay-ups by Keffer and junior Co-Captain Sharon Hayes, as well as free throws from Keffer, Hayes and sophomore Hanya Bluestone sealed the win for the Crimson...
...Sarah normally doesn't think like a shooter, but she's very effective with a quick pivot and a soft touch," Delaney Smith said. "Usually she looks to pass, but now she's starting to play like a shooter...
Filling the pivot spot is 6-ft., 6-in. sophomore David Lang, who improved with each game last season and wound up averaging 3.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest...