Word: pivotman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard's two centers, Brian Banks and Steve Irion, could not control Sterling Edmonds, Dartmouth's mobil pivotman. The Crimson duo combined for eight personal fouls and only 12 rebounds, while Edmonds chalked up 20 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists...
...Saturday night all over again. The first half opened with both teams playing steady controlled basketball. The lead changed hands several times before the Crimson built up a 30-24 edge with 4:31 to go. Pivotman Brian Banks (12 points) and forward Cy Booker (10 points) hit several key jump shots during the spurt, but the Fordham offense came to life before the end of the half, trimming the Harvard lead...
...order to beat the Bruins, Harvard will have to stop its star pivotman. Phil Brown, He leads the team in scoring, with a 16.7 average. In Brown's victories over Cornell and Columbia last weekend, he scored 49 points and grabbed 29 rebounds, and as a result was named co-Ivy Player of the Week and a member of this week's ECAC team...
Bearcat coach Gale Catlett has countered his graduation losses with the recruitment of six talented freshmen, including 6 ft. 10 in. starting pivotman, Bob Miller, who captained his high school to the Kentucky state championship...
...opening tennis competition set the pace. Bowler Jim Stefanich, playing the first set of his life, began by serving seven straight faults. His opponent, Elvin Hayes, the 6-ft. 9-in. pivotman for the Baltimore Bullets, had never played a set either, but managed to win 7-5 because "I've hit the ball up against a wall a lot." Quarterback Johnny Unitas confessed that "I haven't held a racket in my hand since high school," then proved it by losing 6-0 to the New York Rangers' right wing Rod Gilbert. "I thought...