Word: pivots
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Double-Pivot Used...
...Blodncik's three-point play, Hawkins, Amherst's top rebounder, fouled out. With the big pivot man out, the Crimson pulled away to as much as a nine-point lead in the final minutes...
Then, in the third quarter, the visitors closed the gap once again to reach a 43 to 39 count and finally ended the period at 48 to 42. Pivot man Ed Blodnick scored seven of his 12 points in this quarter to lead the varsity rally. Blednick was the third high scorer for the game with 13, while Krinsky landed in second with 14 points, most of them gorgeous set shots from a distance...
Playing the pivot on what he calls "their very well balanced team" is 6 ft.; 5 in. John Sheeby; scouting reports indicate that he is "very smooth--their see in the hole." At the guards for Cornell will be Dave Bradfield and diminutive (5 ft., 8 in.) Charlie Rolles. Rolles is a sophomore, as is starting forward Ray Zelek, who stands...
...decide, however, to retain his single pivot style of play and keep Blodnick as a substitute. He is indefinite as yet. At any rate, he will start the same squad which topped B.U. Sacks centered that team, with Dick Manning and Rollin Perry at the forwards and Bill Dennis and Ed Krinsky at the guards. Blodnick, Paul Shaw, Roger Bulger, Bob Bowman, and Ed Condon will all see action as substitutes...