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Crimson Coach Floyd Wilson, who believes in the old-fashioned type of game--a possession offense, backed by a strong defense--is hoping his team's switching man-to-man defense will stop Tooley. Tooley works out of the pivot, and plays the same type of game as the Crimson's Harry Sacks. Sacks, though, is not equal to Tooley in rebounding...
Also impressive for the Crimson were sophomores Ike Canty, Phil Haughey, and Lou Lowenfels. Canty, working out of the pivot, scored six points in a short period of time...
Because his team in neither very big nor blessed with exceptional outside shooters, Wilson has had the Crimson use a slow, possession-type game in practice, relying on set plays and patterns to score points. Sacks will operate out of the pivot from where he has perfected the technique of drawing fouls. In each of the last two years he has set Ivy League foul shooting records...
...addition to his starters, Wilson has a number of sophomore prospects who may develop this year into future stars. These men are led by 6-3 Ike Canty, high scorer on last year's undefeated freshman squad. Canty is solidly built and a very good rebounder. He is a pivot man and can hook with either hand...
...Crimson's weakest link so far is its offense, with pivot man Sacks being asked to bear most of the burden. Wilson is trying to compensate for this with a switching man-to-man defense, and a slow possession-type offense to keep the ball away from the opponent as long as possible...