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...None of his squad was particularly fast--this meant Shepard's favorite fast-break brand of ball wouldn't work. But John Rockwell and Ed Smith were tail and good workers under the basket; be decided to concentrate his attack around the two lanky forwards. He built a double-pivot game around them, and it promptly paid off. Rockwell's work put him among the nation's top scorers by the middle of the fall...
Shepard had more trouble trying to find three men who could work the ball around the double pivot. Bill Hickey, up from the '52 squad, turned out to be chief play-maker, and Gerry Murphy, another of last year's freshmen, began to take on much of the outside shooting. Shepard still is trying to find a fifth player for his starting quintet, however, and has worked through Jim Gabler, Dick Covey, and Cliff Crosby without too much success...
High scorer for the varsity was Ed Smith with 14 points; Brown's Mahoney also made 14. Both Smith and John Rockwell were crowded in their double pivot attack, with the Bruins concentrating defense men under the basket, and the tall forwards were helped out by Gerry Murphy's book shot, which produced nine points, and Cliff Crosby's work from outside. Crosby tied Rockwell with 11 points...
While Galiffa is Army's chief scoring threat, the Cadets' coach, John Maner, also relies heavily upon his six-foot-four pivot man, Ed Tixier...
Rockwell's nine points seriously undercut his shooting average; the tall pivot player has been averaging more than 20 points a game, and produced 30 against Holy Cross. Smith, who teams with Rockwell under the basket, was even more disappointing with a field goal and a free throw...