Word: quintet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Height was the forte of the four game winning spurt which initiated Coach Moc Berg's freshman quintet's basketball season but it didn't prove enough against an equally rangy team of hustlers from Boston College in the Freshmen's Garden debut before vacation. B.C. romped over the rather bewildered Crimson to the tune of 49 to 35, burst the bubble of their previously undefeated record, and throw a little perspective on what can be expected from the quintet in the future...
Five fast, diminutive Jumbos proved to be flies in their offensive ointment. The quintet high-handed itself into a close 70 to 67 victory, but their altitude was almost not enough. Tufts' snappy floorwork and shifty defense successively destroyed the yearling attack and only by practically roping off the backboard were the Freshmen able to tip the victory into their own laps...
Tomorrow's Boston Garden debut against Boston College will be the climax of days of intense practice for the freshman quintet and may easily be it's toughest contest of the season...
Coach Moe Berg asserts that this will be the first real test of his quintet's undefeated record. "Their team, except for Deegman, their pivot, who is 6 feet 4 inches, doesn't reach much above 6 feet, and our height may do the trick. I've been amazed by the squad's improvement during the past three weeks. I hope to continue to be amazed...
Sloppy shooting and even sloppier passing by the Emerson College quintet turned last night's game in the Indoor Athletic Building into a farce as the Crimson Jayvee had little trouble rolling to an easy 85 to 23 victory...