Word: scorer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Freshman center George Hughes gave his teammates an assist Saturday (five to be exact) as the Crimson jumped out to a 6-1 lead after 13:24 of the second period. Hughes, the squad's top scorer with 20 points, set up the first five goals, then won three crucial faceoffs in the final minute as the rallying Friars pressed for the tying goal with six attackers...
Last night, Banks was still smoking, hitting 11 of 14 shots on his way to 24 points, while Fine turned scorer and contributed 14 points to the Crimson cause. Bank's two-game total of 56 points broke the Beanpot record, set last year by BC's Bob Carrington. After last night's game, Banks and Fine were jointly awarded the most valuable player award for the tournament...
...Eagles' arsenal features a frontline of home-grown talent labeled "the Boston three," composed of 6'6" leading scorer Carrington, Bill Collins, and Morrison. Despite its national ranking at the outset of the season in Sports Illustrated, B.C. has felled only two first-division teams in the course of the campaign, as its big time illusions have gone poof. B.C.'s fastbreak has been marred by sloppy ballhandling and the one-guard offense has yet to jell. After its most recent loss, an 88-70 drubbing by Villanova, one basketball pundit quipped, "B.C. opened a bakery to sell turnovers...
...Park Hills High in Fairborn, Ohio, 6-ft. 7-in. Mike Borden was the basketball team's high scorer and Most Valuable Player. Eager to continue his basketball career, Borden, 18, enrolled at Ohio University last fall and won the starting center position on the junior varsity. Then, last October, he was suddenly cut from the squad. The university had decided to adopt a recommendation of the American Medical Association that any player with only one of a pair of vital organs should be disqualified from contact sports. Thus Borden, who had lost one eye in a childhood accident...
...Mikhailov, a veteran considered by many to be "the soul of the team." Behind them in goal will be Vladislav Tretiak, nemesis of Team Canada in 1972. The other team, the Soviet Wings, beefed up for the games with extra players, will be led by Alexander Yakushev, the leading scorer of the top Russian league...