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...game was to be no closer, though as Yent drove around Fine to unsettle the beat. Ackermann then missed a pair of free throws, and Hooft followed with three consecutive miscues from the charity stripe, allowing the ol'Blues to once again up the lead to eight...

Author: By Theodore S. Chandler, | Title: Upsets Rock Ivy League Hoop Scene | 3/4/1978 | See Source »

...Gloria Stripe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 27, 1978 | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...that point the roars of the vocal Brandeis crowd, which packed the court, were drowned out by the swishing of Harvard free throws. Brain Banks, Glenn Fine, Cyrus Booker, and Bob Allen picked up eight of Harvard's last ten points down the stretch at the charity stripe...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Hoopsters Hand Judges 96-91 Decision | 2/22/1978 | See Source »

Indeed, the entire squad tripped the light fantastic. Center Brian Banks gave a bravura performance with 24 points while converting on 10 of 12 fool shots. In fact, the team hit on 20 of 38 from the stripe while Penn picked up only nine points from the line...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Cagers Humble Penn in Shocker, 93-86 | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

...contain the fast-breaking phalanx of Lion cagers spearheaded by ballhandler Alton Byrd. Harvard's Achilles heel, though, proved to be an inability to hit from the free-throw line as both teams shot nearly 50 per cent from the field. Harvard hit only 6-16 from the charity stripe and failed to convert on four one-on-one opportunities in the first half, while Columbia sank 17-24 in the pivotal Ivy contest...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Lions Gore Cagers, 71-62, For Second Place in Ivies | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

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