Word: yales
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Larry Downs recovered from a broken hand in time to carry Yale to a 78-65 victory over the varsity Saturday night at New Haven. Downs led both teams in scoring with 26 points and also pulled down 20 rebounds. The win gave Yale a 2-3 league record, identical with the varsity...
...first half started slowly--and fairly evenly--but at the 12 minute mark Yale's fast break began to click, and two quick baskets by Downs broke an 18-18 deadlock. From that point on, the Elis steadily pulled ahead until they went off the floor with a 35-28 halftime lead...
Marked by the unpleasant fact that the officials saw fit to call 12 personal fouls on the varsity while assessing only one to Yale, the half saw both teams employ man-to-man defenses, the outstanding defensive player being Tom Molumphy, who bottled up George Harrington...
...second half featured that obnoxious march from foul line to foul line that so often ruins basketball. For a brief moment it looked as though the Crimson would come back, but trailing 37 to 32, the varsity stood by and watched as Yale reeled off nine straight points...
...half wore on, both Griff Mc-Clellan and his substitute, Jack Foker, fouled out, McClellan with 12 points. But the 6 ft., 8 in. center was not effective off the boards, and this was the key to Yale's win. The Ellis out-rebounded the varsity...