Word: margin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Captain Mike Keene, playing with an injured back, netted eight points in the first 11 minutes, giving the Crimson a 16 to 10 margin, before he was rested by Stahl. Without Keene, the quintet seemed to lose its dash and its collective shooting-eye, and Melville overhauled the Crimson, emerging with a half-time lead...
...Allied attempt to flank the Westwall at Arnhem had failed. Germany's main eastern battlefront, along the Vistula River, was relatively quiet. Slowly, Eisenhower's margin of superiority in the west was worn down in frontal attacks against formidable defenses. V-E day was set back to 1944's end-then to May 1945. It was clear that the western Allies would need a lot more muscle to beat down their rugged, obdurate and resourceful...
Accurate foul shooting on the part of Coach Floyd Stahl's quintet proved the margin of victory. After seeing three games slip away from his charges as they failed to capitalize on their free throws, Stahl had his entire squad practicing from the foul line during the week. His efforts bore fruit, for 12 of 14 attempts went through the hoop...
Both teams got off to a slow start, but Mike Keene, who netted 12 points in the contest, single-handedly built up a 5 to 0 margin for the Crimson. Sloppy ball handling, however, gave Worcester too many scoring chances, and the visitors ran the count to 8 to 6 before a dazed Crimson team could get clicking...
Refusing to relinquish the lead, the Worcester outfit continued its heads-up play which paid off in a 32 to 24 half-time margin. Bob Kuykendall, high scorer of the game with 15 points, Captain Charles Schmit, and George Fritz led the W.P.I. attack...