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With Dixon and Fleming in the guard slots. Crimson fans can expect a high-scoring, shot-'em' up sort of contest. The Warriors, whose defense has given up about 75 points per game so far this season--often slip into a slow-down offense and zone D. "Hopefully," says McLaughlin, "they won't play slow down against...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Setting Sights On Seventh Straight Win; To Meet Div. II Merrimack | 2/7/1981 | See Source »

Sanders's conservative basketball philosophy was the source of constant conflict. Those team members who mastered his slow-down style of offense were more often seen in action than those who preferred to fastbreak. The final record is the lone indicator of whose style is best. That and the fact that more often than not the second team beat the first in practice...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Savoir-Faire | 3/4/1975 | See Source »

...bill results in a slow-down of fetal research, that is the price we must pay for ethical sensitivity to human life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Medical Professors Formally Oppose Bill Forbidding Fetus Experimentation | 3/29/1974 | See Source »

Temple's guard unit's most amazing feat to date was its remarkable slow-down game against Tennessee in the volunteer classic last Saturday. In that battle of boredom, Tennessee sleep-walked to an amazing 11-6 triumph...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Crimson Cagers to Face Temple Owls In Quaker City Christmas Tournament | 12/20/1973 | See Source »

Harvard had to scramble in the closing eight minutes, pressing full court and forcing Northeastern to quit playing its own slow-down game. With the Huskies leading 39-35, Jenkins, a sophomore forward competing in his first varsity contest, sank two free throws, another sophomore, Jim Fitzsimmons, hit a jumper from the baseline, and Floyd Lewis tallied on a ten-foot jump shot...

Author: By Jonathan P. Carlson, | Title: Cagers Open Season With Narrow Win | 12/3/1971 | See Source »

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