Free throws important in Nebraska women's victory over Baylor

University Wire;  January 13, 2005 ;     397 words ......s basketball teams shot a total of 87 free throws in the Cornhuskers' 103-99 triple-overtime...the charity stripe by making 46-of-54 free throws, while Baylor only made 21-of-33 free throws for a 63.6 percentage. NU senior Jina...

Close games turn on free throws

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 18, 1986 ;     700+ words ...Winning teams shoot free throws well. Most close games are decided...ball the most. If he can't shoot free throws well, the pressure is on you to...on the fact his team isn't making free throws. The idea is to tell the players...

DOING JUST FINE AT THE LINE AFTER ENDURING THEIR STRUGGLES ON FREE THROWS...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  January 22, 2008 ;     593 words ......Can we not write any stories about free throws? the Badgers' junior swingman asked...the 11th-ranked Badgers are converting free throws at a 71.6 percent clip as compared to...the other. UW, which is averaging 22.1 free throws per game, has shot 25 or more in three...

Free throws come with a cost: Misses equal losses in Big East

New Haven Register;  February 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Marcus Williams had just swished two free throws when he strolled to the foul line for...he makes wise decisions and he makes free throws. Most of the time. The University of...stripe. The Huskies missed four straight free throws, including the front ends of two 1-and-...

Saints make their free throws, hold off Streamwood.(Sports)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  December 15, 2002 ;     415 words ......Schwarz Daily Herald Sports Writer If free throws truly are free, why did Streamwood pay...to the line? The Saints made 19 of 25 free throws, including each of their final 10 to...got here the kids have been shooting free throws, Saints coach Jerry Krieg said. I just...

WOLVES NOTES; A high price for free throws; Wolves last in foul...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 28, 2003 ;     448 words ......Writer No team in the NBA had shot fewer free throws, on average, than the New York Knicks...boosting their average allotment of free throws from 17.1 to 17.5. Now guess who was...Answer: The Wolves. By earning only nine free throws, the Wolves slipped from 17.6 per game...

IOWA 68, WISCONSIN WOMEN 59; Charity brings UW's demise; Turnovers, missed...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 20, 2006 ;     428 words ...Madison Costly turnovers and missed free throws. Lisa Stone's Wisconsin team...second half, UW missed nine of 11 free throws. Only once in the second half...Badgers miss the first of bonus free throws but they made just four of 14...

Colonials paying high price for free throws

University Wire;  January 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the case, one would think that making free throws would be all but guaranteed at the upper...Today) GW, which made just four of 16 free throws in its loss to Georgia Tech last year...to win, but we just couldn't make the free throws," GW men's coach Karl Hobbs said after...

Free throws boost Phillips by Robeson

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 11, 1986 ;     386 words ......the kids before we came over here that free throws would be the key," said Phillips coach Chuck Frazier. Phillips hit 11-of-16 free throws in the second half to Robeson's 5-of-...stretch keyed by Sherman Holmes' five free throws. After Robeson (11-5, 1-1) gained ties...

Free throws really foul for\

Post-Tribune (IN);  February 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ......lament about his team's inability to make free throws when he was hit with a simple question...once hit more than 90 percent of his free throws in a college season -- to watch his...about I'll go out there and shoot your free throws, you do the rest," Drew said. If only...

Nets beat Celtics with free throws

Xinhua News Agency;  May 6, 2003 ;     223 words ...Nets beat Celtics with free throws WASHINGTON, May 6 (Xinhua) -- The New Jersey Nets drilled six free throws when the game was on the line to beat...Martin and Jason Kidd shot 6-of-7 on free throws in the final 45 seconds when the Nets...

For Tigers, Free Throws Are a Matter Of Attitude; Memphis Has Been Making...

The Washington Post;  April 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......factors such as who is shooting the free throws and under what game circumstances they'...history of inaccuracy making 76 of 94 free throws or better is .00065 percent, or one...blowouts. After making 59.2 percent of its free throws during its first 36 games, 339th out...

FREE THROWS KEEP FALLING FOR MUSKETEERS.(SPORTS)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  November 28, 1997 ;     543 words ...Byline: Kathy Orton Post staff reporter Free throws are supposed to be the easiest points...thought for 2 1/2 games, we've shot free throws about as well as we've ever shot them...of 9). As a team, XU missed just two free throws against each of their first two opponents...

Almost perfect UNM's Julie Briody is the school's all-time leader in...

Albuquerque Journal;  January 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......I found out Larry Bird shot tons of free throws because he said that was what wins games...so many years because he was right. Free throws do win games." Briody was in the eighth...shooting percentage, hitting 83-of-88 free throws for 94.3 percent. She set a school record...

MATER DEI FREE THROWS KEEP REITZ FROM RALLY

Evansville Courier & Press;  November 30, 2006 ;     289 words ...A freshman and a sophomore hit key free throws to keep Mater Dei in the lead at Reitz...Jamie Tekoppel. Schenk make 8 of 11 free throws, all in the fourth quarter. Tekoppel...nine points. In fact, Schenk hit seven free throws in the final two minutes as Mater Dei...