Spiders Tie Maryland in Overtime Thriller
Spider basketball team overcome Maryland 51-40 after a 40-40 regulation tie. Pete Jacobs forced the late turnover and hit a snowbird to force OT as Richmond pulled away with 11 late points.
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Newspaper
Richmond Collegian
Location
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1936
Page
7
Spider basketball team overcome Maryland 51-40 after a 40-40 regulation tie. Pete Jacobs forced the late turnover and hit a snowbird to force OT as Richmond pulled away with 11 late points.
The document sets intramural basketball rules requiring five players per team and on time starts. Forfeits apply if a team is not ready within five minutes. if neither team has five players, both incur a loss. Games have four quarters of seven and a half minutes with one minute intermission between quarters and five minutes between halves.
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Phi Kap quint after the K S P D S game promises high watch value as these league matchups set the season in motion and spark early momentum for top teams.
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