trey

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• OU has made at least one 3-pointer in 397 consecutive games (last one without a trey was at Memphis on Dec. 23, 1996).

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  1. noun A card, die, or domino with three pips.

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  • • OU has made at least one 3-pointer in 397 consecutive games (last one without a trey was at Memphis on Dec. 23, 1996). —  Oklahoma News -- www.soonersports.com
  • : 04 PM: Lace Dunn looks sharp with a trey, but Kyle Spain answers right back. —  wacotrib - Latest News Headlines
  • Blessed with a pair of deep threats in Anthony Cuellar and Alex Santo - who combined for five of the Pirates 'six 3-pointers - as well as 6-foot-5 post Nake Dhillon, Piedmont Hills capitalized on San Benito's zone in the first quarter by either nailing the trey or pocketing the put-back.
  • Though Jerrells hit a pair of free throws and nailed a trey, the Bears couldn't get much going offensively. —  wacotrib - Latest News Headlines
  • Sumner meshed a trey, again from the right baseline, to close the gap to just two points (49-47) after three. —  RutlandHerald.com
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  1. Middle English treye, from Old French treie, from Latin tria, neuter of trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English trey, from Old French treis, French trois, three, from Latin tres, three: see three.
 

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