Lovellette

Add in his 30-point effort against Maryland in last year's NCAA tournament, and Curry joins Clyde Lovellette of Kansas, Jerry Chambers of Utah and Glenn Robinson of Purdue as the only players to go over 30 in their first four career NCAA tournament games.

USATODAY.com 2007

With “the Big Three”—a front line of Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette—the Hawks had the best record in the Western Conference for three years running and had been to the Finals the prior two.

Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

With “the Big Three”—a front line of Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette—the Hawks had the best record in the Western Conference for three years running and had been to the Finals the prior two.

Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

With “the Big Three”—a front line of Bob Pettit, Cliff Hagan, and Clyde Lovellette—the Hawks had the best record in the Western Conference for three years running and had been to the Finals the prior two.

Pistol Mark Kriegel 2007

Downey started to speak, describing how the right-handed Bland liked to fake left and make a quick move to his right, how the Terre Haute guards used high, lob passes to get the ball to Lovellette under the basket.

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Their offense would depend on lofting high passes to Lovellette for hooks and other close-in shots over the shorter Shelbyville defenders, and on drives and outside shots by Bland and his teammates.

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Their game in early January had been almost identical at this point: a small Shelbyville lead, and four fouls on both Garrett and Lovellette.

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Then Garrett was called for his fourth foul, Lovellette hit a free throw, and the teams exchanged baskets to make the score 55–51 at the automatic time-out with four minutes left in the game.

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Then, struggling for a loose ball early in the second half, Lovellette had knocked Hank Hemingway momentarily senseless with a stray elbow between the eyes.

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Wells, a former Indiana high school coach whose teams had won two state championships, told Shelbyville Democrat sports editor Bill Holtel, before heading over to see Lovellette and Bland, That shooting by Shelbyville was the most amazing exhibition I have ever seen in high school.

Getting Open Tom Graham 2006