basketball

noun

bas·ket·ball ˈba-skit-ˌbȯl

often attributive

: a usually indoor court game between two teams of usually five players each who score by tossing an inflated ball through a raised goal

also : the ball used in this game

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Hannah Hidalgo scored a season-high 34 points for No. 3 Notre Dame women’s basketball, which pulled away to an 89-71 victory over Louisville on Sunday. —

Steve Bittenbender, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025 Magic discusses how this new rivalry has electrified women’s basketball and draws parallels between the intensity and dra... Caitlin Clark had a terrific Sunday afternoon. —

Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025 As the girls basketball season started, Lincoln High School quietly dismissed Robbie Sandoval, the fourth-winningest coach in CIF San Diego Section history. —

John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025 The writing’s on the wall; college basketball as it’s currently constructed is not the right job for that man. —

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