How to Use box score in a Sentence

box score

noun
  • Forbes walked into the locker room to find the box score from the night's debacle in the chair in front of his stall.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Though, in all fairness, none of his teammates left that 86-51 rout with a box score to be proud of.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Beyond the box score, the matchup cast light on the intriguing dichotomy between their games.
    Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Breathing life into obscure names that haunt ancient box scores or hover just outside their frame gives Kreindler pleasure.
    Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Minutes later, Oregon State coach Scott Rueck entered the room with a glance at the box score and a scowl.
    Joel Odom, OregonLive.com, 3 Feb. 2018
  • There were many times last season when the big man Lucas made important plays outside the box score that were vital in KU wins.
    Jesse Newell, kansascity, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Suddenly, what a clergyman was saying was in the headlines everywhere, and so was the box score of commitments to Christ each night.
    Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Well before their initial encounter in a gym in Lexington, Kentucky, the two had been poring over each other’s box scores in the newspapers, comparing their stat lines.
    SI.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Nate's box scores, but a lot of the plays from the game.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Some of them show up in the box score, some of them don’t.
    Broderick Turner Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
  • The fifth, a 24-10 win against N.C. State, should have been a tossup based on the box score.
    Christopher Smith, al, 11 Oct. 2021
  • But the box score was pretty ugly for the rest of the Bucks.
    David Brandt, ajc, 9 July 2021
  • All the telltale signs of a smooth road blowout were right there in the box score.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2021
  • The guy’s worth goes further than the points column in the box score.
    Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Bridges doesn’t score the most points or do the most of anything that might pop in the box score.
    Ben Cohen, WSJ, 1 June 2021
  • Why even risk it just to get an assist in the box score?
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Hart’s impact on the game didn’t translate to the box score.
    Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • But 24 years ago Tuesday, Bryant was just a blip in the box score.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
  • So, The Freak Show will fill up a few box scores this season.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2019
  • What the box score won’t show is how close the Dodgers were to disaster.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
  • And then there are the intangibles, the things that don’t show up in the box score.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Sengun scored nine points in his 24 minutes and was a +20 in the box score.
    Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The big 0 in the box score: Confetti pieces fired into the sky.
    Dan Gelston, courant.com, 7 May 2018
  • To be able to watch it in person and not just check a box score will be a lot of fun.
    Chris Payne, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The All-Pro outside linebacker played 46 snaps and didn’t get his name in the box score.
    Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • No one else in the box score even approached that kind of impact.
    Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2018
  • And there were other sweet passes that didn’t show up in the box score.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Quick look at the box score for the last year: Lose beloved skipper Bruce Bochy, who grows more beloved by the day ...
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • But box scores and stats tell only part of the story of Mays’ greatness.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • Listen to this article The hits just keep on coming for the Mets — not the ones that show up on a box score, but the metaphorical ones.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024

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