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Israel Olympic Basketball Team Wins Its First Game in U.S.

February 5, 1957
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The Israel Olympic basketball team, opening a good-will tour of the United States, beat Yeshiva University last night by the narrow margin of one basket The score at the final whistle was 61-59. More than 15,000 fans in Madison Square Garden cheered as the American-coached Israeli squad fought off a continuously threatening University five which at half time switched from a man-to-man game to a zone defense.

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