FREE THROWS KEEP FALLING FOR MUSKETEERS.(SPORTS) From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: November 28, 1997| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1997 The Cincinnati Post. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Kathy Orton Post staff reporter

Free throws are supposed to be the easiest points to earn in basketball.

A player has 10 seconds to shoot the ball 15 feet with no defenders in his face.

Yet for many players, a 360-degree reverse dunk is an easier shot to make than a free throw.

Not so for the Xavier University men's basketball team. The Musketeers are shooting an impressive 83 percent from the free throw line.

''I thought for 2 1/2 games, we've shot free throws about as well as we've ever shot them around here,'' XU coach Skip Prosser said. ''Then ...

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