41.   Portland wisely went to a zone defense in the second half as the Waves clanked shot after shot and fumbled away the ball.

42.   Shot after shot after shot.

43.   That rise coincides with the fact that he started coming to games early and staying after practice late, taking one shot after another.

44.   The Bruins packed in their zone, but when USC began firing up errant shot after errant shot, they never marked the Trojans off the boards.

45.   The Flames did not get off a shot after regulation.

46.   The referee had stepped in front of him to give a standing eight count, after his opponent fired shot after shot in rapid succession.

47.   The soldiers, part of an anti-drug patrol, apparently fired the shots after inadvertently crossing the U.S. border into a remote area south of Santa Teresa, N.M.

48.   Then, with TCU maneuvering for a shot after an inbounds play, Long got the ball to Gainous, who dropped in the winning shot.

49.   There was Mark McGwire, the home-run king, slamming shot after shot into the upper deck during batting practice as the crowd oohed and aahed.

50.   They had just nine shots after two periods.