How to Use team foul in a Sentence

team foul

noun
  • The shot clock does not reset with a team foul, Baum said.
    — Richard Obert, azcentral, 7 May 2020
  • The fouls continued, and Auburn reached 10 team fouls with over nine minutes to go in the game.
    — Giana Han, al, 16 Jan. 2020
  • There would be some changes in fouls, mainly the two-shot bonus would decrease from seven team fouls to five.
    — Dominique Yates, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2019
  • With the game tied at 68, his team fouled Butler’s Kamar Baldwin, who then made one of two free throws.
    — Joe Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2020
  • With six minutes left, the Bruins recorded their fifth team foul, which would place the Knights on the free throw line for the remainder of the game.
    — Oregonian/oregonlive Sports, OregonLive.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Men’s college basketball has the one-and-one bonus at the seventh team foul of each half and two shots at the 10th foul and beyond.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2023
  • Huskers have 5 team fouls, with Glynn Watson Jr. getting his second on a charge call with 15 minutes left in the first half.
    — Erin Sorensen, ajc, 16 Dec. 2017
  • The other team fouled hard, were good chair-handlers and sharpshooters.
    — Lane Hartill, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The foul disparity even out more in the second half as the Blazers finished with a 26 team fouls compared to 19 for the Clippers.
    — Mike Richman, OregonLive.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Teams will reach the bonus when their opponent commits five fouls in each quarter and team fouls will reset at the end of each quarter.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Previously, teams shot one-and-one the seventh, eighth and nine team fouls (non-shooting) of each half before getting two shots on the 10th foul of the half.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2023
  • And that makes sense: why would a trailing team foul and give their opponents a high-percentage chance to get closer to the target score?
    — Tim Hackett, SI.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • But with only one timeout remaining and four team fouls, Thibodeau faced a dilemma.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
  • College rules, for instance, stipulate that an offensive personal foul is recorded as a team foul.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The Aces got into foul trouble in the second quarter, with seven team fouls helping the Sparks.
    — Marissa Kraus, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2024

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