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...time out. When Penn took the floor again, they went into a freeze. Harvard's coach Floyd Wilson stubbornly denied basketball conventions and common sense; he refused to come out of his zone. Penn maintained possession until 1:20, when Bob Inman fouled Penn's high-scoring Sid Amira...
...Amira and John Wideman, Penn's two representatives on the Ivies' list of top ten scorers, hit well for the Quakers, playing havoc with both Crimson defenses. The man-to-man proved particularly ineffective, however, against the two Penn guns...
Tonight, the varsity travels to Philadelphia for an encounter with a potent Penn quintet. The Quakers haven't lost to a Harvard basketball team since 1953 and they certainly don't have any reason to break their win streak this year. Sid Amira and John Willsnen both averaging 13.8 points a game pace the Penn attack and their fine outside shooting will probably give the Crimson zone defense a good deal of trouble...
...Quakers may have suffered traumatic effects from their one-point loss to lowly Brown last weekend, but with a fairly favorable schedule and the high-scoring twosome of John Wideman and Sid Amira, the pre-season Ivy favorites still have a chance...
...players left still pose a problem for any opponent, especially at the Palestra. In the backcourt the Quakers start Sid Amira, who has been playing far below the standard that earned him All-Ivy mention last season, and Jeff Sturm. Up front are Jim Doherty, Bob Purdy and John Wideman, who at 6 ft., 1 in. is still the best rebounder on the team. Harvard will counter with Borchard, Lynch, Gene Augustine, Joe Deering, and either Danner or Bob Inman...