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Harvard did cut the lead to 48-44, and had a shot to trim it to two. But Bob Ferry's turnaround jumper with 25 seconds to go hit hard off the backboard. The ensuing fight for the rebound then set off the fight...
...really excited," says Mohler. "I was scared to shoot--I was afraid I'd throw it over the backboard...
...staged a 9-min. onslaught during which Spain yielded 11 turnovers and had no field goals and no rebounds. Patrick Ewing, the 7-ft. Georgetown center, raised his total to 19 blocked shots hi the tournament, and at one point forced a Spanish player to shoot from behind the backboard...
Everybody touched the ball, and Parrott made at least three solid saves. When the ball finally came out of the penalty circle, junior Pat Constantikes pushed it right back in. Sophomore Linda Runyon finished things off, and as the ball bounced off the backboard the Crimson celebration began...
...cool days that followed, people would fault but not blame Olajuwon for permitting Lorenzo Charles the inside position on the rebound. But there was no rebound. Whittenburg's 30-ft. buzzer shot missed completely. Standing under the backboard, Charles caught it and, scoring State's only second-half basket not shot from outside, stuffed it. Against Phi Slamma Jamma. That was the poetry...