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With ten seconds to play, the score was tied at 85-all, and Harvard had the ball out of bounds at midcourt. Gene Dressler threw a looping pass into the backcourt over the head of guard Bob Seller -- who fell down. The Jumbos' Pete Scully picked up the loose ball, drew a foul, and rank two free throws to give Tufts the victory...
Forward Polly Rogers, a veteran back for her second year, also sparked several 'Cliffe rallies. Theo Stillman was the mainstay of the backcourt and provided height for the hoopsters. Tracy Taylor, Jenny Flinton, and Carlin Meyer '69 rounded out the squad...
Saturday's game showed that Harvard has plenty of depth in the backcourt, but at forward the Crimson has problems. John Scott played as if he were in a trance; Harvard might as well have been using just four players. Center Barry Williams has been playing great basketball recently, but he can't be expected to pull down 21 rebounds every night...
...Holy Cross Saturday, Dressler out-shot, out-stored, out-hustled, and just about out-rebounded the rest of the team. Scrappy little backcourt man-like, he was credited with nine assists, but that wasn't all; his shooting average, both from the foul line and the floor, was the team's highest, and his total points were second only to Keith Sedlacek's. In rebounding, he was right behind Barry Williams, who is half a foot taller...
Dressler likes what he does and doesn't seem to mind not having an arching 20-foot jump shot. "In our kind of basketball, the backcourt men set the pace," he said yesterday. "The forwards depend on our getting the ball to them fast, before the other team starts working them close. Every team we'll face this season will be taller, so we have to move fast and keep shuffling. George Neville or Bob Beller and I are counted on to keep that up--that's our part...