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...first crucial home test comes against the Bruins. The Bruins (7-11, 2-4) are led by the backcourt tandem of Rick Lloyd and Chuck Savage. Savage's 15.3 points-per-game is good enough for third in the league scoring race. In last week's games against Cornell and Columbia, the 6'1" Savage tallied 34 points and 19 rebounds. And Lloyd's numbers are nearly as impressive as those of his teammate. He is averaging just under 14 points, and is second in the league (behind Harvard's Tarik Campbell) in assists...
Carlos Williams, a bruising 6'7" center, is the inside complement to the Bruin backcourt. The sophomore Charles Barkley look-alike, who scored 24 points against Columbia, leads the Bruins with 7.1 rebounds per game. Ron Mitchell, who is tops in the Ivies in rebounding, will have to cover Williams...
...threatened to pull away for good with a a 14-0 run midway through the first half. With the score tied at 15, Wildcat guard Jeff Carr hit a three-pointer to begin a UNH barrage. Backcourt mate Jeff Cummins then hit a layup and a free throw to build the Wildcat lead to six. Teammate Tommy MacDonald came off the bench to continue the deluge, connecting for three three-pointers and 11 points in three minutes...
...Taylor's backcourt mate, James Blackwell,chipped in a team-high 20 points and eight assiststo help Dartmouth stay with the Crimson. Blackwellwas shut down by James, but when Mitchell got infoul trouble and James was forced to defend aforward, Blackwell almost buried the Crimson.After Rullman's three-point play gave Harvard a62-59 lead, a pair of Blackwell jumpers keyed a6-0 Dartmouth run. And the All-Ivy candidate fedTaylor for an open three-point jumper and aseemingly commanding 68-63 lead with 3:45 left toplay...
Lloyd leads the team in scoring (12.0 p.p.g.),followed by senior forward Arthur Jackson (10.6p.p.g.) and sophomore center Kirk Lowry (7.3p.p.g.). Sophomore guard Chuck Savage gives theBruins two solid guards, at least according toCingiser, who says, "We are thrilled with what wehave in the backcourt."CrimsonMichael KoehlerDANA SMITH (40) must come through with asolid season if the Harvard men's basketball teamhopes to capture its first-ever Ivy Leaguetitle...