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...reports indicate that Harvard looked better on the trip than at any other time during the season. Jeff Grate has provided valuable, although generally overlooked, offensive and defensive help from the backcourt, and 6-3 sophomore Ernie Hardy has been taking up some of the slack caused by Barth Royer's illness-induced absence from the lineup...
Heyward Dotson, the 6-4 guard from Staten Island--led the attack with 28 points. His backcourt mate, senior Roger Ames had 23, sure-bet All-Ivy forward Jim McMillan 16, and 7-0 center Dave Newmark 17. Both McMillan and Newmark grabbed 11 rebounds...
Three times in the second half U.C.L.A. fought back to tie-at 54-54, 65-65 and 69-69. Hayes broke that last tie with two free throws; then, with 12 sec. left to play, he dropped into the backcourt, dribbled the clock away to sew it up. Said Alcindor: "We lost to a better team." And right now, anyway, a better...
Harvard rallied briefly several times late in the half, the best spurt coming with about eight minutes left. Down 54-44, the Crimson got hoops from Jerry O'Neil and Gallagher. An Indian basket intervened but rarely-used backcourt man Eric Gustafson threw in a 22-foot set. Gallagher one free throw and Bobby Johnson two, bringing Harvard within four...
...from the backcourt that Penn gave Princeton some trouble. At 6-3, Charlie Snell is listed as a forward, but he hurt the Tigers with an effective outside jumper. Harvard's man-to-man defense may match him with Bobby Johnson--a terrific leaper himself. These are two eye-catching ball-players...