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...season. Harvard was repeatedly victimized under the boards and on defense. Despite some fancy scoring, Elaine Holpuch, another 6 ft.-1 in. freshman center, often suffered from not being aggressive enough. Having played forward in high school, Holpuch was not used to playing with her back to the basket, and smaller players often took advantage of her speed. And on offense Holpuch endured several bouts of arctic shooting. In three straight games she went 3-12, 3-13 and 3-12 from the field...
Northeastern continued to storm back and finally tied the game at 29 when playmaker Anne Vera connected with teammate Claire Vasapollo under the basket for a three-point play on the first play of the second half...
With the score 60-40, Hooft put home a rebound off a Don Fleming shot. After a basket by Perry, Hooft rejected a Crusader shot and streaked down the court to bank in a gorgeous alley-oop pass from Glenn Fine off the fast break...
...Fine has done numberous times before in his career at Harvard, he nipped the potential comeback, twirling into the lane to sink a seemingly impossible layup and then tossing a 20-footer through the basket on the Crimson's next possession. Once again, the cagers had breathing room and when the teams broke for the intermission Harvard...
Aided by some perfect passing, the Crimson scored easy layups on an alley-oop play and a breakaway basket to capture a four-point lead early in the second half. Once the score reached 70-67 in Harvard's favor with ten minutes remaining in the contest, both teams suffered a five-minute scoring drought until a Bentley field goal broke the ice, setting the stage for Fine's defensive masterpiece...