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Harvard was never able to harass the Lions' deliberate, patterned offense sufficiently. "They handle the ball well and we had to adjust to their style of play," McLaughlin said. Cy Booker led the cagers with 12 points, while Brian Banks chipped in 10. Bob Hooft scored 11 points but rode the pine most of the second half. Playmaker Fine, after being tapped for last week's All-ECAC team, failed to score...
...second half, Columbia could have started their mascot Leo de Lion III and it wouldn't have altered the outcome. In a brief flurry, Booker scored three straight buckets for Harvard, and Allen drilled in a straightaway jumper to pull the cagers to within 53-40. The short-lived rally was snuffed when Byrd tipped-toed down the lane to give the Lions a commanding 57-40 lead...
...Cyrus Booker (15 points) scored to make it 75-71 and Konstantynowicz did his falling act again on the inbounds play and was awarded a trip to the free-throw line for his effort. He canned two to bring the Crimson within two with 20 seconds left...
Fine drew his fourth foul immediately at the open of the second half and was gone at the 11-minute mark; Banks was gone with five minutes to go. Despite strong second-half efforts by Hooft and Booker and Allen's last-second heroics, without Banks and Fine Harvard could neither stop Davis, who scored 14 in the second half, nor score frequently enough to stay ahead...
Balanced scoring and effective passing characterized the Harvard offense, with six players hitting double figures. Banks and Booker led the team with 16 markers each while Fine and Frank Konstantynowicz deftly dealt the ball to teammates on the fast break to record the majority of the 24 assists attributed to the Crimson hoopsters...