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NEW YORK. Dec. 4-The Crimson basketball team held its own against highly rated St. John's tonight, but a consistent fast break by the Redmen and a few poorly chosen shots by Harvard gave St. John's a seven-point lead early in the second half which it never...
"Our game plan was good." Dover said afterwards. "but the thing that hurt us was not getting back into our zone quickly enough from the press."
The Redmen led at halftime. 53-46. but Harvard's freshmen, who fulfilled preseason expectations by their good shooting and rebounding, stormed back in the second half on the strength of several fast breaks and three field goals literally dropped into the basket by Floyd Lewis.
"Of course we're disappointed that we didn't win, but even a win wouldn't have proved who was the better team," said coach Ken Klug. "All it took was one break either way."
Through the third period the play was evenly matched with neither team able to gain a clear advantage. But the signs of a St. Louis victory slowly appeared. Harvard played the entire game with only 12 players, and as the game progressed, the Crimson showed signs of fatigue.