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...with just 5:05 to go, the Crimson battled back to 78-77 on an eight foot Don Fleming jumper with two minutes left. UNH forward Bob Neeley and Crimson guard Calvin Dixon exchanged missed free throws, and Harvard then got the ball courtesy of a Joe Carrabino rebound with 52 seconds left...
Yardling center-forward Carrabino continued his easy adjustment to a starting role, leading all comers with eight rebounds and adding 17 points (eight-for-nineteen--including 12 in the first half...
Overall, the Crimson maintained a slight 31-26 lead on the boards, a statistic which indicates at least a partial recovery from the generally dismal rebounding performances of the last few games. Besides Carrabino, co-captain Mark Harris also turned in a key performance underneath, crashing the hoop to come up with six rebounds. Harris scored 11 points--the fourth Crimson player to hit double figures...
...Coach told us that rebounding would be the key tonight," freshman Joe Carrabino said afterwards, "And it was." Harvard collected its first offensive rebound mid-way through the third quarter, an indication of how thoroughly the Crusaders dominated the boards. And that was when Harvard reached the boards; ten blocked shots (six by Charlie "Good Man" Brown) blunted the fledgling Crimson attack...
Likewise, Mannix's absence shouldn't matter as much as it did. Someone else should be hitting from the outside, and if it has to be a big man like Carrabino (hitting 673 before the game and-- ouch--1 for 9 last night) or reluctant shooters Calvin Dixon or Robert Taylor, coach Frank McLaughlin better let his troops open...