Word: dixons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the crowd shrieking for a miracle, first Planning, then Ferry missed open 12-ft, jumpers. Dixon, starting his first game after a long injury layoff, hit a twisting Archibald-style lay-up at 3:47 to close the gap to three, 59-56, but he too misfired the next time down the court, and Penn piled up a deceiving 17-point...
Though Princeton mounted leads in both halves, the Tigers didn't seem eager to finish off the job, and a Dixon anti-gravity special pushed the Crimson into a 44-44 tie at the end of regulation time...
...extra five-minute period provided a few surprises: Harvard remained cool and built a modest two-point lead going into the final minute and then hit four consecutive last-second free throws to ice the victory, two by Joe Carrabino and two by Dixon...
...that's when the real shocker came. Calvin Dixon, the proud, quiet point guard disabled for more than six weeks by a leg injury, displayed some emotion on the court. After he hit his first free throw with three seconds left and the score at 51-49, he wheeled around and gave Ferry a meaty high-five. After the second, he broke into a broad smile and launched himself toward a wildly cheering bench full of teammates...
Eleven years after Harvard's last win against Princeton. Dixon helped end a legendary Ivy League tradition. But the next day, neither he nor his teammates were able to stop another one. Unless there are some unexpected basketball earthquakes in the next few weeks, it looks like another solid Harvard team will have to settle for less than first place...