Word: dover
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ahead 75-59, Harvard lost junior guard Dale Dover for the rest of the game when he hurt his back after being submarined on a driving lay-up by the Big Green's 6'9" center Jim Masker...
...Crimson had four players in double figures. Dover scored 18, while Matt Bozek finished with 16 points, 13 in the second half. Junior guard Joe Stanislaw, playing his best game to date, had 15, and for ward Brian Newmark tallied 14 before he fouled...
Until four minutes were left in the first half, Harvard played even with the Big Green. Then three steals, one each by the Crimson's three guards-Dover, Hozek, and Stanislaw-set up several scoring chances. The Crimson capitalized on them and was ahead, 45-39, at half-time...
...Crimson maintained the margin for three mere minutes. and then Dover was injured. Hardy fouled out two minutes later, and Harvard collapsed, unable to score another point...
...wouldn't have believed it if you hadn't seen it." said Harvard coach Bob Harrison after the game. There were several key plays that turned the hall game around: Dover got hurt, then Hardy fouled out, and the referees failed to call an obvious goaltending violation, he explained...