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...outcome, besides the cold Crimson shooting eye, was probably San Francisco's shift from man-to-man to zone defense. Against the man, Dover had 16 points in the first half and Hardy eight. The pair had just five between them against the zone...
...Dover, taking a pass from Gustavson steamed in for what looked like a routine layup for the talented guard from New York. But, experiencing the same difficulty with the backboards which had cost him two layups earlier, Dover missed and collided with reserve Don guard Charlie Dullea under the basket...
From Section B, row J, and from the Harvard bench, it was clearly Dullea's foul--and a nasty, dangerous low-bridger at that. But the referee saw otherwise and gave Dover an offensive foul, the sophomore's fifth and disqualifying personal...
After Harrison had resumed his seat on the bench--unhappily is not precisely the word--Dullea converted the one-and-one situation, reestablishing the four point margin. Jay Noble, another sophomore who replaced Dover, responded under pressure with a 15 foot jump shot from the right, and, then, with 57 seconds left, stole the ball and passed it to Hardy...
Harvard's record now stands at three wins and seven losses. Dover is averaging better than 20 points a game and certainly impressed many West Coast fans and writers. As Gustavson said, much later that sad Thursday night in San Francisco, "We didn't win them all, but there's no one laughing at us. We left the floor with respect. Now it's time to start winning...