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Unlike the disaster against Wagner Friday night, the Fordham game had its bright spots. The brightest was the performance of 6-ft. 9-in. freshman forward Lamar Flatt, who scored 14 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds...
...overtime. With 36 seconds remaining and Harvard down, 79-78, guard Calvin Dixon penetrated to the middle of the lane and dumped a beautiful pass to Flatt under the basket--maybe being fouled in the process. Flatt went up with it--and he might have been half-fouled, too. Fordham collected the rebound...
Flatt's first shot hit the front of the rim, seemed to hang there for a second, and fell away. Fordham took the rebound and moved the ball quickly upcourt, where Bill Calhoun tied it at 68 and forced the first extra period on a layup with six seconds to go. Harvard called time out but couldn't get off a shot in five seconds...
...Flatt's miss hurt Harvard, the Rams' freethrows were tantamount to suicide. Fordham went 15 for 30, and in the waning moments folded completely at the charity stripe...
...NOTEBOOK: Ugliest creature on the trip award goes to the Fordham Ram, in and out of costume... Wagner has won 19 in a row at home... Fordham lost to Yale in double overtime in New Haven last week... Sore legs award goes to Tom Mannix, who played 45 minutes against Fordham... Mario Andretti Memorial Award goes to trainer Pete Provinzano for driving excellence...