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Brown gunner Brian Saunders was stalled in neutral for most of the tilt, but caught fire in the waning minutes to cut Harvard's lead to only a bucket several times. A slew of penalty foul situations at the end kept the Crimson in front, as they hit 11 of 12 from the charity stripe...
Yale had three chances to increase its edge but Cooper, Tim McChristian, and high-scorer Dick Shea all botched foul shots...
Harvard still had time for one last sortie down the court. Hill's forced jumper from long range missed but Hooft was there for the rebound. He almost put the ball in but had to settle for the foul, which set up the do-or-die situation that decided the game...
Yale finally sunk the Crimson when Eli guard Gavin Jackson toed the foul line with 26 seconds reamining. Harvard coach Buddy O'Neil put pressure on Jackson by calling for a break in play to let the Bulldog ponder his attempts. But Jackson was not affected by the brief pause and canned two free-throws to shelve the fresh-men, whose record now rests...
...claimed that his disability never affected his performance on the field. Shortly before he died, he was quoted as communicating, "I found it no handicap. I could feel the tiniest foul tip and when on the bases I had my own secret way of knowing when a batter made a foul tip. The yelling of the opposition was useless as far as I was concerned...