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After Dixon blew an opportunity with 11 seconds left to put the game away at the foul line, Burnett managed to muscle an eight-footer past Taylor, but the ball bounced off the back of the rim, and Crimson forward Joe Carrabino was fouled in the ensuing tussel for the rebound. Capping a game-high 20-point performance, the cool freshman tossed in his freebies, leaving the Lions with one second of official time to consider what had happened to the ten-point lead they had held' midway through the second half...
Crimson center Elaine Holpuch kept her team in the game. She dominated the boards with eight rebounds in the first half, and chipped in 12 of the Crimson's 23 first-half points. Holpuch had a game-high 18 points and 11 rebounds on the day, by far her best performance to date...
...defense helped to slow down the onslaught of Wildcat guards R. Dixon and Al McLain--23 and 20 points, respectively--especially down the stretch, and his omnipresent outside shot opened up the lane for the Crimson's inside game although he hit a poor 4-for-11 for the night. In addition to his ten points, he dished out a game-high seven assists...
...lots of help. Guard Ed Sloan shot ten for 12 for a career-high 20 points. Mark Nickens had 15 points and eight steals. Co-captain Dennis Ross laid in 13 points and cleared off a game-high 14 rebounds. The Eagles can probably run and jump with any team in the nation. Shooting the lights out (60 per cent for the night) didn't hurt, either...
With four six-foot plus Minutemen circulating through the line-up, Harvard knew it was in trouble when center Karen Smith fouled out, leaving only Elaine Holpuch to battle the big guns of UMass. Harvard's guards did somewhat better, expecially Boutilier with a game-high 23 points, and kept turnovers down to a minimum--an encouraging trend for the hoopsters...