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Tonight's 7:05 p.m. contest will be a tough test for Bob Harrison's team. The Quakers are once again in first place and, after an upset loss to Brown earlier this week, are not in any mood to fool around...
...problems of Harrison's squad are hard to pinpoint, but a significant factor has to be the subconscious mental letdown, especially among the seniors, of closing out the year with no chance of a high league finish. Against Columbia the Crimson trailed by as many as 27 points in the second half, en route to as lackluster a showing as has been seen by Harvard fans in some time...
...Penn and Princeton. These two teams have been three-year nemeses to the Harvard seniors and the major source of frustration for Crimson coach Bob Harrison during his career here. The Quaker/Tiger has held a powerful whammy over the Crimson for quite some time, using the Harvard squad as stepping stone to high Ivy standing each year. Well, it's on hand again to top off the Harvard schedule, or, if you're of another school of mind, to drive the last two nails in the coffin of Harvard hopes...
...second half we started getting the ball inside more and that's what we wanted to do," Harrison said afterwards. "We gave to our guys underneath and we got some better shooting. All and all I'm really sorry to see this group [the seniors] leave; they've taught me a lot about more than just basketball...
...Harrison started the game with a senior unit consisting of Brown, whose 17 points pushed him into the second spot on the all-time Harvard scoring list, Lewis, Marshall Sanders, Jean Wilkinson, and Hal Smith...