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Then it was B.C.'s turn to get sloppy. The Eagles wracked up a flurry of personal fouls, mostly on Harvard center Elaine Holpuch, who converted on enough to bring the hoopsters to within five points by the half...
...Center Holpuch had more trouble with the referee than with the opponents, getting called for four personal fouls within a matter of ten minutes. Holpuch continues to be very effective in drawing fouls herself, but her height has been no help to Harvard under the boards...
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...
...Crimson there were flashes of brilliance--the game leading 20-point, ten-rebound performance by 6-ft. 1-in. center Elaine Holpuch; the double-digit outputs by point guard Nancy Boutilier and freshman forward Janet Judge; and the two impressive second-half comebacks. But there were also the mistakes--mistakes that forced the cagers to play a game of desperate, catch-up basketball...
Harvard came out fired up to start the second-half, and for a while played nearly faultless basketball. Led by Holpuch and Judge under the boards, the defense silenced the Bentley guns, allowing only one point in the first five minutes...