Word: irion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Crimson pivotman Steve Irion and sophomore Bob Hooft both pumped in seven field goals to lead all scorers while supplying the muscle on the boards in a physical fracas. Irion sat out much of the second half with four personal fouls while Hooft picked up his fifth with 22 seconds left to play, but Beaver big man Hugo Bonard was also in foul trouble throughout...
...Irion uncorked the first whiff of grape shot when he opened the game with a three-point play. A tip-in by CCNY's blue chip guard Rich Silvera gave the New Yorkers an 8-7 lead until Jonas Honick pulled the trigger on a straightaway jumper to ease the Crimson into the lead...
Excited yet? Well, neither was anybody else. But all of a sudden, in the second half, something--and it wasn't the ghost of Arnie Needleman--got ahold of the Crimson, and inspired play began to flourish at both ends of the court. Chief catalysts were Rogers, 19 pts., Irion, 18 pts., and Bob Hooft...
Harvard drove right at B.C.'s zone, getting layups and drawing fouls. A three-point play by Hooft at 13:53 and a free throw by Irion brought the lead down to 51-42 before Cobb went temporarily bananas with two straight steal-hoop jobs...
Rogers' outside shooting and the rebounding of Irion, Hooft and Ackerman cut the margin to seven, where it basically stayed until a Bennifield-from-Cobb three-point play made it 71-61 with 2:00 remaining...