Word: irion
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Harvard countered the Fiat's Jackson-Harrell combination with some clean outside shooting by Bob Hooft, Jonas Honick and Jeff Hill. Center Seven Irion, who poured in 19 points from the inside, helped bolster the Crimson offense...
Cornell couldn't buy a hoop early in the game. After almost six minutes of play, the Big Red had yet to score and Harvard's starting quintet of Irion, Muliufi Hanneman, and guards Glenn Fine, Jeff Hill, and Joe Leondis and built an 8-0 lead...
Cornell guard Abby Lucas, who came off the bench for 12 points, fed Rex Parcells underneath for an easy hoop. Then Maynard Brown, who led Cornell with 19 points, popped from outside. Irion hit one of two freethrows for Harvard, but Cornell's reserve center, Kevin Cash, scored twice from the low post...
...teams traded points until, with two minutes left in the overtime period, Cornell led, 61-60. Irion was fouled and hit both ends of the one-and-one to give Harvard the lead. The two squads traded misses, but with 80 seconds left, third-string center Lou Wargo hit a basket to put Harvard behind by one again...
...seconds later, Joe Leondis fed Irion underneath. The tall sophomore was surrounded by three men, but faked them into the air and hit the short shot to give Harvard the lead. Cornell missed its last attempt, and Jeff Hill scored on a layup for Harvard as time ran out to forge the final 66-63 score...