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Just last weekend, the Crimson had won a game in the final seconds against Cornell on a layup by Harris. Housman dribbled the ball for 20 seconds then, as he had done all night, beat his man off the dribble and had a path to the basket...
After a back-and-forth first half, it seemed like Harvard was on its way to its first win at Princeton since the 80’s when sophomore guard Drew Housman’s layup with 14:53 left in the second half gave the Crimson a 42-34 lead. Harvard had been strong on both ends of the floor and its Achilles’ heel—three-point shooting defense—appeared to have been fixed, as the Tigers had made only 6-of-17 shots from long range up to that point. What?...
...final minute to win on Savage’s jumper. Perhaps Harvard could force two turnovers like the Tigers had in that matchup. Or Princeton would miss its free throws to give Harvard a chance to tie? Neither of those happened. The Tigers got a fast-break layup by Conway and four straight free throws from Savage to pull away...
...loss at Cornell, moved Penn into sole possession of first place in the league. Quakers forward Mark Zoller, the Ivy League’s leading scorer with 18.3 points per game, capped the run with two nice passes, finding guards Kevin Egee and Brian Grandieri on consecutive possessions for layups. Zoller finished with a game-high five assists. The layups accounted for just four of the 42 points Penn scored in the paint, compared to just 24 for Harvard.“Our numbers were down in the frontcourt,” Crimson coach Frank Sullivan said...
...sharp-shooting Princeton squad, which shot 6-of-14 from three-point range in the first half. The only problem for Harvard: with the exception of two free throws from captain Jim Goffredo, nobody but Housman scored for the rest of the half. In fact, after an Andrew Pusar layup put the Crimson up 40-34 with 17 minutes left in regulation, Housman scored 22 of the team’s next 24 points, including all four in the first overtime, until Pusar converted again late in the second extra session.“We had trouble finishing tonight...