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Brian Banks supplied the lion's share of Harvard's firepower with 19 points. Also scoring in double figures were Bob Hooft, Glenn Fine, Cyrus Booker, and Mark Hadley...
...Crimson never managed to contain the fast-breaking phalanx of Lion cagers spearheaded by ballhandler Alton Byrd. Harvard's Achilles heel, though, proved to be an inability to hit from the free-throw line as both teams shot nearly 50 per cent from the field. Harvard hit only 6-16 from the charity stripe and failed to convert on four one-on-one opportunities in the first half, while Columbia sank 17-24 in the pivotal Ivy contest...
...Crimson drew to within 12-9, when Banks got credit for a bucket after Columbia was called for goaltending. Then Cox sunk a technical foul shot called on the irate Lion bench; that was the closest the hoopsters ever came. Shane Cotner, Columbia's leading scorer with 17 points, dropped a jumper from the vicinity of Grant's Tomb to make...
Crimson guard Glenn Fine, who hit on all four of his field goal attempts in the first half, threaded his way down the lane for a double pump lay-up to cut the Lion lead to 34-27. Fine, however, had his troubles keeping step with the gyrations of Byrd, the Lions' 5-ft., 8-in. playmaker...
Trailing 42-31 after the first half, the cagers never really managed to make a dent in the lead in the turnover-riddled second half. In fact, the Lion lead bulged to 17 after Juan "the enforcer" Mitchell drilled home a jumper to make...