Word: redmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After falling behind Cornell by as much as 19 points in the first half of Saturday night's basketball game at the IAB, the Crimson battled back to within two points, 63-65, with seven minutes remaining in the contest before Mike Davis, the Redmen's leading scorer and rebounder, scored Cornell's next six points to stave off the Crimson's rally...
Harvard shot only 37 per cent from the floor in the opening stanza and quickly fell behind the hot-shooting Cornell team, 16-4, after only six minutes. Pete Call, who only averaged 9.3 points per game all season for the Redmen, picked up eight points in the opening Cornell splurge...
...Redmen managed only six hits, but they came when they were needed, and three quick Harvard errors gave them the game...
Ignited by the victory, the Redmen cruised through the rest of the tournament and established themselves as the class of the East. St. John's will face the winner of the Rocky Mountain regional at Omaha Saturday in the opener of the eight-team NCAA finals tournament...
...Redmen, who own a 40-16 record for the '78 season, will be making their first appearance at the nationals since 1968. Temple represented the East last year at Omaha...