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...Down the stretch, they did the little things and we didn't," Dartmouth Coach Paul Cormier said. "Tyler Rullman hurt us in the second half. They all pitched in. It was a good team effort on their part...
Dartmouth utilized the absence of foul-trouble-plagued Harvard Co-Captain Ron Mitchell to turn a 40-36 deficit into a 55-52 lead with 11 minutes remaining in the game. But Rullman went to work, hitting a banker in the lane, a three-pointer and a pair of foul shots over the next three minutes to tie the contest...
...Rullman then clinched the game with the "littlethings." Harvard sophomore Matt McClain pulled upfor a short jumper and found nothing but air. Butbefore any of the 1710 boisterous Big Greensupporters could open their mouths to yell,"Airball," Rullman slid in under the net andtipped the errant shot high off the backboard andinto the net as Dartmouth Co-Captain BrendanO'Sullivan shoved him in the back. Rullman'ssubsequent free throw gave the Crimson a 62-59lead...
With Harvard still holding on to a slimone-point advantage with just 80 seconds to play,Rullman faked an 18-foot jumper from the leftside, causing Dartmouth forward John Conley toleap high into the air. The Crimson forward,nicknamed the "Springfield Rifle," went up for ashot anyway, fouling Conley out of the game andearning two foul shots to put Harvard in acommanding position...
Taylor's backcourt mate, James Blackwell,chipped in a team-high 20 points and eight assiststo help Dartmouth stay with the Crimson. Blackwellwas shut down by James, but when Mitchell got infoul trouble and James was forced to defend aforward, Blackwell almost buried the Crimson.After Rullman's three-point play gave Harvard a62-59 lead, a pair of Blackwell jumpers keyed a6-0 Dartmouth run. And the All-Ivy candidate fedTaylor for an open three-point jumper and aseemingly commanding 68-63 lead with 3:45 left toplay...