Word: second-half
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Three quarters of mediocre basketball by the Harvard Crimson built a 12-point second-half lead over the inept Big Red of Cornell, but a hard-nosed and well-played final five minutes on the part of both sides resulted in a thrilling finish--and a Harvard loss...
Fine drew his fourth foul immediately at the open of the second half and was gone at the 11-minute mark; Banks was gone with five minutes to go. Despite strong second-half efforts by Hooft and Booker and Allen's last-second heroics, without Banks and Fine Harvard could neither stop Davis, who scored 14 in the second half, nor score frequently enough to stay ahead...
...didn't play well--we were bumping into each other, our rebounding was poor, and we didn't go back door when they left it wide open," said a disappointed coach Carole Kleinfelder after her Crimson quintet had merely annihilated visiting Southeastern Massachusetts University (SMU) with a 34-19 second-half assault...
Hooft was not exactly a one-man show though as the Harvard quintet ran wild out of the locker room to start the second half. Harvard took the second-half tip, along with a 35-22 lead, and five minutes later, after Mike Stenhouse converted a steal into a lay-up, the scoreboard read 43-24. Goodnight Dartmouth...
...Saturday the Crimson squandered a 13-point second-half lead as the cagers did not do themselves proud, losing, 72-65. The loss was especially rankling for McLaughlin, whose friends and family were on hand for the game. But he said before the game, "We want to win, but I'm more concerned about our team giving 100 per cent. That's all I want the people at Fordham to know...