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...certainty that he would beat the incumbent Ann Richards, he had four issues - juvenile justice reform, tort reform, education and welfare reform. He was coached to talk about those four issues and that was all he did talk about. He had become the precise opposite of the rambling scatter-shooter I had met in his office. He was somewhat wooden, but he stuck to the four issues relentlessly and it proved to be a winning strategy. In fact he was so wooden and so programmed that I don't think anyone was prepared for what happened next...
Normally a reliable three-point shooter who finished his sophomore season leading the nation in three-point accuracy, Buth went 0-for-six from beyond the arc. In the first meeting between the two teams this season, Buth hit four three-pointers en route to a 24-point performance...
...Green are almost the same team as last year: a long-range scoring threat that lives and dies by the three. In the second game last season, its star shooter, Greg Buth, was held to 1-of-7 from beyond the arc. The Crimson marked Buth again on Saturday, keeping him to 1-of-13 shooting and 0-of-6 from three-point range...
Another change from last year's squad was shooting guard Patrick Harvey, who has emerged as Harvard's best pure shooter. While Clemente was stopped most of the day and finished with only 14 points, Harvey helped build the Crimson's leads with 21 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including three three-pointers. More importantly, Harvey is one of the best free-throw shooters in the nation. He hit the clutch free throws at the end of the game to keep Harvard on top on Saturday, and as long as the other players can get the ball...
Harvey, who went into the game as the second leading free throw shooter in the nation at 97.6 percent, easily sank both, putting the Crimson up 79-78. That tally would be the final score, as sophomore guard Brady Merchant intercepted Dartmouth's long inbounds pass to seal the victory...