Word: silvera
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CCNY displayed the full panache of playground ball as the Beavers led, 64-61, midway through the second half before Hooft popped from the left corner to give the hoopsters a 70-68 lead they never relinquished. CCNY guard Rich Silvera, the school's all-time leading scorer with more than 1300 career points, scored 13 markers on the night while backcourt mate Joe "Kojak" Holman out of Harlem Prep juked and jitterbugged his way to a game high of 28 points...
City kept things tight when Silvera took a length of the board pass for a layup to make it 38-32, Harvard, and then Holman stripped guard Mike Stenhouse of the ball to cut the lead to four. That was the closest CCNY came the rest of the half and Hooft canned a reverse layup and cashed in on a 20-footer to again up the lead to eight...
Harvard got the lead back with 12 minutes to play when Hooft followed up his own shot to make it 60-59 but Silvera popped to give City a 64-61 lead, its biggest of the night...
Harvard plays City College of New York in the Big Town of Friday, December 9. The Beavers won the City University Championship last year paced by a backcourt of Rich Silvera and Ken "Pogo" Collins. Silvera averaged 16.6 points per game last year and is CCNY's all-time leading scorer with over 1300 career points...
City peppered away at the Crimson lead at the start of the half as Bonar and Silvera netted carom shots and Baize dropped a corner jumper to cut the lead...