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...home against Cornell, the cagers lost when Co-Captain Keith Webster tried to call a time-out after Harvard had exhausted its allotment. In the ensuing flurry of confusion and technicals, the game slipped away...
...that weekend of euphoria--highlighted by a Webster last-second overtime jumper which capped an improbable 17-point comeback against eventual league champ Penn--proved to be the high point. Rather than bringing continued success, though, the rest of the season proved to be one long downhill slide...
Meanwhile, nearly every cager was having his most productive season at Harvard. Webster averaged over 16 points a game--up from his previous high of 11.6. Co-Captain Arne Duncan led the Crimson with nearly 17 points per contest, well above his previous high of 11.7. Junior forward Kyle Dodson improved his field goal percentage from 33.5 to 53.5 and scoring average from 6.1 to 9.5. Sophomore guard Mike Gielen nearly doubled his scoring average...
Finally, youth--both of players and of second-year coach Roby--probably did play a role. But this is a problem, frankly, which seems to linger on after the 1986-'87 season passes into the history books. Webster and Duncan were excellent and complementary leaders for the Crimson this year, and it's hard to see Dodson and Bill Mohler--next year's only seniors--doing a better...
...keys seem to lie in the continued maturation of Gielen and Phillips. The former should move smoothly into Webster's play-making role and has all-Ivy potential. The latter will have to come back from a disappointing sophomore season and the academic problems which cut it short, but he too can be among the league elite...