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Coach Delaney Smith praised her team's comeback attempt. "I couldn't be prouder," she said "B.C is an excellent team, and probably one of the best coached teams around," she added, "I was just disappointed with our first-half play, because we had scouted them really well, and knew then of fense...
...offense combined with the lethargic zone play kept Harvard from taking control of the first stanza. The half plodded along with each squad attempting perimeter shots against the other's zone and neither finding much success. Crimson point guard Calvin Dixon provided the only offensive initiative, driving for six first-half points on his way to a team-high 15 on the game...
Harvard used its superior speed to gather back-door buckets and driving lay-ins, while Trout took command under the basket. The 6-ft., 9-in. junior netted Harvard's last seven first-half points, as the Crimson claimed at 33-22 margin at the intermission...
...Crimson hopes to gain its first-ever win over the Longhorns, 2-4, who have prevailed in each of the teams' three meetings. Last year Harvard threatened an upset, capturing a 12-point first-half lead and parleying a two point halftime margin into an end-of-regulation tie. But the Westerners hit their overtime free throws and escaped the IAB with a 71-70 decision...
...first time this year, they took a first-half lead and kept it, instead of consistently turning the ball over to the other team. In previous contests, the hoopsters took early leads, only to forget how to score for several minutes, and would trail the rest of the game. Last night against the Indians, even when threatened with a possible comeback, Harvard held...