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Cornell's first-half performance gave no inkling of the game's eventual outcome; it had only scored 24 points after 17 minutes and could only total 31 for the entire half thanks to a dismal .385 shooting percentage and some tough Harvard defense. Harvard didn't play much better offensively, tallying only 39 points for the half. Worse was the fact that Banks and Fine had drawn three fouls apiece. Coach Frank McLaughlin was forced to keep Banks, the game's top rebounder with ten, and Fine, the team's playmaker, languishing on the bench...
What might have been a close battle had the hoopsters not been forced to play immediately following their third place Ivy tourney showing, turned into a rout early on as the Wildcats waltzed to a 20-points first-half bulge on the strength of some hot outside shooting that the tired Harvard women just couldn't handle with their exhausted zone defense...
Guard Cheryl Murtaugh sparked the Springfield surge, pouring in 10 first-half points, primarily on 20-foot jumpers from near the top of the key. When Gia Johnson and Tamar Atinc came out to shut off Murtaugh's outside game, the versatile guard penetrated for layups or passed off to forward Mary Regan who totalled 20 points overall and ten in the last nine minutes of the first half...
Banks abused the Falcon offense, whirling and shooting with authority from inside for 13 first-half points...
Most of Banks's points came on set-ups from Harvard's gutsy little guard, Glenn Fine, who besides threading passes underneath to Banks and Ackerman (seven first-half points) came up with eight points of his own on medium-range jumpers...