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This was mostly due to Northeastern's biggest Achilles Heel--rebounding. As in previous seasons, the Huskies' presence on the boards was weak. They picked up only 10 first-half rebounds compared to Harvard's 21 boards...
Harvard's big men also neutralized the threat created by the Huskies' 6'10 center George Aygar. After a first-half interior defense that Prasse-Freeman described as "porous", Mayshak, sophomore forward Sam Winter and even 10th man Brian Sigafoos, a 6'10 JV call-up, got tough and won the battle of the paint. Harvard scored more points in the paint than Northeastern (20-14), and also limited the Huskies to four second-chance points...
...Irish rattled off ten first-half shots...
...hype surrounding the Harvard-Yale Game could have not have been more intense had it been a presidential election. Few dared to predict the outcome. Yale surged to a commanding first-half lead, and held the lead well into the fourth quarter. With but minutes to go in the game, Yale was confidently marching down the field, holding onto a seemingly insurmountable 16-point margin. To many observers, especially on the Yale side, it might have seemed the graceful thing for Harvard simply to concede victory to Yale. The game seemed all but lost...
...points Harvard scored in the half tied a school record for most first-half points. The Crimson last scored that many first-half points a year ago, also against Dartmouth...