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Sophomore Don Fleming and one of the three Harvard guards will not give away much height to the Texas forwards, but they will face UT's two most experienced players--seniors Ron Baxter (6-ft. 4-in.) and John Danks (6-ft. 6-in.). Baxter, the only returning starter from last year's Longhorn squad, should lead the way, though Danks pumped in 27 points (11-14 from the field) to power UT to an 83-76 win over Northwestern Louisiana in the team's season opener last week...
Back-up center Karen Smith, who replaced starter Elaine Holpuch, provided the only glimmer of sunshine in a generally gloomy Crimson effort. She tossed in eight points and grabbed seven rebounds, leading the team in both departments...
Emerging as a starter just this season, Casto or "Dirty John" as his teammates know him, has risen through the Harvard program in the traditional manner. Taking no shortcuts, he scratched and clawed his way up from the freshman and J.V. teams to play, behind Tom "Bat" Masterson last year...
...they played! Stargell's sacrifice fly scored the tying run and with his teammates on a tear (Garner, two for four and headed for a .500 Series, Third Baseman Bill Madlock, four for four that day, .375 overall), the Pirates methodically ground out seven runs. Starter Jim Rooker gave up just one run on three hits during the first five innings, then Starter Bert Blyleven masqueraded as a reliever for four expert innings. Pirates 7, Orioles...
Disregard the Crimson's lack of a sure starter at quarterback. When asked about the quarterback situation, Restic said, "I wish I could give you some positive information about that...