Sedlacek Stars as Five Stuns Tigers

Keith Sedlacek clearly has no sense of drama. The 6-1 senior set Harvard's all-time career scoring record Saturday night in the midst of a thoroughly uninspiring personal performance and a 72-64 loss to Pennsylvania. Even the historic shot rattled around the basket a few times before dropping in.

But when a large crowd in the LAB gave Sedlacek a standing ovation after his 1075 point, it was no idle gesture. Only 24 hours earlier they had seen Sedlacek turn in the sort of brilliant performance he has been giving for three years. He scored 29 points and led Harvard to a stunning 68-61 upset over Princeton.

The Princeton game started sluggishly, with both teams playing cautious ball-control basketball, and after 14 minutes of play the score was only 17-17. Then Sedlacek took over. He scored twice in two minutes on three point plays, hit a long jumper and three foul shots to put Harvard in front at halftime, 36 to 25. Sedlacek had 20 points during the first half.

Princeton, struggling to maintain its unbeaten record in Ivy play, refused to give up. Led by second-stringers John Haarlow and Joe Heisor, they battled back and cut the margin to 58-56 with 1:44 to play. But Princeton began committing a rash of fouls trying to get the ball away, and the Crimson sank eight straight free throws to preserve the Ivy League upset of the year.

Harvard's rebounding was a decisive factor in the upset. At times Princeton had a height advantage of nearly three inches per man, but the Crimson held a 41-39 edge in rebounding. Barry Williams played one of the finest games of his career, grabbing 16 rebounds and scoring 15 points.

The Penn game was vastly different. The Quakers, who look like a sure thing to win the Ivy title, hit 63 per cent of their shots during the first half and exploded to a 27-9 lead. The fine shooting of George Neville closed the margin to 41-30 at half time.

Then, suddenly, Penn turned ice cold. The Quakers scored only six points during the first ten minutes of the second half. In the meantime, though, Harvard was playing as if had never seen a zone defense before. The Crimson had to work the ball around for a full minute before getting a clear 20-foot shot. Harvard made its rally at a snail's pace, and got within two points with ten minutes left.