Basketball Team Tops Tigers For First Time in Five Years

Senior guard Dale Dover scored a 15-foot jump shot from the corner as the final buzzer rang in Saturday afternoon's basketball game in the IAB to gibe Harvard a 62-60 victory over Princeton.

By nipping the Tigers. the Crimson broke an eight-game losing streak to Princeton that goes back to 1966. Harvard's Ivy League record moved to 2-1, while Princeton's dropped to 1-2.

The Crimson triumph, however, was not cause for excessive joy. Harvard led by ten at halftime, 32-22, but the margin should have been 20 points. The Tigers only shot 33 per cent (in first half), and though Harvard overpowered Princeton on the boards, 31-18, it missed several easy rebound baskets.

In the second half, Princeton came within three points after six minutes had elapsed, and it looked as though the Tigers were going to erase the Crimson lead the way Penn did last Thursday.

But sophomore forward James Brown. who paced Harvard with 19 tallies, scored a rebound basket, and Dover, who had 16 points and seven assists, made a fast break lay-up to put the Crimson advantage out of jeopardy temporarily.

"I was disappointed with the 11 turnovers we made in the second half that got them back into the game." said Harvard head coach Bob Harrison after the game. "They got ten more shots than we did during that half, and outrebounded us by one. Sure it's nice to win, but winning the way we did doesn't have me bubbling over," he went on.

Brian Taylor, Princeton's leading scorer, sparked his teammates to a two-point deficit with four minutes left in the game. Then Dale Dover scored two twisting layups, and the Crimson moved ahead by six.

Taylor. who led all scorers with 25, came back with a jump shot and a pair of free throws. and teammate Ted Manakas converted a steal into two points to tie the game with 18 seconds left.

Harvard had the ball and tried to work a cross-court pass to sophomore forward Floyd Lewis, who led the squad with 12 rebounds, underneath, but Princeton sagged into the middle to thwart the play.

"The only place left to go was the corner," said Dover after the game. "I had confidence in the shot-it wasn't a hope shot-and I scored it," he explained.

The Crimson's overall record went to 6-8 with the triumph, and pushed its Ivy mark over 500 for the first time under head coach Harrison.