Cats Scamper Past Men Cagers, 110-92

Monday night at Briggs Athletic Center, the Harvard men's basketball team slipped past Brandeis, 79-63, despite committing 24 turnovers.

Last night in Burlington, Vt., at the University of Vermont's Patrick Gym, the Crimson wasn't so lucky. In its second straight sloppy outing of the 1986-'87 season, the Crimson fell to the Catamounts, 110-92.

The cagers (now 2-4) have had a streaky year to date. After dropping their first three games, they bounced back to take two straight prior to travelling to UVM.

In one area, however, Harvard has been consistent: scoring. Last season's Crimson squad finished at 6-20, and averaged just 60.7 points per game. This year's high-scoring edition has already recorded more than 90 points in three contests--last night's upset, a 93-67 victory Saturday over New Hampshire and a 99-98, season-opening overtime loss to Lehigh.

At UVM last night, host guard Walt Zinn pumped in a game-high 28 points for the Cats, while Keith Webster paced Harvard with 17. Vermont rolled to a 50-43 lead at the half on 71.9 percent field goal shooting.

Although the hosts cooled down in the second half (41.7 percent shooting), the Crimson--which shot just over 46 percent on the night--failed to rally.

Junior forward Kyle Dodson, who has emerged as a consistent force for the Crimson this season, finished second on the team in scoring with 16 points. Webster's partner in the backcourt, sophomore Kevin Collins, closed with four points on the evening, while the other starters--forward Arne Duncan and center David Lang--added 13 and nine points, respectively.

The Cat victory marked the first time in the six-game history of Harvard-Vermont match-ups that the Crimson has ended up on the low side of the score.

Harvard next sees action Saturday, when it hosts Manhattan at 7:30 p.m. Merrimack comes to Briggs the following weekend.