Columbia Defeats Cagers, 73-72, Despite Crimson's Final Gamble

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Columbia reserve Ed Monks, playing in place of All-Ivy guard Heyward Dotson who complained of a sore leg early in the game, tallied a bank shot to even the score. Harvard captain ?? Hardy, who ?? with 12 grabs made a free throw to put the Crimson back in the ?? briefly until McMillian completed the ?? with a pair of free throws.

"The kids did an incredible job," said ?? "If they can maintain that level of performance, we'll have a shot at three of the last four games." he added.

In the preliminary to the Columbia game. Harvard's freshmen rolled past Exeter 91-62 for their twelfth win against two losses.

The Crimson freshmen suffered from a cold shooting spell in the first half and were tied at half-time, 37-37 Paced by Floyd Lewis, who scored 26 points, the freshmen erupted for 54 tallies in the second half to win.

In a junior varsity game last night against M.I.T. in the IAB, Harvard's reserve corps smothered the Engineers, 120-74 Wayne "The Wall" Clapp paced the Crimson with 25 points. Steve "Zeke." Zakula had 24, Bernie "B.J." Mulholland tallied 20, and Bill "The Sheik" Newkirk added 18.