He took another superb outlet pass from Dixon that brought Harvard to within one, 54-53, but on the next play Fleming picked up foul number four with 12:26 left, and McLaughlin had to shuffle bodies for the remainder of the game.

The Crimson's fatigue manifested itself in some uncharacteristically poor foul shooting, and Texas pulled away at about the three-quarter mark.

THE NOTEBOOK: Greatest cheer of year heard in the Garden last night: to the Texas bench, "You may be winning, but you still have the Shah."

TEXAS 85, HARVARD 73

at the Boston Garden

T--Carson 3 7-8 13; Danks 5 0-0 10; Thompson 2 2-2 6; Turner 11 3-4 25; Baxter 7 5-5 19; Boyd 0 0-0 0; Johnson 3 3-3 9; Olson 1 1-1 3; Totals; 32 21-23 85

H--Allen 2 0-0 4; Fleming 8 2-3 18; Harris 3 3-5 9; Mannix 8 2-2 18; Taylor 4 0-2 8; Dixon 2 2-2 6; Carona 1 0-0 4; totals: 31 11-16 73.

Texas: 42, 43--85.

Harvard: 42, 31--73.

Attendance: 3000.

First game: Boston College 77, Fairfield 53.