What won the game for the Crimson, however, was its exemplary defense.
"It was just so hard to move out there tonight," Princeton Coach Pete Caril said. "Everywhere you went there was someone... Their zone was in there packed tight. It was bad. We just couldn't get them out of there."
Carrabino--who also paced the Crimson offense with his 19 points--turned in an absolutely stellar defensive performance, in particular, completely outclassing Princeton center Howard Levy. With the Tigers' inside game nowhere in sight and Levy shooting O-for-eight from the floor. Princeton moved its game outside.
"Princeton had to rely on the perimeter," Duncan said. "And if you live by the outside shot then you're going to die by the outside shot when they don't fall."
Ferry's return to his usual standout form, also aided the Crimson victory. Visibly plagued Friday night by an injured left foot which forced him to miss practice for the entire week. Ferry used some additional warm up shots prior to the Princeton contest to regain his soft touch.
"Ferry had a poor game last night." Caril said. "But tonight he was better than good."
While the monumental win allows the Crimson to continue its quest for the Ivy League title, it also had other profound ramifications. The Crimson now enters the final leg of the season--four games remain, all of them Ivy contests--with a sense of unbounded confidence and team camaraderie.
"We've never been this high before," Kyle Standley said.
Whether or not the Crimson captures that elusive Ivy title, though, there will always remain the memories of this exceptional weekend, of how the true character of this team shone gallantly in moments of both devastating defeat and exhilarating success.
"I just assumed that we would come in here as low as possible, because you just don't come back that easily from such an emotional game," Harvard coach Frank McLaughlin said. "But we did, and I can't imagine another team doing what we did...It's going to be a nice plane ride home."
At Jadwin Gymnasium
Princeton (50)--John Mullin 9-4--22; John Smyth 6-0--12; Howard Levy 0-0--0; lsaac Carter 4-0-8; Bill Ryan 4-0--8; Joe Scott 0-0--0. Totals 23-4--50. Fouled out; Smyth.
Harvard (56)--Bob Ferry 6-4-16; Ame Duncan 2-2-6; Joe Carrabino 5-9--19; Pat Smith 0-0--0; Keith Webeter 3-2-8; Ken Plutnicki 1-0--2; Greg Wildes 0-2-2; Kyle Standley 1-0--2. Totals 18-19--55.
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