With 98 career victories, the Crimson coach needs just two more to his the milestone. Whenever it happens, the former Notre Dame assistant will become only the third coach in Harvard history to record 100 wins.

Only Floyd Wilson (142) and Ed Wacher (121) have more coaching victories at Harvard.

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If it's not a historic weekend for McLaughlin, it's sure to be a historic one for Crimson senior Co-Captain Joe Carrabino.

The Encino, Calif. native needs just 40 points to become Harvard's all-time leading scorer. Barring a miracle Friday night. Carrabino ought to break Donald Fleming's mark of 1797 career points Saturday against Princeton.

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From this week's J.C. file comes this amazing stat: the 6-ft., 9-in. forward has made 56 consecutive free throws in the last five minutes of Harvard's games.

Carrabino hasn't missed a free throw in the final five minutes of a game in more than a year. The last time missed one was Feb. 3. 1984 at Columbia.

Teams are starting to catch on, though, having sent last year's Ivy League Player of the Year to the line just 15 times in the final five minutes of the last 14 games.

Here's more: Carrabino has taken 497 free throws in his illustrious career, and has never missed three in a row. In fact, he's missed two in a row just twice, with both of those sub-par efforts coming this year.

And finally, the forward-turned-center had a streak of 11 consecutive free throws broken Saturday night at Columbia. Don't fear, though, he's got a new one of seven straight going.

Kudos are in store for Carrabino, who this week was named to the Academic All-America District 1 team. The honor now makes him eligible for the National Academic All-America team.

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Lost in last Friday's Catastrophe at Cornell was the fact that Crimson senior Co-Captain Bob Ferry moved into third place on the all-time Harvard scoring list.

The Bowie, Md. native now has 1273 career points, which puts him behind only Fleming and Carrabino.