Meanwhile, the cagers consistently beat Duke'sfull-court press only to struggle in their setoffense. Harvard shot 29 percent from the floor inthe first half and committed 14 turnovers.

The hosts' superiority was most felt on theoffensive and defensive boards, where a 26-17total rebound edge at halftime grew to anastounding 48-24 advantage for the game.

While the likes of 7-ft., 2-in. Martin Nessleyand 6-ft., 10-in. Danny Ferry cleaned the glassfor the Blue Devils, 5-ft., 11-in. guard Websterled the Crimson with six rebounds.

Both teams boosted their shooting percentagesin the second half--Harvard to 43.3 percent andDuke to a red-hot 69 percent efficiency.

Harvard fought gamely--although admittedlyagainst some little-used Blue Devils--drawing towithin 26 points with six minutes left, beforeDuke ran off a 13-0 spurt.

Matt DeGreeff's corner jumper at 0:08 secondsbroke a five-minute Harvard scoring drought andleft the final score at 89-52.

Harvard Coach Peter Roby was nonplused by therather predictable outcome. "The reason I want tokeep on playing Duke--it's not that we have achance to beat them, that's the farthest thingfrom my mind--but because Duke has such a good[academic] program."

Judges Jounced

In a moment of calm before journeying south toface the lurking Blue Devils, the cagers facedBrandeis Saturday night at Briggs Athletic Center.

The Crimson rolled to an easy 81-58 victoryover the Judges, increasing its all-time seriesedge to 14-2 over the visitors.

While Brandeis committed 12 turnovers in theopening 20 minutes of play, Kyle Dodson and KeithWebster chipped in with eight points apiece topush Harvard to a 38-26 lead at the half.

Harvard, 81-58 at Briggs Athletic Center

HARVARD (81): Neil Phillips 2-1--5; KyleDodson 5-2--12; Bill Mohler 3-6--12; Keith Webster6-4--16; Pat Smith 2-2--6; Mike Gielen 4-0--8;Carm Scarpa 0-0--0; Fred Schernecker 1-0--2; TeddEvers 3-3--9; David Lang 1-0--2; David Wolkoff1-1--3; Matt DeGreeff 1-0--2; Todd Litfin 0-2--2;Bill Whelan 0-2--2; Rutledge Simmons 0-0--0

BRANDEIS (58): Derek Oliver 5-2--12;Alan Pearlstein 2-1--5; Paul Deale 0-2--2; RichardBroderick 0-0--0; Stanley House 10-0--20; MichaelSwell 4-0--8; David Power 1-0--2; David Stern1-2--4; Rob Toomey 0-0--0; Chris Byner 0-5--5;Stephen Hamelburg 0-0--0; Peter Silberfarb 0-0--0Fouled out: House. Total fouls: Harvard 21.Brandeis 20. Rebounds: Harvard 32 (Phillips 11),Brandeis 16 (Oliver 5) Assists: Harvard 23 (Smith6), Brandeis 11 (Broderick, Power 3).

Harvard  38-43--81Brandeis  26-32--58