Roby said, "and we didn't fire on them all today."

A 40-Minute Dilemma

Despite the final exciting rally, the Crimson really lost the game in the last three minutes of the first half, with Dartmouth All-Ivy candidates Walter Palmer and Blackwell sitting on the bench in foul trouble and the Big Green leading by one point, 27-26.

Dartmouth hardly seemed to miss its big guns, scoring the last six points of the half. Three plays, three Dartmouth buckets. From the Harvard offense, nothing but a missed front end of a one-and-one by Tarik Campbell with eight seconds left in the half.

"We have to prepare for every minute of the game," James said. "The first minute is as important as the last minute. We just have to remember this game and when we go up there, we have to play for the entire game and not just the last 10 minutes of the game."

The Crimson rallied early in the second half behind Mitchell, who scored eight points in a 17-9 rally which put Harvard up, 43-42, six minutes into the second half. But Blackwell took over, scoring 13 points in the last 14 minutes to spark the Big Green surge.

Dartmouth also won the game from the foul line, shooting 74 percent for the game, including 20-for-22 in the second half. Palmer, who led the Big Green in scoring with 18 points, shot a perfect 10-for-10 from the line. Harvard was 13-for-20 in free throws and missed three front ends of one-and-ones.

The 7-ft., 1-in. Palmer blocked five shots and forced numerous Harvard turnovers in the paint, especially in the first half before he encountered foul trouble.

"[Palmer's] size changes a lot of people's games," Schernecker said, "but we have a lot of things to offset that and we didn't use them."