"The overall hustle of James was the differencefor us," Taylor said. "He would come in and itwould be an instant spark and we get back intoit."

But Harvard responded to Blackwell with a late8-0 run, including McClain and James jumpers andtwo foul shots by Mitchell, who finished with 11points and 11 rebounds in only 18 minutes of play.

"Our foul trouble hurt us. They could go to[Michael] Lombard, who had a decisive heightadvantage on Rullman," Roby said, "but I thoughtRonnie did a terrific job playing with fourfouls."

NOTEBOOK: With Mitchell playing only 18minutes and center Mike Minor missing his thirdstraight game with a knee injury, Harvard wasoutrebounded, 43-29. O'Sullivan (11 rebounds) andLombard (10) led the Big Green inside. "We wantedto force their big guys to beat us and they did abetter job this time, just not enough to beat us,"Roby said...For the second time this season,Harvard's Peter Condakes was fouled after hittinga three-point shot. The trey pulled the Crimsonwithin one, 53-52, with 12 minutes to play.Condakes, who made his first start of the season,finished with 12 points and three rebounds in 30minutes of action...Harvard forced 21 Big Greenturnovers.Crimson, 73-70 in Hanover, N.H.

HARVARD  38-35--73Dartmouth  36-34--70

HARVARD (73): Ron Mitchell 3-7 5-6 11;Tyler Rullman 7-12 5-5 21; Peter Condakes 3-6 4-512; Ralph James 4-13 7-7 15; Tarik Campbell 2-81-5 5; Matt McClain 3-7 1-2 7; Jabbar Abdi 1-1 0-02.

Totals: 23-54 23-30 73

DARTMOUTH (70): John Conley 1-6 0-2 2;Brendan O'Sullivan 5-9 0-3 10; Michael Lombard 2-47-8 11; Bill Taylor 5-12 0-0 14; James Blackwell8-15 4-5 20; Gregg Frame 1-4 0-0 2; Alex Gayer 2-50-0 4; Stan Kowalewski 3-5 0-0 7; Reggie Talbert0-0 0-0 0; Mike Crotty 0-0 0-0 0; Gary Campbell0-0 0-0 0.

Totals: 27-60 11-18 70

Three-pointers: Rullman 2, Condakes 2; Taylor4, Kowalewski. Fouled Out: Conley. Rebounds:Harvard 29 (Mitchell 11); Dartmouth 43 (O'Sullivan11). Assists: Harvard 14 (Campbell 9); Dartmouth18 (Blackwell 8). Steals: Harvard 8 (James 3);Dartmouth 12 (Lombard 4). Blocks: Harvard 2(Rullman, James); Dartmouth 5 (Lombard 2). TotalFouls: Harvard 17; Dartmouth 25. Turnovers:Harvard 15; Dartmouth 21.

Attendance: 1710