The Cadets kept pace for the remainder of the half, and Harvard headed to the locker-room up 39-26, with a crucial 15 points off Army turnovers.
The second half was more of the same, as the Crimson outhustled what looked like a leaderless Army behind Scott's aggressiveness and excellent spot-minutes from Clemente and freshman forward Chris Lewis spelling Fisher and junior Bill Ewing in the frontcourt.
Clemente, averaging 13.0 ppg and 7.3 rpg entering the Army contest, contributed solidly once again, with nine points and nine boards in 26 minutes on the floor.
Lewis, though sometimes shaky shooting the ball, pulled down five rebounds in ten hard-working minutes, including a key role in a sequence that seemed to break Army's back early in the second half.
Up 52-43, Hill took a steal down the court and found Lewis in the paint, who collected the rebound off his own miss and drew a foul. And after missing the pair, Lewis hustled to the sideline for a loose ball and fired it back inbounds which led to a Scott basket.
Beam, 5-of-9 on the night for 12 points, then followed up an Army deuce with one of his two three-point buckets, opening up a relatively decisive 57-45 lead.
But in the article as in the game, Scott gets the last word in this win, as he brought the sparse crowd to its feet in garbage time with a singular effort on the defensive end.
After Beam's second three-pointer made the lead 66-52, Army point guard Babe Kwasniak ran the ball across half-court and hit an open forward Joe Clark for a gimmee three from the left wing.
Scott, racing back across the time line to make the play, swatted Clark's shot out of bounds, pursued the loose ball and made the save in midair, flipping it back in toward a crowded key, then grappled his way to the bottom of the pile and some-how wrestled out a jump ball and a Harvard possession.
The Crimson then walked it home for the 75-59 win, extending to 27 their unbeaten streak when opponents shoot under 40 percent from the field, and Hill finally got his breather with two seconds on the game clock and Army at the line.
"What happened tonight was we played an excellent basketball team," Harris said.
The Crimson now takes its 4-0 mark on the road, travelling to Worcester to meet Holy Cross Saturday. HARVARD 75 ARMY 59