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Harvard Comes Up Strong Against Dartmouth

Reeling from the devastating loss of Dan Clemente for the season and the embarrassing loss to Colgate, the best the Harvard men's basketball team could hope for coming into this game was to find some semblance of poise and try to put in a good showing against Ivy power Dartmouth.

Or was it really the best they could hope for?

The Crimson shocked the Big Green, 66-59, last night at Lavietes Pavilion. Leading 58-48 with 4:12 remaining, the Crimson withstood a furious Dartmouth run that cut the lead to 58-57 with two minutes to go.

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But Harvard pulled it out by shooting well from the free-throw line while containing Dartmouth's outside shooters.

Even more importantly, Harvard got to the long rebounds when Dartmouth's shooters missed their three-point shots.

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The most telling difference in this game was Harvard's domination of the boards. The Crimson grabbed 41 rebounds to the Big Green's 29.

Harvard limited Dartmouth forward Ian McGinnis to just eight rebounds. The junior center, who was the leading rebounder in the NCAA last season, tallied 19 in a game against Harvard last year.

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