On the same token, Clemente shot an anemic 5-for-14 from the floor, and was only 2-for-7 on treys going into the final seconds.

Yet both showed poise and confidence in coming up big at the end, redeeming themselves by getting the victory.

"We were able to make a couple of plays when it looked a little bleak," said Harvard Coach Frank Sullivan. "I give our guys a lot of credit for keeping their poise. It's very easy to lose your poise and think the game was over with less than 20 seconds to go. But they didn't. They hung in there and two guys made big plays for us."

The game in which Clemente set up the win with the late three also featured his breaking the school record for all-time three-pointers. He came into the game tied with Mike Gilmore '96 at 167. Eleven minutes into the first half, Clemente broke that mark, eventually nailing three from beyond the arc in the game to finish with 170.

The entire game itself was a see-saw affair worthy of its ending. In the first half, neither team led by more than five until Dartmouth pulled out to a 41-34 lead with a late 5-0 run to end the half.

In the first half alone, Dartmouth senior guard Greg Buth, a sharpshooter averaging 19.5 points a game, scored 16 points on 5-for-8 shooting.

Yet in the second half, Harvard came out running. Five minutes in, sophomore forward Sam Winter took an assist from sophomore point guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman and made a rim-rattling dunk, firing up his teammates and pulling within 45-42.