Banks connected on a turnaround jumper for the Crimson, and BU coach Roy Sigler had to call a time-out in an attempt to put things back together. It did not work. Burns missed his shot, and Banks hit again to run the lead to 14 points, 61-49. The game was as good as over.

The Terriers seemed to lose their enthusiasm at that point, and Satch's cagers methodically built the lead to 21 points with less than two minutes left to play. But even then, BU had one little kick left and scored the last seven points of the game to forge the final 86-70 margin which was at least respectable.

Harvard's Edge

Both teams played well at a pace that became furious at times, but, by the time the contest had been played out, it was clear that Harvard's collection of shooters just had the edge over their opponents. The Crimson hit over half its shots (39 of 76) while the Terriers were hitting on a poor 27 of 62.

BU stayed within sight of Harvard with its freethrow shooting, outscoring the Crimson 16-8 at the penalty stripe.

Harvard managed to play a controlled, patient brand of basketball through most of the contest, only rarely falling into the run-and-gun tempo that seemed to signal that the Terriers were ready to go on another streak. Nevertheless, Harvard's ball control was amazing. With Glenn Fine deftly directing the attack, the Crimson turned the ball over only six times. The excellent performance was just too much for BU to match.

Having finally built up a little momentum, Harvard gets back into the Ivy League title race next week with a game against Brown.