| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Phillip Holl (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Reyes Bolden (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Victory (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Gregory Lyons (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Mendiola (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Westerfield (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Harry Farber (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Hetrick (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Willard Simonson (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Richard Lew (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Yale | Robert Hetrick inbounds the ball | 30-29 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:46 | Yale | Richard Lew is whistled for traveling | 30-29 |
| 19:32 | Harvard | John Victory lays it in | 32-29 |
| 19:07 | Yale | Robert Hetrick blows the layup but he's fouled by Phillip Holl - foul #3 on Phillip Holl, team foul #1 | 32-29 |
| Subs | Harvard | Larry Eastep (PG) Phillip Holl | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 19:07 | Yale | Robert Hetrick makes the 1st free throw | 32-30 |
| 19:07 | Yale | Robert Hetrick makes the 2nd free throw | 32-31 |
| 18:51 | Harvard | Gregory Lyons misses the lay-in | 32-31 |
| 18:50 | Yale | Willard Simonson pulls down the rebound | 32-31 |
| 18:42 | Yale | Robert Hetrick is hacked by John Victory - foul #2 on John Victory, team foul #2 | 32-31 |
| 18:27 | Yale | Willard Simonson connects on the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Hetrick and he's fouled by Gregory Lyons - foul #3 on Gregory Lyons, team foul #3 | 32-33 |
| Subs | Harvard | Marvin Maxwell (PF) Gregory Lyons | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 18:27 | Yale | Willard Simonson makes the free throw | 32-34 |
| 18:10 | Harvard | David Mendiola misses long on a runner from close range but he's hacked by Richard Lew - foul #3 on Richard Lew, team foul #1 | 32-34 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Jackie Trammel (C) Richard Lew | |
| 18:10 | Harvard | David Mendiola misses the 1st free throw | 32-34 |
| 18:10 | Harvard | David Mendiola misses the 2nd free throw | 32-34 |
| 18:10 | Yale | The rebound goes to Willard Simonson | 32-34 |
| 18:00 | Yale | Robert Hetrick misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-34 |
| 17:58 | Harvard | David Mendiola grabs the defensive rebound | 32-34 |
| 17:34 | Harvard | Larry Eastep misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 32-34 |
| 17:32 | Harvard | Reyes Bolden grabs the offensive board | 32-34 |
| 17:14 | Harvard | Reyes Bolden clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 32-34 |
| 17:12 | Yale | Willard Simonson snags the defensive board | 32-34 |
| 17:00 | Yale | Reyes Bolden steals the ball from Harry Farber | 32-34 |
| 16:45 | Harvard | David Mendiola misses badly on a jump hook from the right block | 32-34 |
| 16:43 | Yale | Willard Simonson grabs the defensive rebound | 32-34 |
| 16:38 | Yale | Robert Hetrick misses long on a jumper from the left side | 32-34 |
| 16:36 | Harvard | David Mendiola gets the rebound | 32-34 |
| 16:21 | Harvard | Larry Eastep misses the lay-in | 32-34 |
| 16:20 | Yale | Robert Hetrick gets the rebound | 32-34 |
| 16:05 | Yale | Robert Hetrick hits a jumper from the right side on a great pass from Walter Westerfield | 32-36 |
| 16:00 | Harvard | Reyes Bolden misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 32-36 |
| 15:58 | Harvard | Marvin Maxwell tips it back up and in | 34-36 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Larry Eastep (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Reyes Bolden (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - John Victory (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Marvin Maxwell (fresh) 6 pts. C - David Mendiola (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Westerfield (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Harry Farber (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Hetrick (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Willard Simonson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. C - Jackie Trammel (fresh) | |
| 15:41 | Yale | Harry Farber comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 34-36 |
| 15:40 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Reyes Bolden | 34-36 |
| 15:15 | Harvard | Marvin Maxwell lays it up and in on a great pass from Larry Eastep | 36-36 |
| 15:04 | Yale | Harry Farber connects on the 3 from the left corner | 36-39 |
| 14:56 | Harvard | Marvin Maxwell clanks a floater near the basket but he's fouled by Walter Westerfield - foul #2 on Walter Westerfield, team foul #2 | 36-39 |
| Subs | Harvard | Phillip Holl (PG), Jeffrey Bateman (SG), Billy Reed (SF), Gregory Lyons (PF) Larry Eastep, Reyes Bolden, John Victory, David Mendiola | |
| Subs | Yale | William Bilyeu (PG), Wallace Natali (SG), Patrick Kline (SF), Clarence Guthrie (PF), Richard Lew (C) Walter Westerfield, Harry Farber, Robert Hetrick, Willard Simonson, Jackie Trammel | |
| 14:56 | Harvard | Marvin Maxwell makes the 1st free throw | 37-39 |
| 14:56 | Harvard | Marvin Maxwell misses the 2nd free throw | 37-39 |
| 14:56 | Yale | Richard Lew pulls down the rebound | 37-39 |
| 14:34 | Yale | Richard Lew misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 37-39 |
| 14:33 | Yale | Richard Lew can't tip it in | 37-39 |
| 14:32 | Yale | Patrick Kline misses the tip | 37-39 |
| 14:31 | Harvard | Gregory Lyons grabs the defensive rebound | 37-39 |
| 14:07 | Harvard | Phillip Holl is called for traveling | 37-39 |
| Subs | Harvard | David Mendiola (C) Marvin Maxwell | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 13:43 | Yale | Phillip Holl steals it from Richard Lew | 37-39 |
| 13:39 | Harvard | Jeffrey Bateman hits the finger roll on a great pass from Phillip Holl | 39-39 |
| 13:10 | Yale | Richard Lew can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Gregory Lyons - foul #4 on Gregory Lyons, team foul #4 | 39-39 |
| Subs | Harvard | Reyes Bolden (SF) Gregory Lyons | |
| Subs | Yale | Walter Westerfield (PG), Robert Hetrick (SF), Willard Simonson (PF) William Bilyeu, Patrick Kline, Clarence Guthrie | |
| 13:10 | Yale | Richard Lew makes the 1st free throw | 39-40 |
| 13:10 | Yale | Richard Lew makes the 2nd free throw | 39-41 |
| 12:50 | Harvard | Jeffrey Bateman can't connect on a turnaround from the baseline | 39-41 |
| 12:48 | Yale | Walter Westerfield grabs the board | 39-41 |
| 12:44 | Yale | David Mendiola is called for the reach on Willard Simonson - foul #1 on David Mendiola, team foul #5 | 39-41 |
| Subs | Harvard | John Victory (SF) David Mendiola | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 12:29 | Yale | Walter Westerfield clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 39-41 |
| 12:27 | Harvard | Billy Reed grabs the board | 39-41 |
| 12:23 | Harvard | Phillip Holl knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Jeffrey Bateman | 42-41 |
| 11:56 | Yale | Wallace Natali drills a jumper from just outside the lane | 42-43 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Phillip Holl (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jeffrey Bateman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - John Victory (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Billy Reed (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Reyes Bolden (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Westerfield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Wallace Natali (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. SF - Robert Hetrick (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Willard Simonson (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. C - Richard Lew (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:41 | Harvard | Jeffrey Bateman misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 42-43 |
| 11:39 | Yale | Robert Hetrick grabs the defensive rebound | 42-43 |
| 11:25 | Yale | Wallace Natali clanks a driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by Reyes Bolden - foul #1 on Reyes Bolden, team foul #6 | 42-43 |
| Subs | Harvard | Larry Eastep (PG), Marvin Maxwell (PF), David Mendiola (C) Phillip Holl, Jeffrey Bateman, Billy Reed | |
| Subs | Yale | Harry Farber (SG), Jackie Trammel (C) Walter Westerfield, Richard Lew | |
| 11:25 | Yale | Wallace Natali makes the 1st free throw | 42-44 |
| 11:25 | Yale | Wallace Natali makes the 2nd free throw | 42-45 |
| 11:09 | Harvard | John Victory scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from David Mendiola | 44-45 |
| 10:54 | Yale | Jackie Trammel is whistled for traveling | 44-45 |
| Subs | Harvard | Robert Robeson (SG) John Victory | |
| Subs | Yale | Patrick Kline (PG), Clarence Guthrie (SF) Wallace Natali, Robert Hetrick | |
| 10:38 | Harvard | Robert Robeson misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 44-45 |
| 10:37 | Harvard | Reyes Bolden can't tip it in | 44-45 |
| 10:36 | Yale | Willard Simonson grabs the board | 44-45 |
| 10:14 | Yale | Reyes Bolden steps in front of the Clarence Guthrie pass | 44-45 |
| 09:59 | Harvard | David Mendiola's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-45 |
| Subs | Harvard | Phillip Holl (PG), John Victory (SF), Billy Reed (PF) Robert Robeson, Reyes Bolden, David Mendiola | |
| Subs | Yale | Walter Westerfield (PG) Willard Simonson | |
| 09:30 | Yale | Patrick Kline misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 44-45 |
| 09:28 | Harvard | Billy Reed grabs the defensive rebound | 44-45 |
| 09:18 | Harvard | Larry Eastep misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 44-45 |
| 09:17 | Harvard | Billy Reed grabs the offensive rebound | 44-45 |
| 09:00 | Harvard | John Victory clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 44-45 |
| 08:59 | Yale | Clarence Guthrie snags the defensive board | 44-45 |
| 08:47 | Yale | Clarence Guthrie blows the layup | 44-45 |
| 08:46 | Yale | Harry Farber misses the tip | 44-45 |
| 08:45 | Harvard | Marvin Maxwell grabs the board | 44-45 |
| 08:19 | Harvard | Jackie Trammel denies the turnaround by Larry Eastep | 44-45 |
| 08:18 | Yale | Walter Westerfield grabs the board | 44-45 |
| 08:01 | Yale | Patrick Kline comes up short on the shot in the lane but he's fouled by Phillip Holl - foul #4 on Phillip Holl, team foul #7 | 44-45 |
| Subs | Harvard | Robert Robeson (PG), Jeffrey Bateman (SG), Reyes Bolden (SF), David Mendiola (C) Phillip Holl, Larry Eastep, John Victory, Billy Reed | |
| Subs | Yale | Robert Hetrick (SF), Willard Simonson (PF), Richard Lew (C) Harry Farber, Clarence Guthrie, Jackie Trammel | |
| 08:01 | Yale | Patrick Kline makes the 1st free throw | 44-46 |
| 08:01 | Yale | Patrick Kline makes the 2nd free throw | 44-47 |
| 07:43 | Harvard | Reyes Bolden buries a floater from just outside the lane set up by Robert Robeson | 46-47 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Robert Robeson (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeffrey Bateman (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Reyes Bolden (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. PF - Marvin Maxwell (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - David Mendiola (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Westerfield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Patrick Kline (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Robert Hetrick (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Willard Simonson (fresh) 7 pts. 10 reb. C - Richard Lew (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:24 | Yale | Walter Westerfield is hacked by Jeffrey Bateman - foul #4 on Jeffrey Bateman, team foul #8 | 46-47 |
| Subs | Harvard | Gregory Lyons (PF) Marvin Maxwell | |
| Subs | Yale | Wallace Natali (SG) Patrick Kline | |
| 07:24 | Yale | Walter Westerfield makes the 1st free throw | 46-48 |
| 07:24 | Yale | Walter Westerfield makes the 2nd free throw | 46-49 |
| 07:09 | Harvard | David Mendiola hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 46-49 |
| 07:07 | Yale | The rebound goes to Wallace Natali | 46-49 |
| 07:03 | Yale | Gregory Lyons steps in front of the Richard Lew pass | 46-49 |
| 06:46 | Harvard | Jeffrey Bateman's pass is intercepted by Walter Westerfield | 46-49 |
| 06:43 | Yale | Walter Westerfield lays it up and in | 46-51 |
| 06:39 | Harvard | Jeffrey Bateman double dribbles | 46-51 |
| Subs | Harvard | Phillip Holl (PG), John Victory (SF) Robert Robeson, David Mendiola | |
| Subs | Yale | Clarence Guthrie (SG) Walter Westerfield | |
| 06:21 | Yale | Willard Simonson clanks a turnaround from the right block | 46-51 |
| 06:19 | Yale | Clarence Guthrie can't tip it in | 46-51 |
| 06:17 | Harvard | The rebound goes to John Victory | 46-51 |
| 05:58 | Harvard | Gregory Lyons comes up short on the shot in the lane but the foul's on Willard Simonson - foul #1 on Willard Simonson, team foul #3 | 46-51 |
| 05:58 | Harvard | Gregory Lyons makes the 1st free throw | 47-51 |
| 05:58 | Harvard | Gregory Lyons makes the 2nd free throw | 48-51 |
| 05:43 | Yale | Jeffrey Bateman is called for the reach on Clarence Guthrie - foul #5 on Jeffrey Bateman, team foul #9 | 48-51 |
| Subs | Harvard | David Mendiola (C) Jeffrey Bateman | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 05:43 | Yale | Clarence Guthrie makes the 1st free throw | 48-52 |
| 05:43 | Yale | Clarence Guthrie makes the 2nd free throw | 48-53 |
| 05:31 | Harvard | Reyes Bolden's pass is intercepted by Willard Simonson | 48-53 |
| 05:12 | Yale | Willard Simonson's floater is tipped away by David Mendiola | 48-53 |
| 05:10 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Gregory Lyons | 48-53 |
| 04:51 | Harvard | John Victory misses badly on a fadeaway from the baseline but he's hacked by Robert Hetrick - foul #1 on Robert Hetrick, team foul #4 | 48-53 |
| Subs | Harvard | Billy Reed (PF) Gregory Lyons | |
| Subs | Yale | Walter Westerfield (PG), Harry Farber (SG), Jackie Trammel (C) Clarence Guthrie, Robert Hetrick, Richard Lew | |
| 04:51 | Harvard | John Victory misses the 1st free throw | 48-53 |
| 04:51 | Harvard | John Victory makes the 2nd free throw | 49-53 |
| 04:33 | Yale | Wallace Natali hits a turnaround from the baseline set up by Walter Westerfield | 49-55 |
| 04:21 | Harvard | David Mendiola drills a jumper in the lane set up by Billy Reed | 51-55 |
| 04:02 | Yale | Willard Simonson can't connect on a runner from the right block | 51-55 |
| 04:01 | Yale | Walter Westerfield hits the follow up shot | 51-57 |
| 03:38 | Harvard | Phillip Holl hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Harry Farber - foul #1 on Harry Farber, team foul #5 | 51-57 |
| Subs | Harvard | Larry Eastep (SG), Gregory Lyons (PF), Marvin Maxwell (C) Reyes Bolden, John Victory, David Mendiola | |
| Subs | Yale | Robert Hetrick (SF), Clarence Guthrie (PF) Wallace Natali, Willard Simonson | |
| 03:38 | Harvard | Phillip Holl makes the 1st free throw | 52-57 |
| 03:38 | Harvard | Phillip Holl makes the 2nd free throw | 53-57 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Phillip Holl (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Larry Eastep (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Billy Reed (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Gregory Lyons (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Marvin Maxwell (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Westerfield (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SG - Harry Farber (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Hetrick (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clarence Guthrie (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Jackie Trammel (fresh) | |
| 03:19 | Yale | Clarence Guthrie hits a jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Walter Westerfield | 53-59 |
| 03:03 | Harvard | Marvin Maxwell scores on a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Billy Reed | 55-59 |
| 02:52 | Yale | Harry Farber comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 55-59 |
| 02:50 | Harvard | Marvin Maxwell gets the rebound | 55-59 |
| 02:50 | Harvard | Harvard calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-59 |
| Subs | Harvard | Reyes Bolden (SG), John Victory (SF), David Mendiola (C) Larry Eastep, Billy Reed, Marvin Maxwell | |
| Subs | Yale | Willard Simonson (PF), Richard Lew (C) Clarence Guthrie, Jackie Trammel | |
| 02:33 | Harvard | Reyes Bolden connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 58-59 |
| 02:14 | Yale | Richard Lew hits the front of the rim on the floater from close range | 58-59 |
| 02:13 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Gregory Lyons | 58-59 |
| 01:46 | Harvard | John Victory can't connect on a floater from the right side | 58-59 |
| 01:45 | Harvard | The offensive rebound goes to David Mendiola | 58-59 |
| 01:28 | Harvard | Gregory Lyons hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 58-59 |
| 01:27 | Yale | Willard Simonson snags the defensive board | 58-59 |
| 01:12 | Yale | Richard Lew can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 58-59 |
| 01:10 | Yale | Harry Farber gets the offensive rebound | 58-59 |
| 00:53 | Yale | Harry Farber misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 58-59 |
| 00:51 | Harvard | Gregory Lyons snags the defensive board | 58-59 |
| 00:39 | Harvard | Phillip Holl buries a 3 pointer from the left corner | 61-59 |
| 00:17 | Yale | Richard Lew makes the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 61-61 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:02 | Harvard | David Mendiola connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 63-61 |
| 00:02 | Yale | Yale calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 63-61 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Yale | Walter Westerfield misses the halfcourt shot | 63-61 |