| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Stanley Madison (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Douglas Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Rome (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Roughton (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Reeves (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Ceniceros (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Roger Talbot (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Stephen Penn (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Ball (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - John Bromberg (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Harvard | Kenneth Rome inbounds the ball | 40-38 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:41 | Harvard | Kenneth Rome buries a jumper from the left wing set up by Stanley Madison | 42-38 |
| 19:21 | Yale | Stephen Penn connects on the floater in the paint on a great pass from Walter Ceniceros and he's fouled by Kenneth Rome - foul #3 on Kenneth Rome, team foul #1 | 42-40 |
| Subs | Harvard | Eric Beckett (SF) Kenneth Rome | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 19:21 | Yale | Stephen Penn misses the free throw | 42-40 |
| 19:21 | Harvard | David Roughton pulls down the rebound | 42-40 |
| 19:00 | Harvard | Thomas Reeves hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line but the foul's on John Bromberg - foul #1 on John Bromberg, team foul #1 | 42-40 |
| 19:00 | Harvard | Thomas Reeves misses the 1st free throw | 42-40 |
| 19:00 | Harvard | Thomas Reeves misses the 2nd free throw | 42-40 |
| 19:00 | Yale | Roger Talbot grabs the board | 42-40 |
| 18:43 | Yale | Robert Ball misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Stanley Madison - foul #1 on Stanley Madison, team foul #2 | 42-40 |
| 18:43 | Yale | Robert Ball makes the 1st free throw | 42-41 |
| 18:43 | Yale | Robert Ball makes the 2nd free throw | 42-42 |
| 18:17 | Harvard | David Roughton misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 42-42 |
| 18:16 | Yale | Walter Ceniceros pulls down the rebound | 42-42 |
| 17:55 | Yale | Roger Talbot comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 42-42 |
| 17:53 | Harvard | Thomas Reeves grabs the board | 42-42 |
| 17:49 | Harvard | Eric Beckett hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 42-42 |
| 17:48 | Yale | John Bromberg grabs the board | 42-42 |
| 17:30 | Yale | Walter Ceniceros is hacked by Thomas Reeves - foul #1 on Thomas Reeves, team foul #3 | 42-42 |
| Subs | Harvard | Richard Clement (C) David Roughton | |
| Subs | Yale | Eric Allen (PF), John Hillman (C) Robert Ball, John Bromberg | |
| 17:25 | Yale | Roger Talbot misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 42-42 |
| 17:24 | Yale | Roger Talbot tips it home | 42-44 |
| 17:10 | Harvard | Richard Clement misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 42-44 |
| 17:08 | Yale | Eric Allen grabs the defensive rebound | 42-44 |
| 16:43 | Yale | Stephen Penn can't finish the layup | 42-44 |
| 16:41 | Harvard | Thomas Reeves grabs the defensive rebound | 42-44 |
| 16:23 | Harvard | Thomas Reeves misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 42-44 |
| 16:21 | Harvard | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Clement | 42-44 |
| 16:08 | Harvard | Richard Clement is hacked by Roger Talbot - foul #2 on Roger Talbot, team foul #2 | 42-44 |
| Subs | Harvard | Marvin Gates (SG), William Beck (SF), David Roughton (PF) Douglas Johnson, Eric Beckett, Thomas Reeves | |
| Subs | Yale | Richard Devito (PG), Leroy Sheehan (SG), Robert Ball (PF), John Bromberg (C) Walter Ceniceros, Roger Talbot, Stephen Penn, John Hillman | |
| 15:52 | Harvard | Marvin Gates scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Stanley Madison | 45-44 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Stanley Madison (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Marvin Gates (fresh) 6 pts. SF - William Beck (fresh) PF - David Roughton (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Clement (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Richard Devito (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Leroy Sheehan (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Eric Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Ball (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - John Bromberg (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 15:23 | Yale | Robert Ball misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 45-44 |
| 15:21 | Harvard | Richard Clement pulls down the rebound | 45-44 |
| 14:52 | Harvard | Leroy Sheehan steals it from Richard Clement | 45-44 |
| 14:37 | Yale | Robert Ball blows the layup | 45-44 |
| 14:36 | Yale | Richard Devito tips it but misses | 45-44 |
| 14:35 | Harvard | Richard Clement gets the rebound | 45-44 |
| 14:25 | Harvard | Richard Clement travels with the ball | 45-44 |
| Subs | Harvard | Douglas Johnson (PG), Antonio Alley (SG), Kenneth Rome (SF), Lei Chiong (C) Stanley Madison, Marvin Gates, William Beck, Richard Clement | |
| Subs | Yale | Walter Ceniceros (PG), Roger Talbot (SG), John Hillman (PF) Leroy Sheehan, Eric Allen, Robert Ball | |
| 14:07 | Yale | John Hillman misses the jumper from the free throw line | 45-44 |
| 14:06 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Kenneth Rome | 45-44 |
| 14:02 | Harvard | Antonio Alley connects on the jumper from the free throw line set up by Douglas Johnson | 47-44 |
| 13:45 | Yale | John Bromberg comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 47-44 |
| 13:43 | Harvard | The rebound goes to David Roughton | 47-44 |
| 13:36 | Harvard | Antonio Alley comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 47-44 |
| 13:34 | Yale | Richard Devito gets the rebound | 47-44 |
| 13:11 | Yale | Roger Talbot is fouled on the floor by Antonio Alley - foul #4 on Antonio Alley, team foul #4 | 47-44 |
| Subs | Harvard | Marvin Gates (SG), Thomas Reeves (PF) Antonio Alley, David Roughton | |
| Subs | Yale | Stephen Penn (SF), Willie Woods (C) Richard Devito, John Bromberg | |
| 13:00 | Yale | Stephen Penn misses long on a jump hook from the right block | 47-44 |
| 12:59 | Harvard | Kenneth Rome gets the rebound | 47-44 |
| 12:53 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-44 |
| 12:52 | Harvard | Thomas Reeves snags the offensive board | 47-44 |
| 12:39 | Harvard | Thomas Reeves double dribbles | 47-44 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Robert Ball (PF) Willie Woods | |
| 12:20 | Yale | Kenneth Rome picks off the pass by John Hillman | 47-44 |
| 12:10 | Harvard | Marvin Gates misses the shot near the basket | 47-44 |
| 12:09 | Harvard | Kenneth Rome misses the tip | 47-44 |
| 12:08 | Yale | Roger Talbot gets the rebound | 47-44 |
| 11:49 | Yale | Walter Ceniceros is fouled on the floor by Douglas Johnson - foul #1 on Douglas Johnson, team foul #5 | 47-44 |
| Subs | Harvard | Stanley Madison (PG) Marvin Gates | |
| Subs | Yale | Richard Devito (PG), Leroy Sheehan (SG), Willie Woods (C) Walter Ceniceros, Roger Talbot, John Hillman | |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Stanley Madison (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Douglas Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Rome (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Thomas Reeves (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Lei Chiong (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Richard Devito (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Leroy Sheehan (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Stephen Penn (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Ball (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Willie Woods (fresh) | |
| 11:34 | Yale | Stephen Penn's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 47-44 |
| Subs | Harvard | Marvin Gates (SG) Douglas Johnson | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 11:15 | Harvard | Thomas Reeves clanks a shot from the right wing | 47-44 |
| 11:13 | Harvard | The offensive rebound goes to Kenneth Rome | 47-44 |
| 11:08 | Harvard | Kenneth Rome hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 47-44 |
| 11:07 | Yale | The rebound goes to Willie Woods | 47-44 |
| 11:01 | Yale | Stephen Penn misses badly on a runner in the lane but he's fouled by Kenneth Rome - foul #4 on Kenneth Rome, team foul #6 | 47-44 |
| Subs | Harvard | Eric Beckett (SF), David Roughton (PF) Kenneth Rome, Lei Chiong | |
| Subs | Yale | Roger Talbot (SG), Eric Allen (PF), John Bromberg (C) Leroy Sheehan, Robert Ball, Willie Woods | |
| 11:01 | Yale | Stephen Penn misses the 1st free throw | 47-44 |
| 11:01 | Yale | Stephen Penn makes the 2nd free throw | 47-45 |
| 10:49 | Harvard | Marvin Gates comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Roger Talbot - foul #3 on Roger Talbot, team foul #3 | 47-45 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Walter Ceniceros (PG) Richard Devito | |
| 10:49 | Harvard | Marvin Gates makes the 1st free throw | 48-45 |
| 10:49 | Harvard | Marvin Gates makes the 2nd free throw | 49-45 |
| 10:27 | Yale | Stephen Penn makes the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Walter Ceniceros | 49-48 |
| 10:21 | Harvard | Stanley Madison is fouled in the backcourt by Walter Ceniceros - foul #1 on Walter Ceniceros, team foul #4 | 49-48 |
| Subs | Harvard | Douglas Johnson (SG) Marvin Gates | |
| Subs | Yale | Richard Devito (SF) Stephen Penn | |
| 10:08 | Harvard | David Roughton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-48 |
| Subs | Harvard | Richard Clement (C) Thomas Reeves | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 09:57 | Yale | John Bromberg clanks a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Richard Clement - foul #1 on Richard Clement, team foul #7 | 49-48 |
| Subs | Harvard | Lei Chiong (C) Richard Clement | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 09:57 | Yale | John Bromberg makes the 1st free throw | 49-49 |
| 09:57 | Yale | John Bromberg makes the 2nd free throw | 49-50 |
| 09:36 | Harvard | Lei Chiong misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Walter Ceniceros - foul #2 on Walter Ceniceros, team foul #5 | 49-50 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Robert Ball (PF) Eric Allen | |
| 09:36 | Harvard | Lei Chiong makes the 1st free throw | 50-50 |
| 09:36 | Harvard | Lei Chiong misses the 2nd free throw | 50-50 |
| 09:36 | Yale | Robert Ball pulls down the rebound | 50-50 |
| 09:18 | Yale | John Bromberg misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 50-50 |
| 09:17 | Yale | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Ball | 50-50 |
| 09:04 | Yale | Roger Talbot loses the dribble to Eric Beckett | 50-50 |
| 08:52 | Harvard | David Roughton misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 50-50 |
| 08:51 | Yale | Richard Devito grabs the defensive rebound | 50-50 |
| 08:33 | Yale | Richard Devito banks in the layup on a great pass from Walter Ceniceros | 50-52 |
| 08:19 | Harvard | Eric Beckett can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 50-52 |
| 08:18 | Harvard | David Roughton snags the offensive board | 50-52 |
| 07:53 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson misses long on a shot from the right wing but he's fouled by John Bromberg - foul #2 on John Bromberg, team foul #6 | 50-52 |
| Subs | Harvard | Antonio Alley (SG), Kenneth Rome (SF), Thomas Reeves (PF), Richard Clement (C) Stanley Madison, Eric Beckett, David Roughton, Lei Chiong | |
| Subs | Yale | Leroy Sheehan (PG), Scott Marshall (SG), Stephen Penn (SF), Eric Allen (PF), John Hillman (C) Walter Ceniceros, Roger Talbot, Richard Devito, Robert Ball, John Bromberg | |
| 07:53 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 51-52 |
| 07:53 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 52-52 |
| 07:36 | Yale | Stephen Penn buries a driving attempt in the lane | 52-54 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Douglas Johnson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Antonio Alley (fresh) 18 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SF - Kenneth Rome (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. PF - Thomas Reeves (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Richard Clement (fresh) 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Leroy Sheehan (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Scott Marshall (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Stephen Penn (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. PF - Eric Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - John Hillman (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:09 | Harvard | Kenneth Rome misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 52-54 |
| 07:07 | Yale | Leroy Sheehan pulls down the rebound | 52-54 |
| 06:48 | Yale | Stephen Penn blows the layup | 52-54 |
| 06:46 | Yale | Eric Allen tips it in | 52-56 |
| 06:39 | Harvard | Antonio Alley clanks a floater from the right block | 52-56 |
| 06:38 | Harvard | Antonio Alley tips it back up and in | 54-56 |
| 06:31 | Yale | Douglas Johnson steals it from Leroy Sheehan | 54-56 |
| 06:11 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson connects on the shot near the basket on a nice dish by Richard Clement | 56-56 |
| 05:54 | Yale | Stephen Penn knocks in the driving attempt in the paint | 56-58 |
| 05:35 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson is fouled on the floor by Leroy Sheehan - foul #1 on Leroy Sheehan, team foul #7 | 56-58 |
| Subs | Harvard | David Roughton (PF), Lei Chiong (C) Thomas Reeves, Richard Clement | |
| Subs | Yale | Walter Ceniceros (PG), Roger Talbot (SG), Robert Ball (PF), John Bromberg (C) Leroy Sheehan, Scott Marshall, Eric Allen, John Hillman | |
| 05:35 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 57-58 |
| 05:35 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 57-58 |
| 05:35 | Yale | Robert Ball grabs the defensive rebound | 57-58 |
| 05:13 | Yale | Kenneth Rome takes the ball from Robert Ball | 57-58 |
| 04:59 | Harvard | Stephen Penn swats the layup by Antonio Alley | 57-58 |
| 04:58 | Yale | John Bromberg gets the rebound | 57-58 |
| 04:38 | Yale | Robert Ball misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 57-58 |
| 04:36 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Lei Chiong | 57-58 |
| 04:12 | Harvard | Kenneth Rome scores on a 3 from straight away | 60-58 |
| 03:51 | Yale | John Bromberg misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 60-58 |
| 03:50 | Harvard | David Roughton grabs the board | 60-58 |
| 03:26 | Harvard | Antonio Alley misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but the foul's on Roger Talbot - foul #4 on Roger Talbot, team foul #8 | 60-58 |
| Subs | Harvard | Stanley Madison (PG), Eric Beckett (SF), Thomas Reeves (PF) Douglas Johnson, Kenneth Rome, David Roughton | |
| Subs | Yale | Richard Devito (SF), John Hillman (C) Stephen Penn, John Bromberg | |
| 03:26 | Harvard | Antonio Alley makes the 1st free throw | 61-58 |
| 03:26 | Harvard | Antonio Alley misses the 2nd free throw | 61-58 |
| 03:26 | Yale | Robert Ball snags the defensive board | 61-58 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Stanley Madison (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Antonio Alley (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SF - Eric Beckett (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Thomas Reeves (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Lei Chiong (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Ceniceros (fresh) 4 pts. 7 ast. SG - Roger Talbot (fresh) 11 pts. 4 pf. SF - Richard Devito (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Robert Ball (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - John Hillman (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:04 | Yale | Robert Ball's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-58 |
| Subs | Harvard | Marvin Gates (SG) Antonio Alley | |
| Subs | Yale | Eric Allen (PF) Robert Ball | |
| 03:00 | Harvard | Harvard calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-58 |
| Subs | Harvard | Kenneth Rome (SF), David Roughton (PF) Eric Beckett, Thomas Reeves | |
| Subs | Yale | John Bromberg (C) John Hillman | |
| 02:47 | Harvard | John Bromberg swats the short shot by Lei Chiong | 61-58 |
| 02:46 | Yale | John Bromberg grabs the defensive rebound | 61-58 |
| 02:46 | Yale | Yale calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-58 |
| Subs | Harvard | Antonio Alley (SG) Marvin Gates | |
| Subs | Yale | Stephen Penn (SF), Robert Ball (PF) Richard Devito, Eric Allen | |
| 02:22 | Yale | Robert Ball misses badly on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Kenneth Rome - foul #5 on Kenneth Rome, team foul #8 | 61-58 |
| Subs | Harvard | Douglas Johnson (SF) Kenneth Rome | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 02:22 | Yale | Robert Ball makes the 1st free throw | 61-59 |
| 02:22 | Yale | Robert Ball makes the 2nd free throw | 61-60 |
| 02:10 | Harvard | Antonio Alley misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 61-60 |
| 02:09 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson hits the follow up shot | 63-60 |
| 01:50 | Yale | Robert Ball hits a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by John Bromberg | 63-63 |
| 01:32 | Harvard | Lei Chiong misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 63-63 |
| 01:30 | Yale | Roger Talbot pulls down the rebound | 63-63 |
| 01:10 | Yale | John Bromberg hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Walter Ceniceros | 63-65 |
| 00:47 | Harvard | Antonio Alley loses the dribble to Robert Ball | 63-65 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:20 | Yale | Roger Talbot lays it in on a nice dish by Robert Ball | 63-67 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:14 | Harvard | Antonio Alley misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 63-67 |
| 00:13 | Harvard | The offensive rebound goes to Antonio Alley | 63-67 |
| 00:09 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Antonio Alley | 66-67 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:06 | Yale | Antonio Alley is called for the reach on Stephen Penn in the backcourt - foul #5 on Antonio Alley, team foul #9 | 66-67 |
| Subs | Harvard | Eric Beckett (SF) Antonio Alley | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 00:06 | Yale | Stephen Penn makes the 1st free throw | 66-68 |
| 00:06 | Yale | Stephen Penn misses the 2nd free throw | 66-68 |
| 00:06 | Harvard | Lei Chiong pulls down the rebound | 66-68 |
| 00:06 | Harvard | Harvard calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 66-68 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Harvard | Douglas Johnson misses long on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 66-68 |