| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Vincent Collins (fresh) SG - Lawrence Reid (fresh) SF - Malcolm Bailey (fresh) PF - Richard Durham (fresh) C - Robert Dixon (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Buddy Mooney (fresh) SG - Randy Barnes (fresh) SF - Fred Webb (fresh) PF - Johnny Nero (fresh) C - Steven Burns (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Harvard | Richard Durham wins the tip | 0-0 |
| 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 (0) | |
| 19:39 | Harvard | Richard Durham knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Malcolm Bailey | 3-0 |
| 19:33 | Yale | Fred Webb misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 3-0 |
| 19:32 | Yale | Johnny Nero grabs the offensive rebound | 3-0 |
| 19:11 | Yale | Steven Burns misses long on a jump hook in the lane | 3-0 |
| 19:10 | Harvard | Lawrence Reid gets the rebound | 3-0 |
| 18:50 | Harvard | Vincent Collins can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 3-0 |
| 18:48 | Harvard | Robert Dixon tips it home | 5-0 |
| 18:37 | Yale | Randy Barnes connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Buddy Mooney | 5-3 |
| 18:11 | Harvard | Richard Durham clanks a floater from the free throw line | 5-3 |
| 18:10 | Yale | Johnny Nero snags the defensive board | 5-3 |
| 17:46 | Yale | Johnny Nero's layup is rejected by Richard Durham | 5-3 |
| 17:45 | Yale | The offensive rebound goes to Johnny Nero | 5-3 |
| 17:39 | Yale | Vincent Collins steals the ball from Johnny Nero | 5-3 |
| 17:35 | Harvard | Vincent Collins lays it up and in | 7-3 |
| 17:26 | Yale | Fred Webb hits a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Johnny Nero | 7-5 |
| 17:13 | Harvard | Malcolm Bailey throws a bad pass out of bounds | 7-5 |
| 16:55 | Yale | Vincent Collins is called for the reach on Buddy Mooney - foul #1 on Vincent Collins, team foul #1 | 7-5 |
| 16:45 | Yale | Buddy Mooney can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 7-5 |
| 16:44 | Harvard | Richard Durham grabs the board | 7-5 |
| 16:32 | Harvard | Lawrence Reid clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Randy Barnes - foul #1 on Randy Barnes, team foul #1 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Harvard | Philip Swift (SF), Nathaniel Murphy (PF) Malcolm Bailey, Richard Durham | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 16:32 | Harvard | Lawrence Reid makes the 1st free throw | 8-5 |
| 16:32 | Harvard | Lawrence Reid makes the 2nd free throw | 9-5 |
| 16:17 | Yale | Randy Barnes buries a jumper from the free throw line set up by Buddy Mooney | 9-7 |
| 15:58 | Harvard | Vincent Collins misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 9-7 |
| 15:57 | Yale | Steven Burns grabs the board | 9-7 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Vincent Collins (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Lawrence Reid (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Philip Swift (fresh) PF - Nathaniel Murphy (fresh) C - Robert Dixon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Buddy Mooney (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Randy Barnes (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Fred Webb (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Johnny Nero (fresh) 3 reb. C - Steven Burns (fresh) | |
| 15:52 | Yale | Buddy Mooney connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Randy Barnes | 9-10 |
| 15:29 | Harvard | Vincent Collins is hacked by Buddy Mooney - foul #1 on Buddy Mooney, team foul #2 | 9-10 |
| Subs | Harvard | Dave Walsh (PG), Malcolm Bailey (SF), Richard Durham (PF) Vincent Collins, Lawrence Reid, Robert Dixon | |
| Subs | Yale | Larry Cavallo (PG), Stephen Richardson (SF), Lawrence Gaither (PF), Stephen Leflore (C) Buddy Mooney, Fred Webb, Johnny Nero, Steven Burns | |
| 15:24 | Harvard | Malcolm Bailey misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 9-10 |
| 15:23 | Yale | Stephen Richardson gets the rebound | 9-10 |
| 15:12 | Yale | Nathaniel Murphy swats the short shot by Stephen Leflore | 9-10 |
| 15:10 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Nathaniel Murphy | 9-10 |
| 14:48 | Harvard | Nathaniel Murphy drills a jumper from close range set up by Richard Durham and the foul's on Larry Cavallo - foul #1 on Larry Cavallo, team foul #3 | 11-10 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Duane Thomas (SG) Randy Barnes | |
| 14:48 | Harvard | Nathaniel Murphy makes the free throw | 12-10 |
| 14:32 | Yale | Malcolm Bailey steps in front of the Larry Cavallo pass | 12-10 |
| 14:14 | Harvard | Malcolm Bailey misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 12-10 |
| 14:13 | Yale | Stephen Leflore grabs the board | 12-10 |
| 14:03 | Yale | Lawrence Gaither scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 12-13 |
| 13:51 | Harvard | Richard Durham misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's fouled by Lawrence Gaither - foul #1 on Lawrence Gaither, team foul #4 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Harvard | Vincent Collins (PG), James Foster (SF), Robert Dixon (C) Dave Walsh, Malcolm Bailey, Nathaniel Murphy | |
| Subs | Yale | Buddy Mooney (PG), Fred Webb (SF), Johnny Nero (PF), Steven Burns (C) Duane Thomas, Stephen Richardson, Lawrence Gaither, Stephen Leflore | |
| 13:51 | Harvard | Richard Durham makes the 1st free throw | 13-13 |
| 13:51 | Harvard | Richard Durham misses the 2nd free throw | 13-13 |
| 13:51 | Yale | Steven Burns snags the defensive board | 13-13 |
| 13:29 | Yale | Buddy Mooney is hacked by Vincent Collins - foul #2 on Vincent Collins, team foul #2 | 13-13 |
| Subs | Harvard | Dave Walsh (PG), Lawrence Reid (SG), Ronald Morris (PF) Vincent Collins, Philip Swift, Richard Durham | |
| Subs | Yale | Randy Barnes (SG) Larry Cavallo | |
| 13:24 | Yale | Randy Barnes scores on a fadeaway from the left side set up by Fred Webb | 13-15 |
| 13:04 | Harvard | Lawrence Reid hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 13-15 |
| 13:02 | Harvard | Robert Dixon gets the offensive rebound | 13-15 |
| 12:49 | Harvard | Ronald Morris misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 13-15 |
| 12:48 | Yale | The rebound goes to Randy Barnes | 13-15 |
| 12:33 | Yale | Ronald Morris is called for the reach on Buddy Mooney - foul #1 on Ronald Morris, team foul #3 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Harvard | Malcolm Bailey (SF), Philip Swift (PF) James Foster, Ronald Morris | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 12:25 | Yale | Steven Burns hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the lane | 13-15 |
| 12:24 | Harvard | Philip Swift pulls down the rebound | 13-15 |
| 12:11 | Harvard | Philip Swift's floater is knocked away by Johnny Nero | 13-15 |
| 12:10 | Harvard | Robert Dixon grabs the offensive board | 13-15 |
| 11:45 | Harvard | Malcolm Bailey clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 13-15 |
| 11:44 | Yale | Johnny Nero gets the rebound | 13-15 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Dave Walsh (fresh) SG - Lawrence Reid (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Malcolm Bailey (fresh) PF - Philip Swift (fresh) C - Robert Dixon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Buddy Mooney (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Randy Barnes (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Webb (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Johnny Nero (fresh) 4 reb. C - Steven Burns (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:34 | Yale | Johnny Nero misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 13-15 |
| 11:32 | Harvard | Malcolm Bailey gets the rebound | 13-15 |
| 11:28 | Harvard | Fred Webb is called for the reach on Malcolm Bailey - foul #1 on Fred Webb, team foul #5 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Harvard | Richard Durham (PF), Nathaniel Murphy (C) Lawrence Reid, Robert Dixon | |
| Subs | Yale | Larry Cavallo (SG), Lawrence Gaither (PF) Randy Barnes, Johnny Nero | |
| 11:07 | Harvard | Nathaniel Murphy lays it up and in on a great pass from Dave Walsh | 15-15 |
| 10:42 | Yale | Steven Burns misses short on a floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Nathaniel Murphy - foul #1 on Nathaniel Murphy, team foul #4 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jacob Nauman (PG), Lawrence Reid (SG), James Foster (SF) Dave Walsh, Philip Swift, Malcolm Bailey | |
| Subs | Yale | Duane Thomas (SG), Stephen Richardson (SF) Buddy Mooney, Fred Webb | |
| 10:42 | Yale | Steven Burns makes the 1st free throw | 15-16 |
| 10:42 | Yale | Steven Burns misses the 2nd free throw | 15-16 |
| 10:42 | Harvard | Richard Durham grabs the defensive rebound | 15-16 |
| 10:35 | Harvard | Jacob Nauman can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Duane Thomas - foul #1 on Duane Thomas, team foul #6 | 15-16 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Randy Barnes (SG), Stephen Leflore (C) Duane Thomas, Steven Burns | |
| 10:35 | Harvard | Jacob Nauman makes the 1st free throw | 16-16 |
| 10:35 | Harvard | Jacob Nauman makes the 2nd free throw | 17-16 |
| 10:25 | Yale | Randy Barnes's fadeaway is rejected by Nathaniel Murphy | 17-16 |
| 10:24 | Harvard | Lawrence Reid grabs the board | 17-16 |
| 10:12 | Harvard | Richard Durham blows the layup | 17-16 |
| 10:10 | Harvard | Nathaniel Murphy grabs the offensive board | 17-16 |
| 10:04 | Harvard | James Foster hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 20-16 |
| 09:43 | Yale | Lawrence Gaither misses badly on a driving attempt in the paint | 20-16 |
| 09:41 | Yale | Stephen Leflore snags the offensive board | 20-16 |
| 09:36 | Yale | Jacob Nauman is called for the reach on Larry Cavallo - foul #1 on Jacob Nauman, team foul #5 | 20-16 |
| Subs | Harvard | Dave Walsh (PG), Philip Swift (SG), Malcolm Bailey (SF), Robert Dixon (C) Jacob Nauman, Lawrence Reid, James Foster, Nathaniel Murphy | |
| Subs | Yale | Johnny Nero (PF) Stephen Leflore | |
| 09:23 | Yale | Randy Barnes clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 20-16 |
| 09:21 | Yale | Johnny Nero hits the follow up shot | 20-18 |
| 08:52 | Harvard | Dave Walsh loses the dribble to Randy Barnes | 20-18 |
| 08:31 | Yale | Stephen Richardson misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 20-18 |
| 08:29 | Harvard | Philip Swift grabs the defensive rebound | 20-18 |
| 08:17 | Harvard | Philip Swift hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 20-18 |
| 08:15 | Harvard | Robert Dixon grabs the offensive rebound | 20-18 |
| 08:04 | Harvard | Robert Dixon clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 20-18 |
| 08:02 | Yale | Johnny Nero pulls down the rebound | 20-18 |
| 07:38 | Yale | Johnny Nero's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 20-18 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jacob Nauman (PG), Lawrence Reid (SG), James Foster (SF), Nathaniel Murphy (PF) Dave Walsh, Philip Swift, Malcolm Bailey, Richard Durham | |
| Subs | Yale | Buddy Mooney (PG), Duane Thomas (SG), Fred Webb (SF), Steven Burns (C) Larry Cavallo, Randy Barnes, Stephen Richardson, Lawrence Gaither | |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Jacob Nauman (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Lawrence Reid (fresh) 2 pts. SF - James Foster (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Nathaniel Murphy (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Robert Dixon (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Buddy Mooney (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Duane Thomas (fresh) SF - Fred Webb (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Johnny Nero (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Steven Burns (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Harvard | The short jumper by Nathaniel Murphy is denied by Steven Burns | 20-18 |
| 07:16 | Yale | The rebound goes to Steven Burns | 20-18 |
| 07:01 | Yale | Fred Webb misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 20-18 |
| 06:59 | Harvard | Lawrence Reid grabs the defensive rebound | 20-18 |
| 06:37 | Harvard | Fred Webb steals it from Jacob Nauman | 20-18 |
| 06:11 | Yale | Buddy Mooney is fouled on the floor by Lawrence Reid - foul #1 on Lawrence Reid, team foul #6 | 20-18 |
| Subs | Harvard | Dave Walsh (PG), Malcolm Bailey (SF), Philip Swift (PF) Jacob Nauman, James Foster, Robert Dixon | |
| Subs | Yale | Lawrence Gaither (PF) Johnny Nero | |
| 05:59 | Yale | Malcolm Bailey takes the ball from Fred Webb | 20-18 |
| 05:42 | Harvard | Lawrence Reid misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 20-18 |
| 05:40 | Yale | Lawrence Gaither pulls down the rebound | 20-18 |
| 05:27 | Yale | Lawrence Gaither travels with the ball | 20-18 |
| Subs | Harvard | Richard Durham (PF) Philip Swift | |
| Subs | Yale | Randy Barnes (SG) Duane Thomas | |
| 05:03 | Harvard | Nathaniel Murphy misses the jump hook from the left block | 20-18 |
| 05:01 | Harvard | Richard Durham pulls down the offensive rebound | 20-18 |
| 04:44 | Harvard | Richard Durham is whistled for a carry | 20-18 |
| Subs | Harvard | Philip Swift (SG), Ronald Morris (C) Lawrence Reid, Nathaniel Murphy | |
| Subs | Yale | Johnny Nero (PF) Lawrence Gaither | |
| 04:29 | Yale | Johnny Nero clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 20-18 |
| 04:27 | Yale | The offensive rebound goes to Steven Burns | 20-18 |
| 04:20 | Yale | Randy Barnes can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 20-18 |
| 04:18 | Yale | Steven Burns snags the offensive board | 20-18 |
| 03:52 | Yale | Randy Barnes misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Richard Durham - foul #1 on Richard Durham, team foul #7 | 20-18 |
| Subs | Harvard | Vincent Collins (PG), James Foster (SF), Robert Dixon (C) Dave Walsh, Malcolm Bailey, Ronald Morris | |
| Subs | Yale | Larry Cavallo (PG), Stephen Richardson (SF), Lawrence Gaither (C) Buddy Mooney, Fred Webb, Steven Burns | |
| 03:52 | Yale | Randy Barnes makes the 1st free throw | 20-19 |
| 03:52 | Yale | Randy Barnes misses the 2nd free throw | 20-19 |
| 03:52 | Harvard | Richard Durham grabs the board | 20-19 |
| 03:29 | Harvard | James Foster makes the 3pt shot from the right wing | 23-19 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Vincent Collins (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Philip Swift (fresh) 2 reb. SF - James Foster (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Richard Durham (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Dixon (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Larry Cavallo (fresh) SG - Randy Barnes (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Stephen Richardson (fresh) PF - Johnny Nero (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Lawrence Gaither (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 03:24 | Yale | Randy Barnes misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 23-19 |
| 03:22 | Harvard | Richard Durham gets the rebound | 23-19 |
| 03:01 | Harvard | Robert Dixon's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 23-19 |
| Subs | Harvard | Lawrence Reid (SG), Nathaniel Murphy (PF) James Foster, Richard Durham | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 02:42 | Yale | Larry Cavallo's fadeaway is rejected by Nathaniel Murphy | 23-19 |
| 02:40 | Harvard | Nathaniel Murphy grabs the board | 23-19 |
| 02:36 | Harvard | Philip Swift knocks in the shot in the paint on a nice dish by Vincent Collins | 25-19 |
| 02:31 | Yale | Larry Cavallo loses the dribble to Lawrence Reid in the backcourt | 25-19 |
| 02:17 | Harvard | Vincent Collins drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Nathaniel Murphy | 28-19 |
| 01:54 | Yale | Stephen Richardson misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 28-19 |
| 01:52 | Harvard | Robert Dixon grabs the board | 28-19 |
| 01:33 | Harvard | Philip Swift makes the fadeaway in the lane | 30-19 |
| 01:28 | Yale | Randy Barnes can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 30-19 |
| 01:27 | Harvard | Nathaniel Murphy gets the rebound | 30-19 |
| 01:05 | Harvard | Vincent Collins hits a 3 from the left wing set up by Lawrence Reid | 33-19 |
| 00:45 | Yale | Lawrence Gaither misses the fadeaway in the paint | 33-19 |
| 00:44 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Nathaniel Murphy | 33-19 |
| 00:37 | Harvard | Robert Dixon misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Stephen Richardson - foul #1 on Stephen Richardson, team foul #7 | 33-19 |
| Subs | Harvard | Dave Walsh (SG), Malcolm Bailey (SF), Richard Durham (PF) Lawrence Reid, Philip Swift, Nathaniel Murphy | |
| Subs | Yale | Buddy Mooney (PG), Duane Thomas (SG), Fred Webb (SF), Arthur Cypert (PF), Steven Burns (C) Larry Cavallo, Randy Barnes, Stephen Richardson, Johnny Nero, Lawrence Gaither | |
| 00:37 | Harvard | Robert Dixon makes the 1st free throw | 34-19 |
| 00:37 | Harvard | Robert Dixon misses the 2nd free throw | 34-19 |
| 00:37 | Yale | Steven Burns grabs the board | 34-19 |
| 00:32 | Yale | Duane Thomas is hacked by Dave Walsh - foul #1 on Dave Walsh, team foul #8 | 34-19 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ronald Morris (C) Robert Dixon | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 00:32 | Yale | Duane Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 34-20 |
| 00:32 | Yale | Duane Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 34-20 |
| 00:32 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Ronald Morris | 34-20 |
| 00:16 | Harvard | Dave Walsh connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Ronald Morris | 37-20 |
| 00:10 | Yale | Arthur Cypert is hacked by Vincent Collins - foul #3 on Vincent Collins, team foul #9 | 37-20 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jacob Nauman (SG) Vincent Collins | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 00:10 | Yale | Arthur Cypert misses the 1st free throw | 37-20 |
| 00:10 | Harvard | Richard Durham grabs the board | 37-20 |
| 00:05 | Harvard | Jacob Nauman misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 37-20 |
| 00:04 | Yale | Arthur Cypert pulls down the rebound | 37-20 |
| 00:00 | Yale | Arthur Cypert clanks a halfcourt shot | 37-20 |