| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Michael Sander (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Don Shine (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Christopher Ernst (fresh) PF - Buck Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Quincy Ross (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Gordon Chaidez (fresh) SG - Earl Hunt (fresh) SF - Lester Harris (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clyde Alpert (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Cecil Nez (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst inbounds the ball | 32-21 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:40 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst knocks in the floater from the right block | 34-21 |
| 19:19 | Harvard | Lester Harris clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 34-21 |
| 19:18 | Harvard | Earl Hunt tips it home | 34-23 |
| 18:59 | Columbia | Quincy Ross hits the finger roll | 36-23 |
| 18:51 | Harvard | Clyde Alpert can't connect on a turnaround from the right block | 36-23 |
| 18:50 | Columbia | Buck Williams pulls down the rebound | 36-23 |
| 18:25 | Columbia | Don Shine connects on the floater in the lane set up by Buck Williams | 38-23 |
| 18:11 | Harvard | Cecil Nez knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing | 38-26 |
| 17:49 | Columbia | Michael Sander is fouled on the floor by Gordon Chaidez - foul #3 on Gordon Chaidez, team foul #1 | 38-26 |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| Subs | Harvard | Robert Blue (PG) Gordon Chaidez | |
| 17:27 | Columbia | Lester Harris is called for the reach on Don Shine - foul #1 on Lester Harris, team foul #2 | 38-26 |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| Subs | Harvard | Abraham Arnold (SF), William Lim (PF) Lester Harris, Clyde Alpert | |
| 17:10 | Columbia | Don Shine hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Michael Sander | 40-26 |
| 16:51 | Harvard | Abraham Arnold misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 40-26 |
| 16:49 | Harvard | Cecil Nez tips it but misses | 40-26 |
| 16:48 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Quincy Ross | 40-26 |
| 16:19 | Columbia | Michael Sander drills a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Don Shine | 43-26 |
| 15:58 | Harvard | Robert Blue is fouled on the floor by Christopher Ernst - foul #2 on Christopher Ernst, team foul #1 | 43-26 |
| Subs | Columbia | Dean Stanger (PG), Joseph Lin (SG), Charles Nichols (SF), Mark Johnson (PF), Herbert Menjivar (C) Michael Sander, Don Shine, Christopher Ernst, Buck Williams, Quincy Ross | |
| Subs | Harvard | Gordon Chaidez (PG), Lester Harris (SF), Clyde Alpert (PF) Earl Hunt, Abraham Arnold, Cecil Nez | |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Dean Stanger (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Joseph Lin (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Charles Nichols (fresh) PF - Mark Johnson (fresh) 2 reb. C - Herbert Menjivar (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Gordon Chaidez (fresh) 3 pf. SG - Robert Blue (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Lester Harris (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clyde Alpert (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Lim (fresh) | |
| 15:51 | Harvard | Clyde Alpert misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 43-26 |
| 15:49 | Columbia | Mark Johnson gets the rebound | 43-26 |
| 15:24 | Columbia | Herbert Menjivar comes up short on the runner from close range but the foul's on William Lim - foul #1 on William Lim, team foul #3 | 43-26 |
| 15:24 | Columbia | Herbert Menjivar makes the 1st free throw | 44-26 |
| 15:24 | Columbia | Herbert Menjivar makes the 2nd free throw | 45-26 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 15:05 | Harvard | Gordon Chaidez connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Robert Blue | 45-29 |
| 14:38 | Columbia | Joseph Lin makes the jumper from just outside the lane set up by Dean Stanger | 47-29 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 14:33 | Harvard | Charles Nichols takes the ball from Robert Blue | 47-29 |
| 14:28 | Columbia | Charles Nichols lays it up and in | 49-29 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 14:12 | Harvard | Lester Harris makes the fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Robert Blue | 49-31 |
| 13:47 | Columbia | William Lim is called for the reach on Dean Stanger - foul #2 on William Lim, team foul #4 | 49-31 |
| Subs | Columbia | Michael Sander (PG), Don Shine (SG), Christopher Ernst (SF), Buck Williams (PF), Quincy Ross (C) Dean Stanger, Joseph Lin, Charles Nichols, Herbert Menjivar, Mark Johnson | |
| Subs | Harvard | Earl Hunt (SG), Abraham Arnold (SF), Anthony Doney (PF), Cecil Nez (C) Robert Blue, Lester Harris, Clyde Alpert, William Lim | |
| 13:32 | Columbia | Don Shine buries a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Christopher Ernst | 51-31 |
| 13:28 | Harvard | Earl Hunt makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Abraham Arnold | 51-34 |
| 13:01 | Columbia | Buck Williams hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Earl Hunt - foul #3 on Earl Hunt, team foul #5 | 51-34 |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| Subs | Harvard | Glenn Lynn (PG) Gordon Chaidez | |
| 13:01 | Columbia | Buck Williams makes the 1st free throw | 52-34 |
| 13:01 | Columbia | Buck Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 53-34 |
| 12:51 | Harvard | Earl Hunt is fouled on the floor by Don Shine - foul #1 on Don Shine, team foul #2 | 53-34 |
| 12:46 | Harvard | Abraham Arnold is fouled on the floor by Buck Williams - foul #1 on Buck Williams, team foul #3 | 53-34 |
| 12:41 | Harvard | Anthony Doney clanks a turnaround in the paint but he's hacked by Buck Williams - foul #2 on Buck Williams, team foul #4 | 53-34 |
| 12:41 | Harvard | Anthony Doney misses the 1st free throw | 53-34 |
| 12:41 | Harvard | Anthony Doney makes the 2nd free throw | 53-35 |
| 12:16 | Columbia | Don Shine's layup is rejected by Cecil Nez | 53-35 |
| 12:14 | Harvard | Cecil Nez grabs the board | 53-35 |
| 12:10 | Harvard | Cecil Nez comes up short on the runner from the baseline | 53-35 |
| 12:08 | Harvard | Cecil Nez grabs the offensive rebound | 53-35 |
| 11:54 | Harvard | Cecil Nez lays it in on a nice dish by Abraham Arnold | 53-37 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Michael Sander (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Don Shine (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Christopher Ernst (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Buck Williams (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. C - Quincy Ross (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Glenn Lynn (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Earl Hunt (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Abraham Arnold (fresh) PF - Anthony Doney (fresh) 5 pts. C - Cecil Nez (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:34 | Columbia | Quincy Ross's layup is rejected by Abraham Arnold | 53-37 |
| 11:32 | Harvard | Anthony Doney grabs the defensive rebound | 53-37 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 11:12 | Harvard | Glenn Lynn hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 53-37 |
| 11:11 | Columbia | Quincy Ross grabs the board | 53-37 |
| 10:47 | Columbia | The jumper by Christopher Ernst is denied by Cecil Nez | 53-37 |
| 10:46 | Harvard | Abraham Arnold grabs the defensive rebound | 53-37 |
| 10:39 | Harvard | Cecil Nez comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 53-37 |
| 10:38 | Harvard | Cecil Nez tips it in | 53-39 |
| 10:14 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst misses long on a jumper near the basket but he's hacked by Cecil Nez - foul #1 on Cecil Nez, team foul #6 | 53-39 |
| Subs | Columbia | Charles Nichols (SF), Mark Johnson (PF) Don Shine, Buck Williams | |
| Subs | Harvard | Gordon Chaidez (PG), Lester Harris (SF), Clyde Alpert (PF), William Lim (C) Glenn Lynn, Abraham Arnold, Anthony Doney, Cecil Nez | |
| 10:14 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst misses the 1st free throw | 53-39 |
| 10:14 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst makes the 2nd free throw | 54-39 |
| 09:51 | Harvard | Charles Nichols takes the ball from Lester Harris | 54-39 |
| 09:31 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst can't finish the layup | 54-39 |
| 09:30 | Columbia | Quincy Ross hits the follow up shot | 56-39 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 09:14 | Harvard | Clyde Alpert misses the turnaround from the right block | 56-39 |
| 09:12 | Columbia | Quincy Ross snags the defensive board | 56-39 |
| 08:43 | Columbia | Quincy Ross can't connect on a jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by William Lim - foul #3 on William Lim, team foul #7 | 56-39 |
| Subs | Columbia | Dean Stanger (PG), Don Shine (SG), Buck Williams (PF) Michael Sander, Christopher Ernst, Mark Johnson | |
| Subs | Harvard | Robert Blue (SG), Cecil Nez (C) Earl Hunt, William Lim | |
| 08:43 | Columbia | Quincy Ross makes the 1st free throw | 57-39 |
| 08:43 | Columbia | Quincy Ross makes the 2nd free throw | 58-39 |
| 08:20 | Harvard | Clyde Alpert misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 58-39 |
| 08:18 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Dean Stanger | 58-39 |
| 07:55 | Columbia | Don Shine misses badly on a shot in the paint but the foul's on Clyde Alpert - foul #2 on Clyde Alpert, team foul #8 | 58-39 |
| Subs | Columbia | Mark Johnson (C) Quincy Ross | |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| 07:55 | Columbia | Don Shine makes the 1st free throw | 59-39 |
| 07:55 | Columbia | Don Shine makes the 2nd free throw | 60-39 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Dean Stanger (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Don Shine (fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Charles Nichols (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Buck Williams (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. C - Mark Johnson (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Gordon Chaidez (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SG - Robert Blue (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Lester Harris (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clyde Alpert (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Cecil Nez (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:32 | Harvard | Gordon Chaidez scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 60-41 |
| 07:03 | Columbia | Mark Johnson clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 60-41 |
| 07:02 | Columbia | Mark Johnson tips it in | 62-41 |
| 06:53 | Harvard | Clyde Alpert makes the jumpshot from just outside the lane and he's hacked by Buck Williams - foul #3 on Buck Williams, team foul #5 | 62-43 |
| Subs | Columbia | Michael Sander (PG), Joseph Lin (SG), Christopher Ernst (SF), Herbert Menjivar (C) Dean Stanger, Don Shine, Charles Nichols, Buck Williams | |
| Subs | Harvard | Earl Hunt (SG), Abraham Arnold (SF) Gordon Chaidez, Lester Harris | |
| 06:53 | Harvard | Clyde Alpert misses the free throw | 62-43 |
| 06:53 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Joseph Lin | 62-43 |
| 06:25 | Columbia | Michael Sander comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 62-43 |
| 06:24 | Columbia | The offensive rebound goes to Joseph Lin | 62-43 |
| 05:57 | Columbia | Herbert Menjivar blows the layup | 62-43 |
| 05:56 | Harvard | Earl Hunt grabs the defensive rebound | 62-43 |
| 05:43 | Harvard | Clyde Alpert lays it up and in set up by Robert Blue | 62-45 |
| 05:19 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst misses long on a floater from the left side but the foul's on Earl Hunt - foul #4 on Earl Hunt, team foul #9 | 62-45 |
| Subs | Columbia | Don Shine (SG), Buck Williams (PF), Quincy Ross (C) Joseph Lin, Mark Johnson, Herbert Menjivar | |
| Subs | Harvard | Gordon Chaidez (PG), William Lim (PF), Leon Morgenstern (C) Robert Blue, Clyde Alpert, Cecil Nez | |
| 05:19 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst misses the 1st free throw | 62-45 |
| 05:19 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst misses the 2nd free throw | 62-45 |
| 05:19 | Harvard | William Lim grabs the defensive rebound | 62-45 |
| 05:11 | Harvard | Leon Morgenstern can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 62-45 |
| 05:09 | Columbia | The rebound goes to Buck Williams | 62-45 |
| 04:49 | Columbia | Christopher Ernst double dribbles | 62-45 |
| Subs | Columbia | | |
| Subs | Harvard | Lester Harris (SF) Abraham Arnold | |
| 04:35 | Harvard | Lester Harris is fouled on the floor by Christopher Ernst - foul #3 on Christopher Ernst, team foul #6 | 62-45 |
| 04:30 | Harvard | Gordon Chaidez misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 62-45 |
| 04:28 | Columbia | Buck Williams snags the defensive board | 62-45 |
| 03:59 | Columbia | Quincy Ross is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Quincy Ross, team foul #7 | 62-45 |
| Subs | Columbia | Dean Stanger (PG), Joseph Lin (SG), Charles Nichols (SF), Mark Johnson (PF), Herbert Menjivar (C) Michael Sander, Don Shine, Christopher Ernst, Buck Williams, Quincy Ross | |
| Subs | Harvard | Glenn Lynn (PG), Robert Blue (SG), Abraham Arnold (SF) Gordon Chaidez, Earl Hunt, Lester Harris | |
| 03:41 | Harvard | Glenn Lynn loses the dribble to Mark Johnson | 62-45 |
| Lineup | Columbia | PG - Dean Stanger (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Joseph Lin (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Charles Nichols (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Mark Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Herbert Menjivar (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Glenn Lynn (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Robert Blue (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Abraham Arnold (fresh) PF - William Lim (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Leon Morgenstern (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:12 | Columbia | Herbert Menjivar knocks in the floater in the paint on a great pass from Dean Stanger | 64-45 |
| 03:00 | Harvard | Glenn Lynn misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 64-45 |
| 02:58 | Columbia | Herbert Menjivar pulls down the rebound | 64-45 |
| 02:36 | Columbia | Dean Stanger misses short on a floater from the right wing | 64-45 |
| 02:34 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Leon Morgenstern | 64-45 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:32 | Harvard | Dean Stanger takes the ball from Glenn Lynn in the backcourt | 64-45 |
| 02:31 | Columbia | Joseph Lin hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Dean Stanger | 66-45 |
| 02:20 | Harvard | Leon Morgenstern connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Robert Blue | 66-48 |
| 02:09 | Columbia | Mark Johnson makes the floater from the left block set up by Joseph Lin | 68-48 |
| 01:58 | Harvard | Glenn Lynn misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 68-48 |
| 01:57 | Columbia | Charles Nichols snags the defensive board | 68-48 |
| 01:52 | Columbia | Dean Stanger hits the front of the rim on the floater in the lane | 68-48 |
| 01:50 | Harvard | Abraham Arnold grabs the defensive rebound | 68-48 |
| 01:44 | Harvard | Robert Blue loses the dribble to Mark Johnson | 68-48 |
| 01:39 | Columbia | Robert Blue is called for the reach on Mark Johnson - foul #3 on Robert Blue, team foul #10 | 68-48 |
| 01:39 | Columbia | Mark Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 69-48 |
| 01:39 | Columbia | Mark Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 70-48 |
| 01:30 | Harvard | William Lim dunks the ball set up by Robert Blue | 70-50 |
| 01:04 | Columbia | Robert Blue picks off the pass by Charles Nichols | 70-50 |
| 01:00 | Harvard | Robert Blue lays it in | 70-52 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:34 | Columbia | Joseph Lin is hacked by Leon Morgenstern - foul #2 on Leon Morgenstern, team foul #11 | 70-52 |
| 00:34 | Columbia | Joseph Lin makes the 1st free throw | 71-52 |
| 00:34 | Columbia | Joseph Lin makes the 2nd free throw | 72-52 |
| Game Plan | Columbia | Columbia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:30 | Harvard | Glenn Lynn throws a bad pass out of bounds | 72-52 |
| 00:00 | Columbia | Dean Stanger runs out the clock | 72-52 |