| Lineup | Harvard | PG - William Aleman (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gerald Roberts (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Eric Trudeau (fresh) PF - Ron Fenton (fresh) 2 pts. C - Terry Frazier (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Richard Parenteau (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Alfred Grier (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Roscoe Gerth (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Frank Hoff (fresh) 6 pts. C - Glenn Wood (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Yale | Roscoe Gerth inbounds the ball | 33-35 |
| 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) | |
| 19:38 | Yale | William Aleman steps in front of the Frank Hoff pass | 33-35 |
| 19:33 | Harvard | Ron Fenton banks in the layup on a great pass from William Aleman | 35-35 |
| 19:08 | Yale | Frank Hoff buries a runner near the basket set up by Richard Parenteau | 35-37 |
| 18:52 | Harvard | Ron Fenton misses badly on a turnaround from the right block but he's hacked by Roscoe Gerth - foul #1 on Roscoe Gerth, team foul #1 | 35-37 |
| 18:52 | Harvard | Ron Fenton makes the 1st free throw | 36-37 |
| 18:52 | Harvard | Ron Fenton makes the 2nd free throw | 37-37 |
| 18:35 | Yale | Roscoe Gerth is called for traveling | 37-37 |
| 18:12 | Harvard | Eric Trudeau misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 37-37 |
| 18:11 | Harvard | Gerald Roberts grabs the offensive rebound | 37-37 |
| 17:55 | Harvard | William Aleman is hacked by Alfred Grier - foul #1 on Alfred Grier, team foul #2 | 37-37 |
| 17:36 | Harvard | Terry Frazier's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-37 |
| 17:21 | Yale | Glenn Wood can't connect on a runner in the lane | 37-37 |
| 17:19 | Yale | Frank Hoff snags the offensive board | 37-37 |
| 17:00 | Yale | Richard Parenteau is fouled on the floor by Ron Fenton - foul #2 on Ron Fenton, team foul #1 | 37-37 |
| Subs | Harvard | Stacey Dowell (PG), Kenneth Demaio (SG), Francis Johnson (PF), William Teller (C) William Aleman, Gerald Roberts, Ron Fenton, Terry Frazier | |
| Subs | Yale | John Boone (SG), Kevin Rickert (SF), Hajj Alvarenga (PF), William Cooney (C) Alfred Grier, Roscoe Gerth, Frank Hoff, Glenn Wood | |
| 16:41 | Yale | Hajj Alvarenga buries a 3pt shot from straight away | 37-40 |
| 16:24 | Harvard | William Teller misses the lay-in | 37-40 |
| 16:22 | Harvard | Eric Trudeau tips it back up and in | 39-40 |
| 16:09 | Yale | Richard Parenteau misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-40 |
| 16:08 | Harvard | Francis Johnson gets the rebound | 39-40 |
| 15:48 | Harvard | Kenneth Demaio connects on the shot in the lane on a great pass from Stacey Dowell | 41-40 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Stacey Dowell (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Demaio (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Eric Trudeau (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Francis Johnson (fresh) 3 reb. C - William Teller (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Richard Parenteau (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Boone (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Kevin Rickert (fresh) PF - Hajj Alvarenga (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - William Cooney (fresh) | |
| 15:31 | Yale | Eric Trudeau blocks the short jumper by William Cooney | 41-40 |
| 15:29 | Harvard | The rebound goes to Eric Trudeau | 41-40 |
| 15:10 | Harvard | Kenneth Demaio buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Francis Johnson | 44-40 |
| 14:52 | Yale | John Boone is whistled for traveling | 44-40 |
| Subs | Harvard | William Aleman (PG), Gerald Roberts (SG), Ron Fenton (PF), Terry Frazier (C) Stacey Dowell, Kenneth Demaio, Eric Trudeau, William Teller | |
| Subs | Yale | Charles Romaine (PG), Alfred Grier (SG), Roscoe Gerth (SF), Frank Hoff (PF), Glenn Wood (C) Richard Parenteau, John Boone, Kevin Rickert, Hajj Alvarenga, William Cooney | |
| 14:38 | Harvard | Francis Johnson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-40 |
| 14:18 | Yale | Frank Hoff knocks in the floater in the lane | 44-42 |
| 13:57 | Harvard | Ron Fenton drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 46-42 |
| 13:39 | Yale | Glenn Wood comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 46-42 |
| 13:38 | Yale | The offensive rebound goes to Charles Romaine | 46-42 |
| 13:16 | Yale | Charles Romaine is fouled on the floor by Francis Johnson - foul #2 on Francis Johnson, team foul #2 | 46-42 |
| Subs | Harvard | Kenneth Demaio (SF) Francis Johnson | |
| Subs | Yale | Richard Parenteau (PG) Charles Romaine | |
| 13:09 | Yale | Richard Parenteau knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Frank Hoff | 46-44 |
| 13:01 | Harvard | Gerald Roberts hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 46-44 |
| 12:59 | Yale | Frank Hoff grabs the board | 46-44 |
| 12:54 | Yale | Richard Parenteau misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Gerald Roberts - foul #3 on Gerald Roberts, team foul #3 | 46-44 |
| Subs | Harvard | Eric Trudeau (SF) Kenneth Demaio | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 12:54 | Yale | Richard Parenteau makes the 1st free throw | 46-45 |
| 12:54 | Yale | Richard Parenteau misses the 2nd free throw | 46-45 |
| 12:54 | Yale | Frank Hoff grabs the offensive board | 46-45 |
| 12:38 | Yale | Roscoe Gerth misses short on a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Eric Trudeau - foul #3 on Eric Trudeau, team foul #4 | 46-45 |
| 12:38 | Yale | Roscoe Gerth makes the 1st free throw | 46-46 |
| 12:38 | Yale | Roscoe Gerth makes the 2nd free throw | 46-47 |
| 12:31 | Harvard | Eric Trudeau misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 46-47 |
| 12:30 | Harvard | Terry Frazier tips it in | 48-47 |
| 12:13 | Yale | Gerald Roberts steps in front of the Richard Parenteau pass | 48-47 |
| 12:08 | Harvard | Eric Trudeau lays it up and in set up by Gerald Roberts | 50-47 |
| 11:51 | Yale | Roscoe Gerth buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Richard Parenteau | 50-50 |
| 11:31 | Harvard | Eric Trudeau misses short on a runner from the right block | 50-50 |
| 11:29 | Harvard | Ron Fenton pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-50 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - William Aleman (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gerald Roberts (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Eric Trudeau (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Ron Fenton (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Terry Frazier (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Richard Parenteau (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Alfred Grier (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Roscoe Gerth (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - Frank Hoff (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Glenn Wood (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:20 | Harvard | William Aleman can't connect on a floater from the left side | 50-50 |
| 11:18 | Yale | Frank Hoff snags the defensive board | 50-50 |
| 10:53 | Yale | Glenn Wood throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-50 |
| Subs | Harvard | Stacey Dowell (PG), Kenneth Demaio (SG), Francis Johnson (PF), William Teller (C) William Aleman, Gerald Roberts, Ron Fenton, Terry Frazier | |
| Subs | Yale | John Boone (SG), Kevin Rickert (SF), Hajj Alvarenga (PF), William Cooney (C) Alfred Grier, Roscoe Gerth, Frank Hoff, Glenn Wood | |
| 10:39 | Harvard | Kevin Rickert takes the ball from Eric Trudeau | 50-50 |
| 10:17 | Yale | Richard Parenteau drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by John Boone | 50-53 |
| 10:06 | Harvard | Hajj Alvarenga steals the ball from Stacey Dowell | 50-53 |
| 09:48 | Yale | Kevin Rickert is hacked by Eric Trudeau - foul #4 on Eric Trudeau, team foul #5 | 50-53 |
| Subs | Harvard | Daniel Leonard (PG) Eric Trudeau | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 09:29 | Yale | John Boone misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 50-53 |
| 09:28 | Yale | William Cooney snags the offensive board | 50-53 |
| 09:16 | Yale | Hajj Alvarenga misses short on a jumper from the left wing | 50-53 |
| 09:14 | Harvard | Francis Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 50-53 |
| 09:10 | Harvard | Kenneth Demaio clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 50-53 |
| 09:09 | Harvard | William Teller tips it but misses | 50-53 |
| 09:08 | Harvard | Stacey Dowell grabs the offensive rebound | 50-53 |
| 08:47 | Harvard | Francis Johnson is fouled on the floor by Hajj Alvarenga - foul #2 on Hajj Alvarenga, team foul #3 | 50-53 |
| Subs | Harvard | William Aleman (PG), Gerald Roberts (SG), Ron Fenton (PF), Terry Frazier (C) Daniel Leonard, Stacey Dowell, Kenneth Demaio, William Teller | |
| Subs | Yale | Alfred Grier (SG), Frank Hoff (PF), Glenn Wood (C) John Boone, Hajj Alvarenga, William Cooney | |
| 08:37 | Harvard | Glenn Wood takes the ball from William Aleman | 50-53 |
| 08:11 | Yale | Glenn Wood misses short on a runner from close range but he's fouled by Francis Johnson - foul #3 on Francis Johnson, team foul #6 | 50-53 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Charles Romaine (PG), Roscoe Gerth (SF) Richard Parenteau, Kevin Rickert | |
| 08:11 | Yale | Glenn Wood misses the 1st free throw | 50-53 |
| 08:11 | Yale | Glenn Wood makes the 2nd free throw | 50-54 |
| 07:57 | Harvard | Francis Johnson scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 53-54 |
| 07:31 | Yale | Francis Johnson steals it from Charles Romaine | 53-54 |
| 07:27 | Harvard | William Aleman hits the finger roll set up by Francis Johnson | 55-54 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - William Aleman (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gerald Roberts (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Francis Johnson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Ron Fenton (fresh) 8 pts. C - Terry Frazier (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Charles Romaine (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Alfred Grier (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Roscoe Gerth (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Frank Hoff (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Glenn Wood (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:12 | Yale | Glenn Wood scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Alfred Grier | 55-57 |
| 06:47 | Harvard | Francis Johnson hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the baseline | 55-57 |
| 06:46 | Yale | Glenn Wood gets the rebound | 55-57 |
| 06:33 | Yale | Charles Romaine can't connect on a fadeaway near the basket | 55-57 |
| 06:31 | Harvard | Francis Johnson grabs the board | 55-57 |
| 06:10 | Harvard | Gerald Roberts clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 55-57 |
| 06:09 | Yale | Glenn Wood grabs the defensive rebound | 55-57 |
| 06:05 | Yale | Charles Romaine hits a shot near the basket on a great pass from Frank Hoff and he's fouled by William Aleman - foul #1 on William Aleman, team foul #7 | 55-59 |
| Subs | Harvard | Stacey Dowell (PG), Kenneth Demaio (SG), Eric Trudeau (SF), William Teller (PF), Albert Wilber (C) William Aleman, Gerald Roberts, Francis Johnson, Ron Fenton, Terry Frazier | |
| Subs | Yale | John Boone (SG), Kevin Rickert (SF), Hajj Alvarenga (C) Alfred Grier, Roscoe Gerth, Glenn Wood | |
| 06:05 | Yale | Charles Romaine makes the free throw | 55-60 |
| 05:52 | Harvard | Stacey Dowell clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on John Boone - foul #3 on John Boone, team foul #4 | 55-60 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Richard Parenteau (PG), William Cooney (C) Charles Romaine, Frank Hoff | |
| 05:52 | Harvard | Stacey Dowell makes the 1st free throw | 56-60 |
| 05:52 | Harvard | Stacey Dowell misses the 2nd free throw | 56-60 |
| 05:52 | Yale | The rebound goes to William Cooney | 56-60 |
| 05:41 | Yale | William Cooney is fouled on the floor by Albert Wilber - foul #1 on Albert Wilber, team foul #8 | 56-60 |
| 05:41 | Yale | William Cooney misses the 1st free throw | 56-60 |
| 05:41 | Harvard | Albert Wilber grabs the board | 56-60 |
| 05:24 | Harvard | Eric Trudeau connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 59-60 |
| 05:09 | Yale | Kevin Rickert scores on a jumper near the basket | 59-62 |
| 04:53 | Harvard | Kenneth Demaio's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-62 |
| Subs | Harvard | William Aleman (PG), Ron Fenton (PF) Kenneth Demaio, Albert Wilber | |
| Subs | Yale | Alfred Grier (SG), Frank Hoff (PF) John Boone, William Cooney | |
| 04:32 | Yale | Ron Fenton is called for the reach on Frank Hoff - foul #3 on Ron Fenton, team foul #9 | 59-62 |
| Subs | Harvard | Gerald Roberts (SG), Terry Frazier (C) Stacey Dowell, William Teller | |
| Subs | Yale | Glenn Wood (C) Hajj Alvarenga | |
| 04:32 | Yale | Frank Hoff makes the 1st free throw | 59-63 |
| 04:32 | Yale | Frank Hoff misses the 2nd free throw | 59-63 |
| 04:32 | Harvard | Terry Frazier grabs the board | 59-63 |
| 04:12 | Harvard | Terry Frazier drills a jumper from close range | 61-63 |
| 04:01 | Yale | Frank Hoff misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 61-63 |
| 04:00 | Yale | Frank Hoff hits the follow up shot | 61-65 |
| 03:45 | Harvard | Ron Fenton connects on the floater from the left wing set up by William Aleman | 63-65 |
| 03:24 | Yale | Richard Parenteau scores on a jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Kevin Rickert | 63-67 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - William Aleman (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gerald Roberts (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Eric Trudeau (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Ron Fenton (fresh) 10 pts. 3 pf. C - Terry Frazier (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Richard Parenteau (fresh) 16 pts. 4 ast. SG - Alfred Grier (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Kevin Rickert (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Frank Hoff (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. C - Glenn Wood (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:06 | Harvard | Gerald Roberts can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 63-67 |
| 03:04 | Harvard | The offensive rebound goes to Ron Fenton | 63-67 |
| 02:49 | Harvard | Ron Fenton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 63-67 |
| Subs | Harvard | Stacey Dowell (PG), Francis Johnson (SF), William Teller (PF) William Aleman, Eric Trudeau, Ron Fenton | |
| Subs | Yale | John Boone (SG), Roscoe Gerth (SF), Hajj Alvarenga (PF) Alfred Grier, Kevin Rickert, Frank Hoff | |
| 02:46 | Yale | Yale calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-67 |
| Subs | Harvard | William Aleman (PG), Eric Trudeau (SF), Ron Fenton (PF) Stacey Dowell, Francis Johnson, William Teller | |
| Subs | Yale | Alfred Grier (SG), Frank Hoff (PF) John Boone, Hajj Alvarenga | |
| 02:20 | Yale | Roscoe Gerth knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Frank Hoff | 63-69 |
| 01:58 | Harvard | Terry Frazier scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 66-69 |
| 01:39 | Yale | Richard Parenteau clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 66-69 |
| 01:37 | Harvard | The rebound goes to William Aleman | 66-69 |
| 01:30 | Harvard | Ron Fenton misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 66-69 |
| 01:29 | Yale | The rebound goes to Glenn Wood | 66-69 |
| 01:20 | Yale | Alfred Grier double dribbles | 66-69 |
| 01:01 | Harvard | Gerald Roberts buries a 3 from the right wing | 69-69 |
| 00:45 | Yale | Roscoe Gerth misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 69-69 |
| 00:43 | Harvard | William Aleman grabs the defensive rebound | 69-69 |
| 00:20 | Harvard | Terry Frazier is fouled on the floor by Glenn Wood - foul #2 on Glenn Wood, team foul #5 | 69-69 |
| 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) | |
| 00:05 | Harvard | Roscoe Gerth steals the ball from Terry Frazier | 69-69 |
| 00:05 | Yale | Yale calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 69-69 |
| Game Plan | Harvard | Harvard is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Yale | Yale is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 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 | Glenn Wood drills a runner in the lane | 69-71 |