| Lineup | Harvard | PG - James Mullins (fresh) SG - Roderick Bridges (fresh) SF - Alfred Thomas (fresh) PF - Russell Reber (fresh) C - Jamie Woods (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Claude Johnson (fresh) SG - Mark Roberts (fresh) SF - Thomas Barnhart (fresh) PF - Donald Welsh (fresh) C - Jonathan Conway (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Yale | Donald Welsh 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) | |
| 19:41 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Mark Roberts | 0-3 |
| 19:21 | Harvard | Russell Reber misses the dunk | 0-3 |
| 19:20 | Harvard | Russell Reber hits the follow up shot | 2-3 |
| 19:00 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 2-3 |
| 18:59 | Harvard | James Mullins snags the defensive board | 2-3 |
| 18:38 | Harvard | Alfred Thomas can't finish the layup | 2-3 |
| 18:37 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart snags the defensive board | 2-3 |
| 18:32 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart blows the layup | 2-3 |
| 18:30 | Harvard | Jamie Woods gets the rebound | 2-3 |
| 18:24 | Harvard | Jamie Woods is whistled for traveling | 2-3 |
| 18:00 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart scores on a floater from the right block set up by Claude Johnson and he's hacked by Alfred Thomas - foul #1 on Alfred Thomas, team foul #1 | 2-5 |
| 18:00 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart makes the free throw | 2-6 |
| 17:42 | Harvard | Roderick Bridges misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 2-6 |
| 17:40 | Yale | Donald Welsh grabs the defensive rebound | 2-6 |
| 17:34 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart blows the layup | 2-6 |
| 17:32 | Harvard | Alfred Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 2-6 |
| 17:09 | Harvard | Russell Reber makes the jumper from the baseline set up by James Mullins | 4-6 |
| 16:53 | Yale | Mark Roberts is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Mark Roberts, team foul #1 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Paul Desrochers (SG), Gan Xyong (SF), Manuel Geer (PF), Don Sommerville (C) Mark Roberts, Thomas Barnhart, Donald Welsh, Jonathan Conway | |
| 16:38 | Harvard | Russell Reber double dribbles | 4-6 |
| 16:24 | Yale | Paul Desrochers's layup is rejected by Alfred Thomas | 4-6 |
| 16:23 | Harvard | Alfred Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 4-6 |
| 16:19 | Harvard | The pull-up jumper by James Mullins is blocked by Manuel Geer | 4-6 |
| 16:17 | Yale | Manuel Geer grabs the defensive rebound | 4-6 |
| 16:12 | Yale | Claude Johnson's floater is tipped away by Russell Reber | 4-6 |
| 16:11 | Yale | Claude Johnson tips it home | 4-8 |
| 15:45 | Harvard | Alfred Thomas makes the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Roderick Bridges | 6-8 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - James Mullins (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Roderick Bridges (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Alfred Thomas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Russell Reber (fresh) 4 pts. C - Jamie Woods (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Claude Johnson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Desrochers (fresh) SF - Gan Xyong (fresh) PF - Manuel Geer (fresh) C - Don Sommerville (fresh) | |
| 15:21 | Yale | Claude Johnson makes the shot from the left block | 6-10 |
| 15:05 | Harvard | James Mullins misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 6-10 |
| 15:04 | Harvard | Jamie Woods tips it home | 8-10 |
| 14:56 | Yale | Don Sommerville is hacked by Jamie Woods - foul #1 on Jamie Woods, team foul #2 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Harvard | Clyde Davis (PG), Dave Cerna (SG), Li-Liang Xiong (SF), Alvin Minton (C) James Mullins, Roderick Bridges, Alfred Thomas, Jamie Woods | |
| Subs | Yale | Mark Roberts (SG), Thomas Barnhart (SF), Donald Welsh (PF), Jonathan Conway (C) Claude Johnson, Gan Xyong, Manuel Geer, Don Sommerville | |
| 14:51 | Yale | Dave Cerna steps in front of the Donald Welsh pass | 8-10 |
| 14:44 | Harvard | Dave Cerna throws a bad pass out of bounds | 8-10 |
| 14:24 | Yale | Paul Desrochers is hacked by Clyde Davis - foul #1 on Clyde Davis, team foul #3 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Mike Brooks (PG) Paul Desrochers | |
| 14:08 | Yale | Jonathan Conway misses long on a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Alvin Minton - foul #1 on Alvin Minton, team foul #4 | 8-10 |
| 14:08 | Yale | Jonathan Conway misses the 1st free throw | 8-10 |
| 14:08 | Yale | Jonathan Conway makes the 2nd free throw | 8-11 |
| 13:47 | Harvard | Clyde Davis clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 8-11 |
| 13:46 | Harvard | The offensive rebound goes to Dave Cerna | 8-11 |
| 13:32 | Harvard | Mike Brooks is called for the reach on Li-Liang Xiong - foul #1 on Mike Brooks, team foul #2 | 8-11 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jamie Woods (C) Russell Reber | |
| Subs | Yale | Claude Johnson (PG) Mike Brooks | |
| 13:17 | Harvard | Dave Cerna comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 8-11 |
| 13:15 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart grabs the board | 8-11 |
| 12:56 | Yale | Donald Welsh lays it in on a nice dish by Jonathan Conway | 8-13 |
| 12:51 | Harvard | Clyde Davis double dribbles | 8-13 |
| Subs | Harvard | James Mullins (PG), Roderick Bridges (SG), Alfred Thomas (SF) Clyde Davis, Li-Liang Xiong, Jamie Woods | |
| Subs | Yale | Manuel Geer (C) Jonathan Conway | |
| 12:40 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 8-13 |
| 12:38 | Yale | Donald Welsh can't tip it in | 8-13 |
| 12:36 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart tips it home | 8-15 |
| 12:19 | Harvard | Dave Cerna misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 8-15 |
| 12:17 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart grabs the board | 8-15 |
| 12:15 | Yale | James Mullins is called for the reach on Claude Johnson in the backcourt - foul #1 on James Mullins, team foul #5 | 8-15 |
| Subs | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong (C) Alvin Minton | |
| Subs | Yale | Paul Desrochers (SG), Gan Xyong (SF), Don Sommerville (C) Mark Roberts, Thomas Barnhart, Donald Welsh | |
| 11:57 | Yale | Li-Liang Xiong is called for the reach on Don Sommerville - foul #1 on Li-Liang Xiong, team foul #6 | 8-15 |
| Subs | Harvard | Russell Reber (PF) Li-Liang Xiong | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 11:43 | Yale | Claude Johnson misses badly on a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by James Mullins - foul #2 on James Mullins, team foul #7 | 8-15 |
| Subs | Harvard | Clyde Davis (PG) James Mullins | |
| Subs | Yale | Jonathan Conway (C) Don Sommerville | |
| 11:43 | Yale | Claude Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 8-16 |
| 11:43 | Yale | Claude Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 8-17 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Clyde Davis (fresh) SG - Roderick Bridges (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Alfred Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Russell Reber (fresh) 4 pts. C - Dave Cerna (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Claude Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Desrochers (fresh) SF - Gan Xyong (fresh) PF - Manuel Geer (fresh) C - Jonathan Conway (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 11:29 | Harvard | Roderick Bridges's pass is intercepted by Jonathan Conway | 8-17 |
| 11:09 | Yale | Gan Xyong comes up short on the floater in the paint but he's hacked by Alfred Thomas - foul #2 on Alfred Thomas, team foul #8 | 8-17 |
| Subs | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong (SF), Jamie Woods (C) Alfred Thomas, Dave Cerna | |
| Subs | Yale | Mark Roberts (SG), Donald Welsh (PF) Claude Johnson, Manuel Geer | |
| 11:09 | Yale | Gan Xyong misses the 1st free throw | 8-17 |
| 11:09 | Yale | Gan Xyong misses the 2nd free throw | 8-17 |
| 11:09 | Harvard | Jamie Woods gets the rebound | 8-17 |
| 10:53 | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong is fouled on the floor by Gan Xyong - foul #1 on Gan Xyong, team foul #3 | 8-17 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Thomas Barnhart (SF) Gan Xyong | |
| 10:43 | Harvard | Jamie Woods knocks in the shot in the lane on a great pass from Roderick Bridges | 10-17 |
| 10:26 | Yale | Donald Welsh's floater is tipped away by Russell Reber | 10-17 |
| 10:25 | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong gets the rebound | 10-17 |
| 10:20 | Harvard | Clyde Davis hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt near the basket | 10-17 |
| 10:19 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart grabs the defensive rebound | 10-17 |
| 09:58 | Yale | Donald Welsh is fouled on the floor by Jamie Woods - foul #2 on Jamie Woods, team foul #9 | 10-17 |
| Subs | Harvard | Dave Cerna (SG), Alvin Minton (C) Roderick Bridges, Jamie Woods | |
| Subs | Yale | Claude Johnson (PG), Manuel Geer (C) Paul Desrochers, Jonathan Conway | |
| 09:58 | Yale | Donald Welsh makes the 1st free throw | 10-18 |
| 09:58 | Yale | Donald Welsh makes the 2nd free throw | 10-19 |
| 09:43 | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 10-19 |
| 09:42 | Yale | Claude Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 10-19 |
| 09:32 | Yale | Claude Johnson misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 10-19 |
| 09:30 | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong gets the rebound | 10-19 |
| 09:12 | Harvard | Dave Cerna misses the lay-in but the foul's on Mark Roberts - foul #2 on Mark Roberts, team foul #4 | 10-19 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Paul Desrochers (SG), Gan Xyong (SF), Don Sommerville (C) Mark Roberts, Thomas Barnhart, Donald Welsh | |
| 09:12 | Harvard | Dave Cerna makes the 1st free throw | 11-19 |
| 09:12 | Harvard | Dave Cerna misses the 2nd free throw | 11-19 |
| 09:12 | Yale | Manuel Geer gets the rebound | 11-19 |
| 08:53 | Yale | Don Sommerville lays it in on a great pass from Claude Johnson | 11-21 |
| 08:38 | Harvard | Clyde Davis scores on a fadeaway from the right block and he's fouled by Claude Johnson - foul #1 on Claude Johnson, team foul #5 | 13-21 |
| Subs | Harvard | Roderick Bridges (SG) Russell Reber | |
| Subs | Yale | Jonathan Conway (C) Don Sommerville | |
| 08:38 | Harvard | Clyde Davis makes the free throw | 14-21 |
| 08:17 | Yale | Alvin Minton blocks the jumper by Gan Xyong | 14-21 |
| 08:16 | Harvard | Dave Cerna grabs the board | 14-21 |
| 07:56 | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 14-21 |
| 07:55 | Yale | Manuel Geer pulls down the rebound | 14-21 |
| 07:45 | Yale | Alvin Minton is called for the reach on Manuel Geer - foul #2 on Alvin Minton, team foul #10 | 14-21 |
| Subs | Harvard | James Dowling (PG), Russell Reber (PF) Clyde Davis, Alvin Minton | |
| Subs | Yale | Thomas Barnhart (SF) Gan Xyong | |
| 07:45 | Yale | Manuel Geer makes the 1st free throw | 14-22 |
| 07:45 | Yale | Manuel Geer makes the 2nd free throw | 14-23 |
| 07:41 | Harvard | James Dowling throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 14-23 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Donald Welsh (PF) Manuel Geer | |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - James Dowling (fresh) SG - Roderick Bridges (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Dave Cerna (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Russell Reber (fresh) 4 pts. 2 blk. C - Li-Liang Xiong (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Claude Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Desrochers (fresh) SF - Thomas Barnhart (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Donald Welsh (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Jonathan Conway (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 07:23 | Yale | Claude Johnson hits a jumper near the basket on a great pass from Thomas Barnhart | 14-25 |
| 07:04 | Harvard | Dave Cerna buries a 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-25 |
| 06:55 | Yale | Claude Johnson misses long on a jumpshot from the left side but he's hacked by James Dowling - foul #1 on James Dowling, team foul #11 | 17-25 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Mike Brooks (SG), Don Sommerville (C) Paul Desrochers, Jonathan Conway | |
| 06:55 | Yale | Claude Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 17-25 |
| 06:55 | Yale | Claude Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 17-26 |
| 06:38 | Harvard | James Dowling connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Li-Liang Xiong | 20-26 |
| 06:19 | Yale | Donald Welsh loses the dribble to Russell Reber | 20-26 |
| 05:53 | Harvard | Roderick Bridges is fouled on the floor by Mike Brooks - foul #2 on Mike Brooks, team foul #6 | 20-26 |
| Subs | Harvard | Clyde Davis (SF) Li-Liang Xiong | |
| Subs | Yale | Darrell Rhodes (SG), Manuel Geer (C) Mike Brooks, Don Sommerville | |
| 05:35 | Harvard | Clyde Davis connects on the jumper from the right side set up by James Dowling | 22-26 |
| 05:22 | Yale | Manuel Geer misses badly on a turnaround from close range | 22-26 |
| 05:21 | Yale | Claude Johnson grabs the offensive rebound | 22-26 |
| 05:07 | Yale | James Dowling steals it from Thomas Barnhart | 22-26 |
| 04:40 | Harvard | Thomas Barnhart steals the ball from Roderick Bridges | 22-26 |
| 04:37 | Yale | Claude Johnson can't finish the layup | 22-26 |
| 04:36 | Yale | Manuel Geer tips it but misses | 22-26 |
| 04:34 | Harvard | Dave Cerna gets the rebound | 22-26 |
| 04:19 | Harvard | Roderick Bridges comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 22-26 |
| 04:18 | Yale | Manuel Geer snags the defensive board | 22-26 |
| 04:02 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 22-26 |
| 04:01 | Yale | Manuel Geer tips it home | 22-28 |
| 03:39 | Harvard | James Dowling misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 22-28 |
| 03:38 | Yale | The rebound goes to Manuel Geer | 22-28 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - James Dowling (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Roderick Bridges (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Clyde Davis (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Russell Reber (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 blk. C - Dave Cerna (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Claude Johnson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Darrell Rhodes (fresh) SF - Thomas Barnhart (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Donald Welsh (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Manuel Geer (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:16 | Yale | Thomas Barnhart buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Darrell Rhodes | 22-31 |
| 03:04 | Harvard | Manuel Geer swats the layup by Clyde Davis | 22-31 |
| 03:03 | Harvard | Dave Cerna hits the follow up shot | 24-31 |
| 02:55 | Yale | Donald Welsh misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 24-31 |
| 02:53 | Yale | Manuel Geer gets the offensive rebound | 24-31 |
| 02:40 | Yale | Donald Welsh connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Claude Johnson | 24-34 |
| 02:30 | Harvard | Roderick Bridges makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from James Dowling | 27-34 |
| 02:09 | Yale | Donald Welsh scores on a fadeaway from the right side | 27-36 |
| 01:45 | Harvard | James Dowling comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side but the foul's on Claude Johnson - foul #2 on Claude Johnson, team foul #7 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Harvard | James Mullins (PG), Alfred Thomas (SF), Alvin Minton (PF), Jamie Woods (C) Roderick Bridges, Clyde Davis, Russell Reber, Dave Cerna | |
| Subs | Yale | Paul Desrochers (PG), Mark Roberts (SG), Gan Xyong (SF), Don Sommerville (PF), Jonathan Conway (C) Claude Johnson, Darrell Rhodes, Thomas Barnhart, Donald Welsh, Manuel Geer | |
| 01:45 | Harvard | James Dowling makes the 1st free throw | 28-36 |
| 01:45 | Harvard | James Dowling makes the 2nd free throw | 29-36 |
| 01:31 | Yale | Alfred Thomas picks off the pass by Don Sommerville | 29-36 |
| 01:08 | Harvard | Don Sommerville picks off the pass by James Dowling | 29-36 |
| 00:43 | Yale | Gan Xyong lays it in | 29-38 |
| 00:39 | Harvard | James Mullins loses the ball out of bounds | 29-38 |
| Subs | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong (SG) James Dowling | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 00:20 | Yale | Mark Roberts misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 29-38 |
| 00:19 | Yale | Jonathan Conway can't tip it in | 29-38 |
| 00:18 | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong grabs the board | 29-38 |
| 00:13 | Harvard | James Mullins comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 29-38 |
| 00:11 | Harvard | Jamie Woods grabs the offensive board | 29-38 |
| 00:02 | Harvard | Li-Liang Xiong scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 32-38 |
| 00:00 | Yale | Gan Xyong misses long on a fullcourt shot | 32-38 |