| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Earl Mann (fresh) SG - Jessie Mizell (fresh) SF - William Dahle (fresh) PF - William Howard (fresh) C - Frank Brown (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Farquhar (fresh) SG - Robert Jean (fresh) SF - Kenneth Goudy (fresh) PF - Dennis Rice (fresh) C - Stephen Long (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Harvard | Frank Brown 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 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell misses short on a floater from the left side | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | Yale | Stephen Long snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:13 | Yale | Robert Jean is called for traveling | 0-0 |
| 18:49 | Harvard | Earl Mann drills a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Jessie Mizell | 2-0 |
| 18:36 | Yale | William Howard is called for the reach on Robert Jean - foul #1 on William Howard, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:19 | Yale | Robert Jean is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Robert Jean, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:06 | Harvard | Earl Mann hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 2-0 |
| 18:04 | Yale | The rebound goes to Kenneth Goudy | 2-0 |
| 17:42 | Yale | Stephen Long misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 2-0 |
| 17:40 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell grabs the board | 2-0 |
| 17:29 | Harvard | Earl Mann misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 2-0 |
| 17:28 | Harvard | William Howard grabs the offensive board | 2-0 |
| 17:09 | Harvard | William Howard misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 2-0 |
| 17:07 | Yale | Stephen Long snags the defensive board | 2-0 |
| 16:55 | Yale | Dennis Rice's fadeaway is rejected by William Howard | 2-0 |
| 16:54 | Harvard | Frank Brown gets the rebound | 2-0 |
| 16:39 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell can't connect on a jump hook in the paint | 2-0 |
| 16:37 | Harvard | The offensive rebound goes to William Howard | 2-0 |
| 16:31 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 2-0 |
| 16:30 | Yale | Kenneth Goudy grabs the defensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 16:08 | Yale | Dennis Rice buries a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Kenneth Goudy | 2-2 |
| 16:03 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell misses the fadeaway from the right wing | 2-2 |
| 16:01 | Yale | Kenneth Goudy grabs the defensive rebound | 2-2 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Earl Mann (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jessie Mizell (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Dahle (fresh) PF - William Howard (fresh) 2 reb. C - Frank Brown (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Farquhar (fresh) SG - Robert Jean (fresh) SF - Kenneth Goudy (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Dennis Rice (fresh) 2 pts. C - Stephen Long (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:44 | Yale | Robert Jean buries a pull-up jumper from the right side | 2-4 |
| 15:29 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by William Dahle and he's hacked by Dennis Rice - foul #1 on Dennis Rice, team foul #2 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jeremy Hopkins (PG), Brian Daly (SF), Brian Moore (PF), Ivan Zalazar (C) Earl Mann, William Dahle, William Howard, Frank Brown | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 15:29 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell misses the free throw | 4-4 |
| 15:29 | Yale | Stephen Long snags the defensive board | 4-4 |
| 15:16 | Yale | Stephen Long drills a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 4-6 |
| 14:51 | Harvard | Brian Moore misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 4-6 |
| 14:50 | Harvard | Brian Daly tips it back up and in | 6-6 |
| 14:30 | Yale | Kenneth Goudy misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 6-6 |
| 14:28 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar pulls down the rebound | 6-6 |
| 14:07 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Jeremy Hopkins | 9-6 |
| 13:52 | Yale | Brian Moore is called for the reach on Kenneth Goudy - foul #1 on Brian Moore, team foul #2 | 9-6 |
| Subs | Harvard | Rudy Culp (SG), William Dahle (SF), William Howard (PF) Jessie Mizell, Brian Daly, Brian Moore | |
| Subs | Yale | Rex French (PG), Victor Davis (SG), Mark Cloutier (SF), Manuel Dickerson (PF), Joseph Griffin (C) Walter Farquhar, Robert Jean, Kenneth Goudy, Dennis Rice, Stephen Long | |
| 13:40 | Yale | Victor Davis misses short on a fadeaway from the right block but he's fouled by Rudy Culp - foul #1 on Rudy Culp, team foul #3 | 9-6 |
| Subs | Harvard | Earl Mann (PG), Frank Brown (C) Rudy Culp, Ivan Zalazar | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 13:40 | Yale | Victor Davis makes the 1st free throw | 9-7 |
| 13:40 | Yale | Victor Davis misses the 2nd free throw | 9-7 |
| 13:40 | Harvard | Frank Brown grabs the board | 9-7 |
| 13:28 | Harvard | William Howard knocks in the floater near the basket | 11-7 |
| 13:17 | Yale | Manuel Dickerson connects on the fadeaway from the right side | 11-9 |
| 12:57 | Harvard | Jeremy Hopkins misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 11-9 |
| 12:56 | Yale | Mark Cloutier pulls down the rebound | 11-9 |
| 12:33 | Yale | Joseph Griffin clanks a jumper from the left block | 11-9 |
| 12:31 | Yale | Rex French grabs the offensive board | 11-9 |
| 12:14 | Yale | Joseph Griffin makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Mark Cloutier | 11-12 |
| 12:10 | Harvard | William Dahle's pass is intercepted by Rex French | 11-12 |
| 11:56 | Yale | Joseph Griffin's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 11-12 |
| Subs | Harvard | Brian Daly (PG), Jessie Mizell (SG), Ivan Zalazar (C) Earl Mann, Jeremy Hopkins, Frank Brown | |
| Subs | Yale | Walter Farquhar (PG), Robert Jean (SG), Kenneth Goudy (SF), Dennis Rice (PF), Stephen Long (C) Victor Davis, Rex French, Mark Cloutier, Manuel Dickerson, Joseph Griffin | |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Brian Daly (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jessie Mizell (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Dahle (fresh) PF - William Howard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Ivan Zalazar (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Farquhar (fresh) SG - Robert Jean (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kenneth Goudy (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Dennis Rice (fresh) 2 pts. C - Stephen Long (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:32 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar hits a fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Brian Daly and the foul's on Kenneth Goudy - foul #1 on Kenneth Goudy, team foul #3 | 13-12 |
| 11:32 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar misses the free throw | 13-12 |
| 11:32 | Yale | Stephen Long pulls down the rebound | 13-12 |
| 11:10 | Yale | Jessie Mizell steals it from Stephen Long | 13-12 |
| 11:07 | Harvard | William Dahle lays it in on a nice dish by Jessie Mizell | 15-12 |
| 11:00 | Yale | William Howard is called for the reach on Dennis Rice - foul #2 on William Howard, team foul #4 | 15-12 |
| Subs | Harvard | Michael Adamek (PG), Brian Moore (PF) William Dahle, William Howard | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 10:38 | Yale | Dennis Rice throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-12 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jeremy Hopkins (PG) Michael Adamek | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 10:19 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 15-12 |
| 10:18 | Yale | The rebound goes to Dennis Rice | 15-12 |
| 10:00 | Yale | Kenneth Goudy scores on a shot from the right wing set up by Dennis Rice | 15-14 |
| 09:49 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar is whistled for traveling | 15-14 |
| Subs | Harvard | Earl Mann (PG), William Dahle (SF), Frank Brown (C) Jeremy Hopkins, Brian Daly, Brian Moore | |
| Subs | Yale | Victor Davis (SF), Manuel Dickerson (PF) Kenneth Goudy, Dennis Rice | |
| 09:29 | Yale | Stephen Long hits a turnaround from the left block and he's fouled by William Dahle - foul #1 on William Dahle, team foul #5 | 15-16 |
| Subs | Harvard | Rudy Culp (SG), Brian Moore (PF) Jessie Mizell, Ivan Zalazar | |
| Subs | Yale | Rex French (SG) Robert Jean | |
| 09:29 | Yale | Stephen Long misses the free throw | 15-16 |
| 09:29 | Harvard | Frank Brown pulls down the rebound | 15-16 |
| 09:16 | Harvard | Brian Moore makes the jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Earl Mann and he's fouled by Manuel Dickerson - foul #1 on Manuel Dickerson, team foul #4 | 17-16 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jeremy Hopkins (SG) Rudy Culp | |
| Subs | Yale | Mark Cloutier (SF) Walter Farquhar | |
| 09:16 | Harvard | Brian Moore makes the free throw | 18-16 |
| 09:03 | Yale | Mark Cloutier is hacked by Brian Moore - foul #2 on Brian Moore, team foul #6 | 18-16 |
| Subs | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar (PF) Brian Moore | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 08:54 | Yale | The short jumper by Stephen Long is denied by Frank Brown | 18-16 |
| 08:52 | Yale | Victor Davis grabs the offensive board | 18-16 |
| 08:34 | Yale | Stephen Long misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 18-16 |
| 08:32 | Yale | Stephen Long tips it back up and in | 18-18 |
| 08:25 | Harvard | William Dahle comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Stephen Long - foul #1 on Stephen Long, team foul #5 | 18-18 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jessie Mizell (SG) Jeremy Hopkins | |
| Subs | Yale | Robert Jean (SG), Kenneth Goudy (SF), Dennis Rice (PF) Victor Davis, Mark Cloutier, Stephen Long | |
| 08:25 | Harvard | William Dahle makes the 1st free throw | 19-18 |
| 08:25 | Harvard | William Dahle makes the 2nd free throw | 20-18 |
| 08:01 | Yale | Rex French comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 20-18 |
| 08:00 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell snags the defensive board | 20-18 |
| 07:42 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar misses the dunk attempt | 20-18 |
| 07:41 | Yale | Rex French grabs the defensive rebound | 20-18 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Earl Mann (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jessie Mizell (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Dahle (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ivan Zalazar (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Frank Brown (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Rex French (fresh) SG - Robert Jean (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kenneth Goudy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dennis Rice (fresh) 2 pts. C - Manuel Dickerson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:23 | Yale | Dennis Rice misses badly on a floater from the right side | 20-18 |
| 07:22 | Yale | Kenneth Goudy snags the offensive board | 20-18 |
| 07:13 | Yale | Manuel Dickerson knocks in the shot from the free throw line | 20-20 |
| 06:52 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell is whistled for traveling | 20-20 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jeremy Hopkins (PG), Brian Daly (SF) Earl Mann, William Dahle | |
| Subs | Yale | Walter Farquhar (PG), Victor Davis (SG), Mark Cloutier (SF), Stephen Long (C) Rex French, Robert Jean, Kenneth Goudy, Manuel Dickerson | |
| 06:43 | Yale | Mark Cloutier misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 20-20 |
| 06:42 | Yale | Dennis Rice snags the offensive board | 20-20 |
| 06:30 | Yale | Dennis Rice misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 20-20 |
| 06:28 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar snags the defensive board | 20-20 |
| 06:14 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell misses long on a floater from the right side | 20-20 |
| 06:12 | Yale | Stephen Long pulls down the rebound | 20-20 |
| 06:07 | Yale | Walter Farquhar comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Frank Brown - foul #1 on Frank Brown, team foul #7 | 20-20 |
| Subs | Harvard | Rudy Culp (SG) Jessie Mizell | |
| Subs | Yale | Joseph Griffin (PF) Dennis Rice | |
| 06:07 | Yale | Walter Farquhar makes the 1st free throw | 20-21 |
| 06:07 | Yale | Walter Farquhar makes the 2nd free throw | 20-22 |
| 05:47 | Harvard | Frank Brown misses long on a driving attempt from the baseline | 20-22 |
| 05:46 | Yale | The rebound goes to Mark Cloutier | 20-22 |
| 05:26 | Yale | Walter Farquhar drills a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Victor Davis | 20-25 |
| 05:12 | Harvard | Brian Daly's pass is intercepted by Victor Davis | 20-25 |
| 05:09 | Yale | Victor Davis lays it up and in | 20-27 |
| 05:05 | Harvard | Rudy Culp clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 20-27 |
| 05:04 | Harvard | Frank Brown hits the follow up shot | 22-27 |
| 04:52 | Yale | Victor Davis misses the shot from the right wing | 22-27 |
| 04:51 | Yale | Victor Davis grabs the offensive rebound | 22-27 |
| 04:30 | Yale | Walter Farquhar misses short on a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Frank Brown - foul #2 on Frank Brown, team foul #8 | 22-27 |
| Subs | Harvard | Earl Mann (PG), Jessie Mizell (SG), William Dahle (SF) Jeremy Hopkins, Rudy Culp, Frank Brown | |
| Subs | Yale | Robert Jean (SG), Kenneth Goudy (SF), Dennis Rice (PF) Victor Davis, Mark Cloutier, Joseph Griffin | |
| 04:30 | Yale | Walter Farquhar misses the 1st free throw | 22-27 |
| 04:30 | Yale | Walter Farquhar makes the 2nd free throw | 22-28 |
| 04:19 | Harvard | Dennis Rice is called for the reach on Ivan Zalazar - foul #2 on Dennis Rice, team foul #6 | 22-28 |
| Subs | Harvard | | |
| Subs | Yale | Manuel Dickerson (PF), Richard Hooser (C) Dennis Rice, Stephen Long | |
| 04:02 | Harvard | Kenneth Goudy swats the layup by Ivan Zalazar | 22-28 |
| 04:00 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell tips it back up and in | 24-28 |
| 03:47 | Yale | Walter Farquhar buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Robert Jean | 24-31 |
| 03:27 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar's floater is tipped away by Manuel Dickerson | 24-31 |
| 03:26 | Yale | Manuel Dickerson snags the defensive board | 24-31 |
| Lineup | Harvard | PG - Earl Mann (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jessie Mizell (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Dahle (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ivan Zalazar (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Brian Daly (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. | |
| Lineup | Yale | PG - Walter Farquhar (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SG - Robert Jean (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Goudy (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Manuel Dickerson (fresh) 4 pts. C - Richard Hooser (fresh) | |
| 03:10 | Yale | Kenneth Goudy knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Richard Hooser | 24-34 |
| 03:00 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 24-34 |
| 02:58 | Yale | Richard Hooser grabs the board | 24-34 |
| 02:36 | Yale | Walter Farquhar hits a floater from the right wing set up by Manuel Dickerson | 24-36 |
| 02:09 | Harvard | Brian Daly comes up short on the fadeaway in the paint | 24-36 |
| 02:08 | Harvard | Brian Daly can't tip it in | 24-36 |
| 02:07 | Yale | Richard Hooser gets the rebound | 24-36 |
| 01:56 | Yale | Manuel Dickerson's floater is tipped away by Ivan Zalazar | 24-36 |
| 01:54 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell gets the rebound | 24-36 |
| 01:31 | Harvard | Jessie Mizell misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 24-36 |
| 01:29 | Yale | Kenneth Goudy pulls down the rebound | 24-36 |
| 01:12 | Yale | Manuel Dickerson connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Richard Hooser | 24-39 |
| 00:58 | Harvard | Manuel Dickerson denies the turnaround by Brian Daly | 24-39 |
| 00:56 | Yale | Richard Hooser grabs the board | 24-39 |
| 00:37 | Yale | Richard Hooser blows the layup | 24-39 |
| 00:36 | Yale | Walter Farquhar tips it home | 24-41 |
| 00:18 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar misses badly on a jumper from the right block but he's fouled by Manuel Dickerson - foul #2 on Manuel Dickerson, team foul #7 | 24-41 |
| Subs | Harvard | Jeremy Hopkins (PG), Rudy Culp (SG), Brian Moore (SF), Frank Brown (C) Earl Mann, Jessie Mizell, William Dahle, Brian Daly | |
| Subs | Yale | Rex French (PG), Victor Davis (SG), Mark Cloutier (SF), Dennis Rice (PF), Stephen Long (C) Walter Farquhar, Robert Jean, Kenneth Goudy, Manuel Dickerson, Richard Hooser | |
| 00:18 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar misses the 1st free throw | 24-41 |
| 00:18 | Harvard | Ivan Zalazar misses the 2nd free throw | 24-41 |
| 00:18 | Yale | Dennis Rice grabs the board | 24-41 |
| 00:03 | Yale | Rudy Culp is called for the reach on Victor Davis - foul #2 on Rudy Culp, team foul #9 | 24-41 |
| Subs | Harvard | William Howard (PF) Ivan Zalazar | |
| Subs | Yale | | |
| 00:03 | Yale | Victor Davis misses the 1st free throw | 24-41 |
| 00:03 | Harvard | William Howard snags the defensive board | 24-41 |
| 00:00 | Harvard | William Howard misses the halfcourt shot | 24-41 |