Ferry Could Join 1000-Club Tonight

Senior guard Bob Ferry tonight could join a select group of Harvard men's basketball standouts who have scored 1000 career points.

The 6-ft., 4-in. co-captain needs just seven points in this evening's 7:30 p.m. showdown with the University of New Hampshire in Briggs Athletic Center to become only the 10th player in Harvard history to hit the milestone.

A four-year starter, the Bowie, Md. native hit for 15 points in the Crimson's season-opening 70-69 victory Saturday over Merrimack. That upped his collegiate total to 993.

When he does join the 1000 club, the former Ivy League Rookie of the Year will add his name to a prestigious list that includes Co-Captain Joe Carrabino, who with 1389 career points is currently second on Harvard's all-time scoring list.

Ferry, coincidentally, is 10th on the Crimson's all-time scoring list.

This marks the first time in the cagers' 74-year history that two players on the same squad have been among Harvard's top 10 career scorers.

Ferry, who burst on to the scene in his first game freshman year, has averaged 13,4 points per game. His career high (28) came against Yale on the final day of the 1982-1983 season, during which he had his most effective stretch as a Crimson cager. He led the team in scoring in the last six games and seven of the last eight that year, averaging 20.1 per contest.

Streak

His streak of 70 straight games came to a halt last year, as a foot injury forced him to the sidelines for the Lehigh and Brandeis games.

He returned for Harvard's run at the Ivy title, keying such victories as the Crimson's first victory at Princeton in more than 25 years and its weekend sweep of Yale and Brown on the road.

But the Crimson (15-11 overall and 9-5 Ivy a year ago) eventually finished in second place, one game behind league champion Princeton.