Princeton capitalized on the opportunity as Thirolf stepped behind the arc and nailed one of her three treys on the night to put Princeton ahead, 52-50. But Harvard had plenty of flight left in it.

Feaster came down the floor and bullied her way to the hoop for the bucket and a foul. She calmly hit the free throw--she was 13-of-14 from the charity stripe in the game--and Harvard led by one with 2:45 to play.

But then a lack of rebounding sealed the Crimson's fate. Thirolf grabbed the rebound off of a Langlas miss, put it back up, drew the foul and hit the shot. She completed the three-point play to put Princeton ahead 55-53.

"[Rebounding] had a huge impact on this game," Feaster added. "We know we have to find a body in the zone, and we just didn't do that. It's little things likethat that cost us the game."

Harvard had several chances to win or tie thegame in the waning moments. Still trailing by two,Janowski was fouled under the hoop but missed bothfree throws.

Washburn then missed two free throws of her ownto give Harvard a second chance to tie or win. Theball was inbounded to Feaster with 10.9 seconds toplay, but Thirolf stripped the ball away asFeaster drove to her left.

Thirolf was fouled immediately and went to theline with 3.7 seconds showing and a chance to icethe game. She hit only one of her two shots,giving Harvard one final opportunity to send thegame into overtime.

Feaster inbounded the ball to Miller whodribbled upcourt and found junior Sarah Russell atthe three-point arc. Russell launched a bomb thatlooked good initially, but it just missed its markand bounced off the back iron as time expired.

"The younger players don't really know what'sit like to struggle in Ivy League play," saidsophomore Laela Sturdy. "This is a reality checkto say the Ivy League is a very competitiveleague, and we can't just take our winning historyto make us win the game."

Feaster finished with a game-high 34 points and10 rebounds, representing more than 64 percent ofHarvard's offense. Janowski added nine points andsix boards. Thirolf finished with 21 points forthe Tigers, and Langlas added eight points and sixrebounds.

"It's hard for a team to go undefeated inback-to-back seasons, but it's definitely possibleto win a title a third year in a row," Feastersaid. "I don't think our goals have changed in anyway having lost this game."

Harvard 90, Penn 64

If anyone wants to know what it is like to bein a zone, she should have asked Suzie Miller onFriday night. Miller led a Harvard shootingbarrage from downtown with an 8-for-13 effort frombeyond the arc, including her first six in a row.

She scored 22 points in the first 8:12 of thegame, and the Crimson put a remarkable 42 pointson the board before nine minutes had elapsed toopen up a 27-point lead.

"Shooters just get in a groove," Miller said."I didn't even think about the offensive end ofthings, and I just let that come. Then it got tothe point where they weren't guarding me, and whenyou get in a groove like that, you shoot until youmiss."

But as impressive as the initial nine minutesof the game were for Harvard, the next 11 minutescould not have been much worse. The Quakersoutscored the Crimson 30-9 to close out the firstperiod, and Harvard's lead was cut to a mere sixpoints at intermission.