For the Crimson, losing its starting point guard was just another blow for the already-hurting offense. Nonetheless, Harvard played the second half with increased poise and intensity, improving on its dismal first half performance--the Crimson shot a solid 45.2 percent in the second half.

"It's human nature to want to step up and contribute points," Sullivan said. "As a result, we rushed shots and had some layups that we just didn't finish up.

"Players were trying to fill in new roles instead of letting it happen, and so we talked about changing that in the second half," Sullivan added.

Defensively, Harvard came out of the break with a press, trying to force turnovers and get back into the contest, but the Crimson was limited in its efforts because of numbers.

"We had to be judicious in using the press due to the fatigue factor, especially with [Clemente] and [Prasse-Freeman] out and since [junior forward Bryan] Parker had the flu," Sullivan said. "So with our lack of depth, we didn't want to make our big men run too much, which is what you force them to do when you press."

And unfortunately for the Crimson, Colgate answered its efforts by shooting the lights out. After hitting 41.4 percent from the floor in the first half, the Red Raiders stepped it up to 65.4 percent in the second. Colgate also made 6-of-8 three-pointers after the break.

The Crimson never got closer than 16 points to the Red Raiders, and as the game wore on--and the Harvard players wore down--Colgate continued to pour on the points. The 27-point winning margin was the largest lead of the game.