"Even we got the shots we wanted, at that point, nothing fell." Delaney-Smith said. "And we were outrebounded. That's supposed to be our answer. That was the overwhelming glaring problem."

On the opening play of the second half, the aggressive Husky defense made it difficult for the Crimson to inbound the ball. Monti picked up a deflected pass, but the pressure caused her to throw the ball away. This play was largely indicative of how the rest of the second half would go for the Crimson.

Harvard's inability to maintain possession or achieve any kind of penetration kept it away from the free throw line. Northeastern managed 27 free throw attempts as compared to just five for the Crimson, who began using fouls to slow the clock down.

Because of the turnovers, the Crimson couldn't control the tempo of the game.

"[The Huskies] were using 28 to 29 seconds of offense on almost every possession," Delaney-Smith said.

Early in the game, the Harvard guards were able to find junior center Melissa Johnson open underneath. Johnson scored the first six points of the game for Harvard. But then the Northeastern defense tightened down on Johnson, and made it difficult for Harvard.

Unlike last week's games against Mount St. Mary's and Rhode Island, Harvard did not have a significant height advantage at center. Sarah Johnson, the team's leading scorer in both of the games last week, managed only four points in 14 minutes against the Husky widebodies.

Lani Lawrence, a 6'3 Husky center, had a bad day shooting the ball, making just 4-of-13 from the floor. But her constant presence in the middle was enough to make things difficult for the Harvard centers.