With around four minutes left in the first half, after Banghart missed a three-point shot by a whole foot, she attempted to go right by sophomore forward Katie Gates on her next possession. Gates, who also scored 11 for the Crimson, responded by completely redirecting Banghart's shot in dramatic fashion.

After scoring 19 points in the first half, Dartmouth managed 48 in the second as the pace of the game increased. The Big Green managed to have some success in the transition game, beating the Crimson back to other end of the floor more often than not.

"I don't think they scored against our half-court set defense the whole game," Delaney-Smith said.

The Dartmouth press did manage to cause some problems for the Crimson. In the first half, the Big Green didn't have too many opportunities to utilize it, because of the lack of scoring.

In the early moments of the second half, it looked as if the press might give Dartmouth the chance to come back, as Harvard lost the ball on two consecutive possessions and had its lead cut to 30-23.

But on its next possession, the Crimson beat the press and got the ball to Johnson, who made the shot underneath and drew a foul. Then Sturdy got the rebound and put back the missed foul shot to give Harvard a crushing four-point play. After that, the press was never really a problem.

"We never really let down," Sturdy said. "Through any runs that they got into, we just kept our composure."

With the Crimson up 57-38 with 8:38 left, the Harvard offense suddenly went cold. The Big Green was able to mount a 10-0 run to cut the lead to single-digits with 4:12 left. But then two shots by Johnson, a layup off a rebound and a jumper from the top of the key put Harvard back up by 13 with 3:10 left.