Harvard was able to better solve Hunt in the second half, holding him to only nine more points, all on free throws. But fellow freshman Alaivaa Nuualiitia scored six from the inside, adding a block and two steals, and backup guard Jesse Wood provided the outside points, scoring 12 points in 16 minutes.

The story in the second half for Harvard was its continued lack of good shooting and poor crunch-time decision-making. Captain Damian Long was only 4-of-15 (2-of-8 from three point range) from the floor and fouled out.

No Crimson player shot better than 50 percent. Coleman was largely ineffective in the second half in terms of points scored, as he had few good inside shots and finished with 18 points.

Prasse-Freeman also cooled off, turning the ball over six times in the second half with only one assist. Drew Gellert and Brady Merchant, the Crimson's other two guards, also were unable to provide any offensive spark.

But the most telling statistic wasn't rebounds or turnovers. Brown went to the free-throw line almost twice as often as Harvard did, and Hunt's 19 attempts alone were more than the entire Harvard team's 18 shots. The Bears converted 29-of-35 (82.9 percent) and those points provided the margin of victory. After Harvard closed to 64-62 with 5:18 to play, the Bears hit 11 of their last 12 attempts from the line.

"Certainly, beating Dartmouth in the first two games made us too comfortable," Sullivan said. "We manifested our youth today. We weren't efficient with the ball."

Yale 69, Harvard 61

Stuck in a bus for five-and-a-half hours, the ride to New Haven was a little rough for the Crimson.