Harvard continued to fight to stay in the game but kept making mistakes. The turnovers failed to abate, and despite not hitting a three-pointer until ten minutes into the second half, Brown continued its offensive dominance inside. Nuualiitia and Etheridge, who both finished the game with double-doubles, not only scored inside at will but also drew plenty of fouls.

For most of the second half the Crimson played short-handed due to foul trouble. Clemente, Prasse-Freeman and several others only saw inconsistent minutes at the end of the game. Prasse-Freeman fouled out with 5:53 left and Clemente followed soon thereafter, having scored only 11 points.

The foul situation bordered on absurd, with the referees calling 50 fouls during the game (20 on Harvard in the second half alone), including a technical on Brown coach Glen Miller.

Coach Sullivan commented later that the fouls had to do with the NCAA's emphasis on cracking down on hand-checking.

"We just couldn't guard without fouling," Sullivan said. "We've struggled adjusting to the way the games are being called. I think some of our players might be of that persuasion--I think some college basketball players are still not backing down, and the refs aren't backing down."

The Crimson got down by as much as 13 in the end, and closed the gap to five before finally going down in the final minutes.

Hunt finished with 23 points to lead all scorers, and the Crimson was paced by sophomore guard Brady Merchant (19 points) and Sigafoos, who had a double-double (12 points and 12 rebounds).