“We personally were dealing with a lethal combination: can’t score, can’t guard and can’t play at the line of scrimmage,” Sullivan said.

The Crimson had 19 turnovers against only eight assists, and the ratio was even worse—12 to two—in the first half. Giovacchini was the only Harvard player with multiple assists with three, but he also committed seven turnovers.

BU had a Case Gymnasium-record 30 assists on 35 baskets.

The Crimson’s top four scorers entering the game—junior guard Kevin Rogus, Stehle, sophomore point guard Michael Beal and Norman—combined for just 21 points on 5-of-33 shooting, including an 0-14 performance from Rogus and Beal.

Rogus came into the game averaging 17.6 points per outing but finished with just five.

Even Stehle—who led Harvard with eight points—went 1-for-4 from the charity stripe after entering the game shooting over 90 percent (14-for-15).

It was the Crimson’s eighth straight defeat dating back to last season and the most lopsided loss by a Harvard team since a 118-65 shellacking at eventual NCAA champion Duke on Nov. 30, 1991.

Needless to say, BU is not Duke.

“Clearly, that’s as tough a pill as we’ve had to swallow around here in a long period of time,” Sullivan said.

Junior forward Graham Beatty tied a career high with seven rebounds, including five of the Crimson’s 13 on the offensive end. Harvard led the Ivy League with an average of 12.2 offensive boards per game entering the contest.

Beal pulled down five rebounds—all on the defensive end—and remained the Crimson’s leading rebounder with an average of 6.5 per contest.

BU has now won 10 of the teams’ last 11 meetings.

The Terriers returned from a six-day layoff after a double-overtime win over Ohio and established or tied 29 all-time team records on the night.

—Staff writer Alan G. Ginsberg can be reached at aginsber@fas.harvard.edu.