The three-point shot was one of four that Franklin dropped en route to a career-high 18 points.

In the first half, the Crimson dished out 16 assists against one turnover.

This from a team that has been averaging over 20 turnovers per contest.

“Only one turnover in the first half—for us, that’s wonderful,” Delaney-Smith said.

After shooting 58 percent in the opening frame, however, it appeared Harvard would be hard pressed to match such an output in the second period.

But the Crimson did just that, amazingly hitting on each of its first ten attempts from the floor.

“There was a loose confidence on the court tonight,” Delaney-Smith said.

The crisp passing carried over as well, with Holsey and senior guard Katie Murphy leading the charge.

Holsey finished with nine assists to go with her 14 points, and Murphy handed out eight helpers, fitting accessories to her nine points.

As the second half wore on, treys from Cserny, Franklin, and junior guard Laura Robinson continued to rain down like marshmallow from the sky after the State Puff Marshmallow Man got blown up in the movie “Ghostbusters.”

A three-ball from Franklin out of the right corner pushed the Harvard advantage to 74-43 with just over 13 minutes to play. For a while, it looked like Harvard would go well over 100 points, as the Crimson reached 88 points with more than seven minutes to play.

But liberal substitution and an unfamiliar lineup led to a dry spell that lasted nearly five minutes.

Harvard was solid defensively, as well. The defense limited Quinnipiac’s Krystal Pressley, who had been averaging over 20 points per game, to just 11 on four-of-12 shooting, and held the Bobcats to below 37 percent from the field.

The Crimson will next face Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va., on Wednesday in a match-up at 12:30 p.m.

—Staff writer J. Patrick Coyne can be reached at coyne@fas.harvard.edu.