Maureen McCaffrey added 14 points, and the squad’s sophomores also capitalized on their chance to shine. Sophomore Christiana Lackner chipped in a pair of career highs—seven points and seven rebounds—and sophomore Kyle Dalton added six points.

“I loved how they played,” Delaney-Smith said. “How proud am I of my inside game going against [6’3 Yale center Erica Davis] with some beautiful moves? They played great.”

The Ivy League’s leaders in field-goal percentage, Harvard finished just a shade under 50 percent for the game. Surprisingly, the Bulldogs shot from a high clip from the field as well—47.8 percent—but the wasted possessions on turnovers proved the difference, with the Crimson attempting 13 more shots in each half.

The 35-point margin of victory was the largest in the history of the 57-game series, and Harvard has now defeated Yale in seven of the last eight meetings between the two teams.

At the midpoint of the Ivy schedule, the Crimson will need some help to catch first-place Dartmouth, still undefeated in conference play. Harvard hopes to hold up its end of the bargain on a road trip to Columbia and Cornell next weekend.

—Staff writer Jonathan J. Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu.