Harvard emerged from the locker room with the same momentum with which it ended the half. Fagbenle added four points in the first minute of play and quickly grabbed a board to cement her double-double.

While the Lions improved to shoot 32 percent, it was not enough, as the Crimson extended its lead to as large as 21 with a jump shot from junior guard Jasmine Evans.

Harvard players kept the ball firmly in their own hands. The team committed just 10 turnovers through the whole contest, its second-lowest total all season behind nine at Dartmouth on Jan. 12. To this point. turnovers had plagued the squad all season.

“Coming off of the Princeton game, [when] we only had 12 turnovers, and we used that as fuel to keep our turnovers down and really take care of the ball,” Curtis said. “We really just made a concentrated effort in practice to limit our turnovers.”

The win allowed the Crimson to keep its grip on second place in the Ancient Eight.

—Staff writer Cordelia F. Mendez can be reached at cordeliamendez@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @CrimsonCordelia.