The Harvard women's basketball team is still grieving from Saturday night's heartbreaking loss to Brown.

But the Crimson will not be allowed to mourn for long.

Tonight, Dartmouth invades Briggs Cage like a relentless, loudmouthed, plaid-coated, vacuum-cleaner salesman pounding on the door of a bereaved family.

The caller won't take no for an answer and isn't satisfied with having beaten Harvard once this season, 74-55.

This interloper wants more

Dartmouth (16-9 overall, 9-4 Ivy) wants to share second place with the Crimson (13-12, 10-3).

Well there's only one thing to do with such a brash, meddlesome pest: slam the door.

Harvard intends to avenge both its losses to Brown and Dartmouth in the final game of the year.

"We want to bury Dartmouth," Co-captain Maura Healey said after the Brown game.

In order to do this, the Crimson must stop the Big Green's well-balanced attack.

Junior, guard Renee Reed, who leads the team with 13 points per game, can effectively penetrate as well as shoot from outside.

Freshman Brandi Jones and sophomore Ilsa Webeck control the low post, combining for 12.3 rebounds and 19.7 points per game. Webeck has also blocked 34 shots on the season.

This was supposed be the game in which Harvard would seize its second straight Ancient Eight title.

The Crimson was supposed to beat Brown on Saturday, and then dispatch Dartmouth to force a tie for the championship.

It didn't happen.