The spurt was sparked by a combination of Northeastern's quickness and a couple of Harvard turnovers.

"We got off to a good start," Harvard freshman Elizabeth Proudfit said, "but then we lost our intensity."

The Northeastern rally was a sign of things to come. In the second half, Northeastern outplayed the superior Harvard squad for most of the twenty minutes.

Harvard looked flat. Maybe it was the recent California road trip. Or maybe it was a case of overconfidence. Whatever the reason, the Crimson did not play to its potential after intermission.

On the other hand the Northeastern squad came out flying in the second half. The Huskies played an intense second half skimming a lot of transition points off a sluggish Crimson squad.

"I give Northeastern credit," Delaney-Smith said. "They are great athletes and they used this athletic ability to get back into the game."

Still, the Crimson won on a night when it didn't play its best, but every team needs a few ugly wins to put togther a good season.

And the win column doesn't measure performance, it only registers results.

HARVARD, 70-60 at Briggs Cage Northeastern  21  39  --  60 Harvard  31  39  --  70

NORTHEASTERN: Washington 7-12 2-4 23; Artis 7-17 0-3 17; Jones 6-16 3-1 14; Hobson 1-7 3-2 4; Houser 1-5 0-4 2; McClintock 0-0 0-10 0; Robinson 0-4 3-2 0; Monday 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 22-61 8-29 60.

HARVARD: Flandermeyer 8-13 3-6 22; Butler 8-10 3-10 18; Maher 3-6 6-3 10; Proudfit 4-7 3-4 10; Frey 2-4 3-5 5; Reinhard 1-2 0-1 3; Phillips 1-2 0-0 2; McNamer 0-2 0-0 0; Cronk 0-1 0-0 0; Davis 0-0 0-2 0; Crisera 0-0 0-1 0. Totals 27-47 18-36 70.