"They were really a physical team," Butler said. "They knew how to use their size."

Harvard started the games well and went into halftime trailing by only three, 39-36. The Crimson was led at that point by Butler's 12 points and five rebounds and sophomore guard Elizabeth "Buzz" Proudfit's 12 points and three assists.

The closeness of the score, however, would not last long into the second half. Yale scored the first six points of the stanza and increased its lead to 12 with 7:24 to go. Then Frey hit a pair of free throws and followed that with a trifecta to make the score 67-60 with 6:48 left.

But that was the time Harvard would feel the bottom of the net for a long while.

The three upped Frey's point total to 14, the number she finished the game with, Proudfit, who fouled out with 3:04 left, ended with 17 points.

Butler had her usual stellar game, racking up 20 points and 15 rebounds. Butler's game is defined by its consistency.

Butler leads the Ivies by wide margins in both scoring at 20.1 points per game and rebounding at 13.6 per game, and she is fourth in the nation in rebounding.

Harvard ends its season at home against second place Dartmouth tomorrow night.

If the Crimson should lose to the Big Green, Harvard would end with its worst record since 1983-84 Delaney Smith's second year at the helm.

Although none of Harvard's four League wins have been against teams with a winning record, the squad feels that it can win if can be consistent for 40 minutes.

"At times we play well, and at times we play like crap," sophomore guard Amy Reinhard said.

"Everybody wants to win very badly," Butler added. "We just have to avoid lapses and we will have a chance."