Ultimately, Harvard could not contain Dartmouth's inside game or hold on to the ball. Amazingly, the Big Green went 32-of-43 from the line, while Harvard went only 3-of-5.

Part of this discrepancy can be explained by the intentional Crimson fouling at the end of the game, but only a small part--when Dartmouth increased its lead from 44-41 to 61-46 in the second Frame, 13 of the Big Green's 17 points came from behind the charity stripe.

In addition, Dartmouth's suffocating defense combined with Harvard's lazy passing to give a 24-15 edge in turnovers to the Crimson.

"They're whole philosophy is attack, and they're very quick," Delaney Smith said. "We should have used passing fakes more."

Junior center Tammy Butler put the exclamation point on her dominant season by leading Harvard with 16 points and 14 rebounds.

She set Harvard single-season records with both 478 points (breaking the previous mark of 449 set last year by both Erin Maher '93 and Debbie Flandermeyer '93) and 343 rebounds (crushing the old board mark of 258), which she set last year.

Sophomore guard Elizabeth "Buzz" Proudfit also contributed 15 points and four rebounds for what was a balanced Crimson scoring effort.

Dartmouth, coming off an 8-18 year, came into the game tied for the lvy lead with defending champion Brown. Coupled with the Bears' 66-61 win over Yale last night, the Big Green earned a share of the lvy title.

Dartmouth will play Brown this Sunday at Briggs Cage at 2 p.m. on Sunday to determine which team will receive the first-ever automatic lvy League bid to the NCAA Tournament. The women's field expanded to 64 teams this year, giving lesserregarded conferences like the Ancient Eight a shot at the national title.

But for Harvard's three seniors, tri-captains Frey, Katie Philips and Katherine Crisera, this game marked a disappointing end to their collegiate careers.