"We had a week from hell," coach Kathy Delaney Smith said. "We never had more than seven players at practice."

The victory was a milestone for the Harvard coach, marking her 100th career Ivy League win.

"I'm very happy that our team didn't look past Yale," Delaney Smith said. "The Yales of the world are almost more dangerous than the Browns. Yale had nothing to lose."

The Brown game tonight will be the biggest test of the season. The Crimson has lost seven straight games to the Bears and has vowed to come out strong with the Ivy League title on the line.

"If we play aggressive defense we can win," Butler said. "We're ready." HARVARD, 78-64 at Briggs Cage Yale  26  38  --  78 Harvard  37  41  --  64

YALE: Demmo 0-4 0-0 0; Offer 3-11 8-9 15; Kalich 9-14 3-7 21; Hardaker 3-13 0-0 6; Williams 1-7 1-2 3; Brandt 3-13 0-0 9; Porter 5-10 0-3 10. TOTAL 24-72 12-21 64.

HARVARD: Butler 8-14 2-6 18; James 0-1 0-0 0; Davis 1-2 0-0 2; Feaster 7-11 2-2 18; Grossman 2-3 0-1 4; Gelman 7-11 1-2 18; Proudfit 2-5 0-0 5; Basil; 0-1 0-1 0; Brandt 2-4 0-0 5; Gettelman 2-3 2-2 8. TOTALS: 31-55 7-14 78.