Sturdy and Gates chipped in 13 and 10 points,respectively, while Gates added three assists.Co-Captain Sarah Russell was phenomenal on theboards, pulling down a career-high 10 rebounds.
Another player who made her presence felt allover the court was senior guard Kelly Kinneen. Thenative of Methuen, Mass., tied career highs inpoints (six) and steals (two), and set a careerhigh in assists (four). More importantly, shenearly took over the game midway through the firsthalf.
Kinneen was involved in six consecutive Harvardscores within a five-minute stretch, recording twobuckets, three assists and two steals. She wasalso the author of the game's most vicious block,a swat of an attempted fast-break lay-up byWofford's Meredith Denton midway through thesecond half that left Denton on her back and sentthe ball careening off the wall of LavietesPavilion.
"I think we haven't put together a full gameyet," Kinneen said. "I'm looking forward to thefirst game we put together 40 minutes on offenseand on defense."
Harvard shot 44 percent from the field in thegame, including 38 percent from distance. TheCrimson connected on a season-high ninethree-pointers.
Notes
Mississippi State earned a berth in thechampionship game by virtue of its 69-64 victoryover Ball State in the first round. Wofforddefeated Ball State in the consolation game,70-69, in overtime.
Janowski was named the Ivy League Player of theWeek in the season's first week for her efforts inthe Crimson's first three games, including acareerhigh 29-point output versus BostonUniversity. Gates earned a spot on the Ivy honorroll for her 38 points and 17 rebounds in thosethree games.
The final spot on the All-Tournament team wentto Amy Kieckbusch of Ball State. Kieckbusch wasthe tournament's leading scorer.