But Carbone answered with a short jumper todouble the Peahens' lead, and Harvard appeared totighten up. The Crimson committed four turnoversin the final three minutes, and St. Peter's hitall five of its free throws down the stretch toseal the victory. Harvard's final four points cameon a bucket by senior guard Kelly Kinneen and apair of free throws by Monti.
"Once again we came back from 20 points down.There aren't a lot of teams I've coached that cando that as consistently as we are doing that,which at this particular point makes me veryangry," Delaney-Smith said. "I said before thisgame, 'We've made all the adjustments. We'vegotten better each game. This is it--put 40minutes together,' and they didn't. I'm very,very, very disappointed in the first half.Period."
Harvard also suffered a scare and a crucialsetback in the waning moments of the game. With1:26 left to play and the Crimson well withinstriking distance at 71-67, Kowal began gaspingfor air on the court. After playing through adefensive series, Harvard was able to call atimeout, and Kowal exited the game. She did notreturn.
Kowal has been bothered by a strainedlatissimus muscle in her back. The muscle swelledduring Saturday's game and applied pressure to herlungs, constricting Kowal's breathing. She will beexamined by a physician today.
Still recovering from the flu, senior centerRose Janowski only played 23 minutes. Harvard'sleading scorer, Janowski shot 50 percent from thefloor but attempted just six shots in her limitedtime.
The rest of Harvard's frontcourt contributed 23points--eight each from Russell and Ryba and sevenby Sturdy--but without Janowski's presence in thepaint, the Crimson's outside shooters did not getmany open looks. Harvard shot just 27 percent fromdowntown, and Miller's absence did not help thecause.
"We want to get the ball into the forwards notjust for us to score, but for our guards toscore," Russell said. "Most teams collapse on theforwards, and we can kick it right out. It's abetter rhythm for our team to get all five playersinvolved."
"We'll always miss a player like Suzie, butwe're a deep team, and we have to be able torespond. We came down here to win, and ifanything, we should have stepped it up that muchmore," she added.
St. Peter's perimeter game, meanwhile,effectively complemented its post play on thisday. The Peahens had made only 28 percent of theirthree-pointers heading into Saturday's contest,but they shot 60 percent from beyond the arcagainst the Crimson, led by Greene's 4-of-6 effortfrom distance.
Egelhoff shot 7-of-11 from the floor, including2-of-3 from three-point range, for the game. Kowaland Kinneen each handed out five assists andpulled down six rebounds, leading the Crimson inboth categories.
ST. PETER'S, 78-69at Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, N.J.Harvard 27 42 --69St. Peter's 44 34 --78
HARVARD: Egelhoff 7-11 0-0 16; Russell3-6 2-2 8; Janowski 3-6 1-2 7; Kinneen 2-5 0-1 4;Kowal 0-1 2-2 2; Strudy 3-8 1-2 7; Gates 0-2 0-00; Monti 2-3 5-5 10; Zitnik 0-0 0-0 0; Ryba 3-42-2 8; Barnard 3-5 0-0 7. TOTALS 26-51 13-16 69.
ST. PETER'S: Carbone 9-12 2-2 20; Aghedo1-8 4-4 6; Marchese 9-12 1-1 20; Graene 7-16 0-618; Dames 1-2 2-2 4; Daniels 1-5 0-0 2; Cromer 1-70-0 2; Harris 0-2 3-4 3; Porter 1-3 0-0 3; Brown0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 30-68 12-19 78