While Harvard was playing aggressively, it just couldn't seem to make crisp passes, and the team seemed frustrated, going into the half down 26-23.

At halftime, however, Delaney-Smith used Ohio State's press to rally her troops.

"When you play a team like this and they press you, it means they don't respect you," Delaney-Smith said. "We outplayed them in the first half, but we had trouble with the pace of the game."

In the second half, Harvard made the necessary adjustments to break Ohio State's press, including slowing the clock down to play a tempo that better suits the Crimson.

Delaney-Smith said her players were not as fit as she would like because many Crimson players have missed practices recently due to minor injuries.

On Friday, this didn't hurt the Crimson, unlike in its loss to B.U. on Tuesday, when the Crimson played too up-tempo and tired out too early.

"We're out of shape," Delaney-Smith said. "We tried to adjust to the fatigue factor in the second half. We didn't run as much, took our time on the shots and used the clock well."