That was partly due to design.

"I think we did a good job defensively on him, at least in the first half," Marist Coach Dave Magarity said. "He may be one of the best offensive players we see this season. He's Larry Bird-like."

The Crimson was able to put together a small run near the end of the half and was down only seven, 36-29.

Coming out the second half, Harvard finally showed it could make a shot, but was still unable to stop Marist from scoring. Clemente hit his first three-pointer of the night early in the half, making it the 22nd straight game in which he hit a three and extending his own school record.

Harvard and the Red Foxes parried for the next several minutes, with the Crimson staying within 10 points of Marist.

One of the highlight-reel plays of the night happened with 14:58 to go in the game. After a particularly ugly sequence in which both teams turned the ball over and committed fouls, 6'8 freshman forward Onnie Mayshak read a Cielebak pass and picked it off at midcourt. With the crowd cheering and no defender in front of him, Mayshak finished off the fast break with a thundering dunk that brought down the house and the lead, to 47-38.

While Harvard tried going to the full-court press from time to time, Marist was able to break it with relative ease. The Marist defense, however, while not as strong, was nonetheless effective at getting Harvard guards like freshman Elliott Prasse-Freeman to make bad decisions. Prasse-Freeman turned the ball over four times, often on poor interior passes.

"I think they played a pretty bad defense, actually," Gellert said. "It was just that our offense wasn't as strong. We can't let them shoot 59 percent in the second half and expect to win."