If the game had ended there, Harvard would have been happy.
"We just folded," Monti said. "We just collapsed around seven minutes. That was sort of scary and unpredictable."
Holy Cross went on a 38-9 run to close out the game, dominating the tiring Harvard team in all aspects of the game.
But the Crimson kept it close, cutting the lead to 12 when Johnson hit a lay-up with 2:34 left, making the final score a little misleading as the Crusaders started heading to the free-throw line. The Crusaders shot 9-of-9 from the charity stripe and hit nearly every shot they took from the field in the last two minutes.
"[Even though] we lost by 30 I don't feel they outplayed us that much," Delaney-Smith said. "They are a better team than we are right now. They are very veteran and very good."
Johnson and Kelley led the Crimson scorers with 11 apiece. Five Crusaders reached double figures.
Holy Cross shot 52 percent on the game, which was astounding compared to the Crimson's 36 percent.
But there were bright spots for the Crimson, particularly in Gates' play.
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