Junior forward Dan Clemente led the Crimson with 24 points on 7-of-11 shooting, but didn't score a point in the final 12 minutes, while freshman point guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman, who was making his first collegiate start, got Harvard's first double-double of the season, scoring 15 points with 10 assists.

Down 52-44 early in the second, the Crimson came storming back with an eight-point run sparked by Clemente.

Sinking a wide-open jumper from just beyond the arc, Clemente cut the lead to five and remained upcourt to apply pressure.

Harassing Williams, Clemente forced a turnover that set up junior center Tim Coleman for a short jumper from Prasse-Freeman and cut the lead to three.

After Navy senior center Sitapha Savane--who had a game-high 26 points--beat Coleman inside, it looked as though Savane would have an easy two, but 6'3 Prasse-Freeman stood his ground against the 6'8 giant from Dakar, Senegal and drew the offensive foul.

Turning the ball up court after the Midshipmen timeout, Prasse-Freeman went coast-to-coast and drove the lane.

Leaping from the ground as if to shoot, Prasse-Freeman dished the ball out to Gellert who immediately spread the Navy defense firing the ball cross-court to fellow guard, captain Damian Long, who sunk the three and tied the game, 52-52 at 15:16 of the second half.