This time she had a hand in her face, but the shot looked equally perfect during its flight. Again, however, it sailed just long of its mark.

The Crimson got one more chance in the waning seconds when Gates corralled the rebound off a missed free throw by sophomore guard Jessica Munson, but her shot from beyond half court landed on the right side of the rim.

After taking a two-point lead into the locker rooms, Princeton's advantage ballooned to eight before Harvard came back. Egelhoff, whose eight first-half points paced both teams, led a meticulous drive towards parity.

Her turnaround in the lane brought the Crimson within six. She followed with a lay-in from the right post off a feed from Janowski to make the score 35-31.

Offense, not unlike the whooping cough, is contagious. The two teams traded baskets twice before an Egelhoff three knotted the score at 40 with 5:32 left. Egelhoff finished with 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting.

Harvard had a chance to win at the end of regulation, as it had the ball with 19.2 seconds to go. Monti started a drive with about nine seconds on the clock, penetrated up the left side of the lane and hoisted a scoop shot, but it rolled off the back of the rim. The rebound barely escaped Russell's grasp.

"We didn't feel their guards were terribly quick, so I felt like if I isolated I could get off a good shot," Monti said. "And even if I miss, we have good rebounding position."