Two free throws by Redding brought Brown withinfour with 1:33 to play. Ryba then had a chance toextend the lead when she was hacked on the otherend, but she missed the front end of aone-and-one.
Brown freshman guard Emilie Troupe then tookadvantage of an ill-advised double in the post anddrained an open three from the left corner. TheBears were within one with 52.8 seconds left, butthe Crimson had possession.
The Crimson lost possession. With 29 seconds togo, Egelhoff forced a bad entry pass in the leftcorner and Brown took over.
It surprised no one that Redding was the focusof Brown's critical possession. When Redding drovefrom the right wing up the left side of the key,she drew a double from Janowski, who no doubtexpected to force her into a difficultoff-balanced shot.
Janowski's help left Cathy Miller free to drivethe right baseline into the post, where Reddingfound her for an easy deuce.
"That was a fabulous play," Delaney-Smith said."That was just a great pass, and I can't blameRose for that play. Wouldn't you think VitaRedding would take a little fadeaway turnaroundinstead of risk the dish?"
The blame for Redding's phantom assist becamemoot the second Monti's game-winner cleared therim.
Much will be on the line when Harvard hostssecond-place Dartmouth (17-8, 10-3) in its seasonfinale tomorrow. Should the Big Green win andPrinceton lose at Penn, Dartmouth will tie for theIvy League title. A one-game playoff would thendecide which of Princeton or Dartmouth receivesthe league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
A Harvard win would not only spoil Dartmouth'sseason, but it would give the Crimson solepossession of third place in the Ancient Eight.The Big Green has won 15 of its last 18 games.
HARVARD, 69-67 at Lavietes PavilionBrown 27 40 --67Harvard 28 41 --69BROWN:Miller 4-9 4-4 12; Redding 8-18 6-923; Gottleib 0-0 0-0 0; Middendorp 2-7 0-0 4;Amato 3-6 1-1 7; Troupe 2-7 0-0 5; McDonald 3-66-9 12; Loins 1-1 0-0 2; Pavichevich 0-0 2-2 2;Barton 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-54 19-25 67.HARVARDMonti 1-4 0-0 3; Egelhoff 7-15 2-420; Janowski 5-6 1-1 11; Miller 4-11 2-2 11;Russell 3-7 0-0 6; Ryba 5-10 0-1 11; Gates 1-5 0-02; Kowal 0-1 0-0 0; Kinneen 1-1 0-1 2; Nunamaker1-1 1-1 3. TOTALS: 28-61 610 69.HARVARD, 54-53 at Lavietes PavilionYale 30 23--53Harvard 28 26--54YALE:Archer 2-5 1-2 5; Braddock 1-6 0-0 2;Grubbs 7-15 4-4 18; Denit 5-11 0-0 11; Bertao 4-91-3 9; Simpson 0-4 0-0 0; Glick 1-3 0-0 2; Riposta0-0 0-0 0; Miller 2-3 2-2 6. TOTALS 22-56 8-11 53.HARVARD:Miller 7-11 1-1 20; Monti 3-5 0-06; Kinneen 0-0 0-0 0; Janowski 5-10 4-9 14;Russell 2-4 1-2 5; Egelhoff 1-5 0-0 3; Kowal 1-10-0 2; Ryba 2-5 0-0 4; Gates 0-4 0-0 0; Nunamaker0-3 0-1 0; Barnard 0-0 0-2 0. TOTALS: 21-48 6-1554.