"It was funny," Courtney Egelhoff said. "I had to just keep telling myself that she was just No. 20, and not my sister."
The Bears cut the lead to 10 with 7:25 to go on two free throws from freshman guard Barbara Maloni, who wound up with 18 points.
After driving the lead back up to 20, the Crimson carried a comfortable 38-21 edge into halftime on a driving lay-up from junior guard Carrie Larkworthy. She would add a three-pointer later in the second half.
In the second half, it was more of the same as Egelhoff hit a trey at 16:03 to open up a 25-point lead.
With the Crimson starting five largely off the floor, Harvard extended its lead to 32, its largest of the game, with 10:42 left to play on a three-pointer from sophomore guard Laura Barnard.
From there, the Bears switched gears and, led by 6'4 sophomore center Rachael McDonald, made their run, although the Crimson hung on for the win. McDonald had a game-high 22 points.
"[McDonald] did a nice job," Delaney-Smith said. "She did some nice things. We had to do a better job defensively [on her]."
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