Sullivan said. "Defending it was our prime objective. We did a good job acknowledging screens and coming off them."

In the end, the Crimson beat the Great Danes at their own game. Harvard connected on 7-of-14 treys, while Albany hit just five all night, including only two in the second half.

The Great Danes had entered the contest ranked tenth in the country in three-point shots made per game (8.3).

"We compared them to Princeton," said Sullivan. "They came in shooting 24 threes per game--those are Princeton-type numbers."

Despite Albany's woes from behind the arc, twelve Crimson turnovers in the second half allowed the Great Danes to sneak back into the game.

Fumbled passes and poor decisions translated into twelve second-half points for Albany. With 13:31 remaining in the game, Harvard freshman forward Sam Winter committed his second turnover in as many possessions, leading to an easy lay-up by Albany forward Will Brand. The basket capped a 12-3 run by the Great Danes and narrowed the score to 45-40.

But that was the closest that Albany would come, as two consecutive clutch shots by freshman guard Brady Merchant put the Crimson back up by ten.