Also hurtful for Harvard was that it allowed UNH to get the bonus with 10:40 remaining in the second half. Two Crimson players alone committed seven fouls in the four minutes before then, which aided the Wildcat surge.
The Harvard loss wasted a great defensive effort on Farkas, the Wildcat's leading scorer, who was held to 11 points. In the first half, the Crimson held her to only four points, as the defense managed to force UNH into taking difficult outside shots.
"We did a nice job on [Farkas]," Delaney-Smith said. "I think we took away their rhythm, like they took away our rhythm."
Harvard's next game will be against Dartmouth (6-5) at home today. The Big Green beat UNH earlier in the season by a 64-52 score. If Harvard will triumph over in its first Ivy League game the season, it will have to figure out how to protect the ball and step it up during crunch time.