Senior guard Courtney Wicks, who gave the Crimson fits all night, then hit a jumper and junior guard Sue Porter followed up with a three-pointer. Wicks then drove to the basket, sank her shot and was fouled. She converted the three-point play to put the Peahens up by eight. Cromer added a bucket to make the score 54-44, and the Crimson, reeling in the midst of a 12-point St. Peter's run, took a timeout in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

After the Crimson timeout, junior point-guard Jennifer Monti drained a jumper to stop the Peahen run and the Crimson looked to be back in the ball game. Peahen sophomore center Anna Barthold swung the momentum back in St. Peter's direction, however, drawing a foul on a bank shot and connecting on her free throw. Harvard then trailed 57-46 with just under eight minutes to play.

Peljto, who was the Crimson's brightest offensive spot in the game, hit a layup and then Ides drained a jumper to pull the Crimson within seven with 7:05 left to play.

Harvard got as close as 65-60 with 2:55 remaining and finally narrowed the deficit to three with about a minute left, but a key Crimson turnover with thirty seconds to play forced Harvard to foul St. Peter's immediately in an attempt to catch up.

The last St. Peter's run, which essentially kept the game out of reach for Harvard, came less than five minutes after a 6-0 Harvard run put the Crimson ahead of St. Peter's, 39-38, 6:16 into the second half.

The second half began in much the same way as the first half ended, with Harvard and St. Peter's exchanging leads as each team struggled to overwhelm the other.

Certainly the Crimson's play in the first half was nothing to be proud of, despite the fact that it led 28-27 at halftime. Harvard committed 18 of its 24 turnovers in the first half.

"We can't win against anyone with 18 turnovers in the first half," Delaney-Smith said.