Down 17-16 with 4:04 to go in the first half, the Crimson's Wheaties kicked in, and the team went on a 10-0 run. After giving up a silly foul and two free throws as time expired, the Crimson had a 26-19 lead going into the half.

The Harvard locker room must have been wired at half. The team jumped out to an immediate 13-point lead on two lay-ups and two free throws from Peltjo. Senior point guard Lisa Kowal dished both of Peltjo's baskets.

But after UNH began to slow the game down with a 7-0 run spread over six minutes, Harvard seemed lost on its own floor. Bad passes, traveling violations and fouls--loads and loads of fouls--all turned the tide for the Wildcats. UNH was in the bonus with 11:55 to go, down just 34-28.

At 5:30, Harvard's lead was down to just 40-38, and the Wildcats looked dangerously close to taking over the game. A free throw by junior forward Katie Gates, a Peltjo three-pointer and a lay-up from sophomore forward Kate Ides gave the Crimson a 46-40 lead and all the points it would ultimately need on the night. By that point, Harvard was in the bonus and a slow game was just what it needed to keep the ball out of the Wildcats' hands.

Slow doesn't even begin to describe the beginning of the game, which ground to a halt faster than Robert Downey Jr.'s career. The two teams shouldn't have even bothered with the first five minutes of the game; the score was tied 3-3 with 14:51 minutes to play in the first half.

If the Crimson is to win the Ivy League this year, it will need to shake off any pre-game jitters and enter each contest like it has already been playing for five minutes. That is precisely why there are warm-ups before a game, to steady the nerves, find the shooting touch and try to intimidate the other players, who are undoubtedly sizing up the competition out of the corners of their eyes.

The best advice I ever got playing basketball was to listen to some good music before the game in order to get the juices flowing. I used James Brown, and the hardest working man in show business helped me a harder working man under the boards.