Freshman forward Hanah Peljto continued her precocious play, netting 18 points to lead the Crimson against the Stags. She also grabbed nine rebounds in the game, and leads the team in both scoring and boards.

Such spurts of energy will not carry Harvard to an Ivy League title, however, as conference upstart Cornell already boasts a 5-2 record in non-Ivy games.

"We can all have great games at any point, I think," Kowal said. "We need to do it as a team, because we really feed off of each other."

The Crimson has a great chance to turn around its season against the Blue Devils, and looks to do so before its first Ivy League contest on January 6th against Dartmouth.

Central Connecticut has performed poorly in the weak NEC and boasts only the fifth best record heading into conference play.

Harvard is not alone in lamenting a slow start. The two- time defending Ivy League champion Big Green is 0-4 in non-conference play, and is doubtlessly thankful, like the Crimson, that its poor play has come so early in the year.

Despite the young season, the Crimson still feels it should be doing the little things that veteran teams do down the stretch.