Harvard shot the lights out in the first half, draining 63.0 percent from the floor, including 7-of-13 from 3-point range. Sturdy and guard Courtney Egelhoff, the team's only seniors, led the way as the Crimson built a 43-34 halftime lead.

But in the second half, Harvard's season-long nemesis, the huge-lead let-down, struck once again. The gap between the Crimson and Tigers peaked at 13 on a Sturdy 3-pointer with 12:41 remaining. Over the next seven minutes, Harvard managed just one basket, a 3-pointer from sophomore Laura Barnard.

Luckily for the Crimson, the Tigers weren't shooting particularly well either. The Princeton offense, which, like their men's team, relies on screens and picks to set up open 3-pointers and back-door cuts, was unable to make its shots with any consistency all day. The Harvard defense kept the Tiger shooting down to 41.4 percent.

"I am very proud," Delaney-Smith said. "Their offense is tough when you go man, even zone, because they're all 3-point shooters. It brings our forwards out and then they drive on you."

Still, the Crimson defense was unable to offset the offense's woes in the middle of the second half. Princeton guards Maggie Langlas and Kate Thirolf both hit 3-pointers on a 13-3 Tiger run that cut the lead to 57-54 with 6:09 left.

But the Crimson's ability to win this game was never in much doubt, with Sturdy, Monti and Egelhoff coming off the bench well-rested to spell the subs who had been in the game for the Princeton run. With the Harvard lead down to 59-57, it was Sturdy who built it up again.

Sturdy took a pass from freshman forward Kate Ides for an easy layup that stretched the lead to four. She followed that up with a 3-pointer from the top of the key, making her a perfect 3-of-3 on the day, to increase the lead to 74-67 with 4:24 remaining.

The shot capped off a magnificent weekend for Sturdy, who shot 17-of-29 with 43 points in two games. For the season, Sturdy has shot 29-of-53 from 3-point range, and her 54.7 percentage should now make her second in the country.