Then Sturdy single-handedly took over the Harvard offense. In a 3:25 span, Sturdy scored 11 of Harvard's 13 points. When the dust settled, the Crimson trailed only 69-67.

Sturdy was especially clutch from the free throw line in that stretch, hitting 5-of-6 shots from the stripe. For the game, Sturdy shot 9-of-13 with a team-high 24 points.

Then in the next few minutes, Harvard finished off the comeback. Kelley stepped up again for the Crimson. Her trey with 3:46 left cut the gap to one.

Quaker forward Diana Caramanico--who led all scorers with a quiet 33 points--beat freshman center Sarah Johnson down low to put Penn back up by three. But a Study jumper, followed by a Caramanico miss and the Kelley hook shot gave Harvard the lead for the first time since the closing moments of the first half.

While the early part of Harvard's comeback, a 15-3 run, was characterized by a Quaker offensive slowdown, the latter part saw both teams running their offenses efficiently, where any defensive stop was huge.

Ides did an excellent job filling in defensively for the injured Melissa Johnson in the second half. In the midst of the Crimson run, Caramanico ran completely untouched on a back-door cut and scored. On the next possession, she tried to run the same play, but Ides stepped and put a big hit on Caramanico as she came around. Ides then forced Caramanico away from the rebound to secure the stop for Harvard.

"I thought it was amazing, the combination of freshman that were out on the court for the majority of time in a game like this," Delaney-Smith said.