Penn 79, Harvard 66

The Crimson's inability to handle the press in the final two minutes of the first half came at just about the worst possible time.

Harvard had just cut a 28-16 Penn lead down to two with an apparent game-saving 13-3 run led by two freshmen, guard Bree Kelley and center Sarah Johnson.

But after Penn junior forward Diana Caramanico, the No. 2 scorer in the nation, hit both ends of a one-and-one, Harvard was unable to inbound the ball on three consecutive possessions. Penn converted off each steal, and in just 32 seconds, the Quakers had upped their lead by eight points.

For the game, Harvard had 25 turnovers, while Penn committed only eight.

"I thought they were smart [to press]," Delaney-Smith said. "But I thought we turned the ball over without them doing anything other than their bodies just being there. This has happened to us before. We thought we had put this behind us. We literally threw the ball away and put ourselves down 12 at the half."

In the second half, Harvard looked to pull a repeat performance from its last game against Penn in which the Crimson erased a 16-point Quaker deficit.

With 14:35 left and Harvard down by 13, Sarah Johnson came off the bench and sparked a Crimson rally. On a 13-4 run, she scored eight points, including two three-point plays. Harvard trailed 51-47 with 10:47 remaining.