"I love what [Laura] has been doing," Delaney-Smith said. "I played her 15 straight minutes at one point. She had an absolutely fabulous game, for a bench kid to be in shape and last that long."

Sturdy and Ides were the leading scorers for Harvard, with 12 and 11 points respectively. Ides continued to do an excellent job in place of Melissa Johnson. On the few occasions when the Tigers gave her open space down low, she always managed to convert.

Though Egelhoff only had six points, her two three-pointers were huge. She hit a trey in the first half that put the Crimson up 13-7, its largest lead of the first half, as well as the shot that won the game for Harvard.

The Crimson defense did an excellent job shutting down the Tiger offense. Princeton used a lot of movement and frequent screens which forced Harvard to run around non-stop, but the Crimson did not wear down a bit.

"I am so impressed with how they're playing hard right now," Delaney-Smith said.

It was the second time this year that Princeton had given a Harvard a tough challenge. In their last meeting, Princeton came back from a 13-point deficit to pull within two, before falling 73-67.

"I am so proud of the people that stepped it up," Delaney-Smith said. "Princeton's a deep team and they kept coming at us. To lose Jenn in a game like that and not react to it I think is a good thing. We stepped it up and won a close game anyway. That's a better win than we've had all year."