Monti tallied a career-high 16 points, 12 of which came in the second half. She was back to hitting the spectacular shots that had marked her career before this season.

With six seconds left in the first half, Monti took the ball after a pair of Terrier free throws and brought the ball upcourt. When she reached the Crimson free throw line she let the ball loose off her fingertips.

Monti--whose penchant for hitting buzzer-beaters dates back to when she hit back-to-back game-winners in the final weekend of freshman year--hit nothing but net as the clock hit double zeros.

On one sequence in the second half, Monti dribbled along the baseline, turned her back on three taller defenders and drained a short jumper over all of them. She shot 6-for-12 from the floor and 4-for-5 from the line.

The only negative on the day for Monti was eight turnovers. Harvard as a team struggled with 28 turnovers, which statistically was an improvement over the 30 turnovers against Arkansas, but hardly what the Crimson was hoping for.

B.U. struggled to capitalize on the Harvard turnovers, making poor decisions in its transition game. Part of the credit goes to the Crimson defenders which on many occasions stood tall down low and forced a difficult shot or took a charge.

The Crimson defense held B.U. to just 28 percent shooting in the first half. Harvard accomplished the difficult task of double-pressuring the ball carrier and shutting down everything inside, forcing the Terriers to take difficult outside shots.