Harvard had 13 steals, with Gates nabbing a team-best four. Typically among the team's best defensive players, Gates scored 11 points, most of them in transition.
With the victory, the Crimson has the momentum it needed going into the Ivy season. Delaney-Smith believes the entire team deserves credit for the turnaround.
"It was all sixteen players, it wasn't just the kids in the game," Delaney-Smith said. "Our bench was outstanding. They were huge when we lost momentum, or when they'd get an eight point run or so. For a team that has 10 losses, for us to put together an effort like that I'm very proud of them."
Dartmouth (1-9), the defending Ivy champion, has not fared much better to start the season. Despite returning last year's Ivy Rookie of the Year Katherine Hanks, the Big Green has struggled in non-conference play, like every other Ivy team.
"The league is not doing well," Delaney-Smith said. "I expect that whoever wins will be seeing [No. 2] Tennessee or [No. 1] Connecticut. There is not a chance of anything else. But that's alright with me. We'll handle that when the time comes."
The game at Dartmouth will be tomorrow at 7 p.m.
Arkansas 87, Harvard 48
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