Overall, the Crimson turned in what was perhaps its best all-around effort on the year. For all the good that came out of the team's convincing 70-57 victory over BU last week, Harvard could still not shake its penchant for turnovers, as they gave the ball away 28 times. On Saturday, however, the Crimson started down the road to eliminating that pesky problem altogether.

"We reset our goals after the first half of the season and one of them was turnovers," Delany-Smith said. "We didn't run any fast breaks tonight. We don't make good decisions when we run. We will be able to run by the end of the season, but right now cutting the turnovers down is key for us."

After Saturday's win, Harvard has opened its series Dartmouth with a victory in six straight seasons. If history continues to repeat itself, however, the Big Green could turn the tables in the two teams' second meeting of the season on Mar. 6, as it has done the past three years.

Delaney-Smith, for one, has other plans in mind.

"I won't let that happen again this year," she said.

Notes

Harvard co-captain Melissa Johnson started against Dartmouth but played only 12 minutes, including just four in the second half. Johnson, who missed time at the beginning of the season because of troubles with her knee, was visibly favoring her affected leg as she trotted up and down the court. She did grab four rebounds in the time she did see and frustrated Hanks defensively....

Johnson's sister, Sarah, was not dressed for Saturday's game because of heart palpitations. Delaney-Smith said that the younger Johnson would be ready to return to practice with the team today....