"There are so many kids that don't play--16 healthy bodies makes it easy for me," Delaney-Smith said. "To put them in at the end of the game and let them launch threes--I love the way they hit their foul shots. A lot of players who are upset with their roles wouldn't do that. I think that's big for this team."

Harvard's depth bore sharp contrast to Columbia in the 78-53 Crimson win on Saturday. The Lions relied on one player, leading scorer Shawnee Pickney, to take half their shots. She was terrible, just 3-of-27 from the floor on the night, but Columbia had no one else to turn to especially once its foul trouble began.

On the Crimson side, 13 players scored, nine of them while the game was still relatively close. Eleven players hit free throws for Harvard, who shot an impressive 26-of-27 from the charity stripe in the second half.

Harvard's depth manifests itself in the way that its top players will pick up the slack for each other on any given night. Tubridy and Sarah Johnson combined for 30 points on Friday but scored just eight on Saturday. Junior forward Katie Gates and senior center Melissa Johnson could only manage seven on Friday then tallied 23 together on Saturday.

The Crimson was able to utilize its bench to change its look at key points of its games this weekend.

The Lions basically ignored Ides when she came into the game with 13 minutes left and a 38-31 Crimson lead. Seeing as Ides had not played in the first half, and because the Lions saw so little of her last time they met--she fouled out in just 12 minutes of playing time--Columbia had no idea how to defend her.

In fact, the Lions managed to defend her in the worst way possible on the first Crimson possession, leaving her with a wide array of space down low and only one player to beat.