Pickney completely fell apart in the second half, missing all 15 of her shots.

"I think she got open shots that we should not have let her have and we were fortunate they didn't go in," said co-captain Melissa Johnson. "Obviously she shoots without a conscience."

And, as Pickney goes, so go the Lions.

After falling behind 4-2 with 16:42 to go in the first half, the Crimson regained the lead and never let it get closer than five points the rest of the game.

Senior guard Lisa Kowal gave the Crimson its biggest lead of the first half when she drove along the right baseline and put the ball in for a 20-9 lead with 6:57 to play. The Crimson entered the half with a 31-23 lead on a lay-up from Tubridy with six seconds left.

Although both teams combined for 19 fouls in the first half, the second half would be even slower as Columbia began fouling early and often in route to racking up 17 team fouls in the half and fouling out three players.

The first Crimson score after the break was representative of the Crimson's half. At the 18:11 mark, Tubridy took the ball in for a lay-up and was fouled by Columbia sophomore guard Megan O'Neill. Tubridy, whose older sister was a Columbia star, strode to the line and calmly sank the free throw. Harvard was able to score almost at will in the second half, and the team often had the chance to ice the cake at the foul line.

Columbia's Megan Bramlette hit a jumper in the lane at 13:47 to bring the Lions within five at 36-31, but the Crimson went on a 20-6 run over the next 8:41 to put the game away. Beginning around the 9:00 mark, the Lions hacked their way into oblivion, sending the hot-shooting Crimson to the line repeatedly.