Harvard 61, Cornell 58

To hear Delaney-Smith tell it, Harvard stole the game away from Cornell Friday night.

"Honestly, we are all not happy with last night's game," Delaney-Smith said Saturday. "Cornell is pretty decent. They are a very dangerous offensive team. We let their defense bother us."

The Crimson scraped by, though, led by Tubridy's explosive game on both ends of the floor. Quickly becoming a key component of the Crimson attack, she finished with 21 points and eight rebounds.

"Tricia Tubridy saved our butts last night," Delaney-Smith said. "She came up really, really big. Tricia does a lot of things that don't show up in the stats columns."

Harvard started the game strong enough, jumping out to a 14-6 lead over the first six minutes on three-pointers by Tubridy and junior point guard Jenn Monti, who was battling a sprained ankle. By halftime, the margin was still eight, 29-21, after Harvard went on a six-minute scoring drought before Peljto hit a lay-up and foul shot with 13 seconds left.

In the second half, while Harvard's offensive woes continued, Cornell slowly whittled away the Crimson lead and took a 30-29 lead four minutes into the half. At that point, Harvard had managed just three points over 10 minutes.

It was back-and-forth from there, as Harvard crawled back to a 47-42 lead on a Peljto three-pointer from the top of the key with 10:33 to go. Cornell took a 51-49 lead with 7:44 left after Tubridy and Sarah Johnson committed fouls. Two-and-a-half minutes later, the game was tied for the fourth time, 53-53.