The first half against Lehigh saw Rogus drain a triple and bank home a jumper to trim Lehigh’s early six-point lead to one. The spurt foreshadowed his outburst in the second half.

His 13 points, by far a career-high, was more than merely helpful—“instrumental,” Sullivan put it—as Harvard pulled away for its first home win of a season that is suddenly very promising.

While much of the league has looked wobbly in the early-going, Harvard (3-2)—who plays at Rider tonight at 7:30 p.m.—continues to impress.

After being forced to carry the Crimson on his shoulders last year, Harvey has been greatly relieved of a lot of the scoring burden this season. Forward Sam Winter (11.6 ppg, 7.2 rpg) has been steady up front and Brady Merchant (13.2 ppg) has moved into the starting lineup to bring offense to a small forward position that offered mostly a defensive presence the last two years with Andrew Gellert.

Prasse-Freeman showed a scoring aggressiveness that’s been missing at points in his career. On Saturday, he drove to the hole with confidence and came away with a career-high 20 points.

Important, too, have been the contributions of those role players off the bench, from freshman Brian Cusworth to Beatty and, now, Rogus.

As their promise continues to fulfill itself, so may Harvard’s.

—Staff writer Daniel E. Fernandez contributed to the reporting of this article.

—Staff writer Brian E. Fallon can be reached at bfallon@fas.harvard.edu.