But Northeastern struck back, going on a six-point run of its own. The Crimson went to the locker room down 41-35 to a Northeastern team it expected to beat.
“I was really angry at halftime,” Delaney-Smith said.
She credited the halftime deficit to a lack of intensity.
“We did not look intense on defense at all,” she said. “I was very disappointed. And I think that the [lack of intensity] rears its ugly head when you see that in the first three minutes of the game we had five turnovers.”
The Crimson ceratinly will have to start stronger if they hope to beat Minnesota this Sunday. Minnesota is the 14th-ranked team in the country. Harvard is not ranked.
“We have to start stronger this weekend,” Cserny said, “because if they get a lead in the first half, we won’t be able to come back.”