Overall, UNH shot 58.8 percent from behind the arc, 77.8 percent in the first half.

“That really is one of the poorest three-point field goal defenses that we have probably had in the past decade,” Sullivan said.

Early Exits

While Harvard may have put itself in a tough situation at halftime with its poor offensive performance, it was its foul trouble near the end of the game that was particularly troublesome.

Less than eight minutes into the second half, Harvard had already committed five fouls. With 3:09 to play, it put the Wildcats in the double bonus as sophomore guard Michael Beal committed his fifth foul, taking away Harvard’s most consistent player with the Crimson only trailing by five.

Sullivan turned to junior guard David Giovacchini, who himself fouled out with 35.5 seconds remaining and the Crimson trailing by four.

“Obviously I have full confidence in everybody. I have full confidence in Dave, Jimmy [Goffredo], Ko [Yada] and Jason [Norman],” Beal said. “But you know, as a player and as a man, you really want to be out there and be able to do the best that you can to help out the team. And to make tick-tack fouls and put myself in a position where I’m not an option for coach to use, that’s really not what I need to do. I need to work on getting out of foul trouble.”

—Staff writer Evan R. Johnson can be reached at erjohns@fas.harvard.edu.