Even so, the Crimson had 14 second-chance points to the Huskies’ three.

Harvard leads the Ivy League in offensive rebounding, averaging 12.44 per game.

The Crimson struggled on the perimeter, hitting just two of its 19 three-pointers on the night and coming up empty on its 10 tries in the second half.

Harvard entered the game last in the Ivies in three-point field goal percentage.

Junior guard Kevin Rogus, the Crimson’s most accurate three-point shooter entering the night, was the biggest culprit, hitting only one of his nine attempts and missing all seven of his shots from behind the arc in the second half.

“When you lose games, you lose your confidence,” Sullivan said. “I think the guys are pressing very much. I think we saw that tonight with Kevin.”

After leading all scorers in the first half with 10 points, Rogus was shut out after halftime, with much of the credit going to Northeastern guard Marcus Barnes, a transfer from Miami.

But Barnes—the Huskies’ leading scorer—shot just three-of-12 from the field himself.

“We had put a lot of energy into talking about Barnes all week long,” Sullivan said. “We had a good bead on him.”

Rogus did add four of Harvard’s 10 steals, a career high, and pulled down a career-high six rebounds, which tied him for the team lead with Norman.

Barea, who was not even expected to play, had 14 points and added eight assists for Northeastern.

Barea had missed four consecutive games after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery.

“We went out for the starting lineups [and] I think our guys were like, ‘What? Who?'” Sullivan said. “Barea definitely caught us off base totally.”

Javorie Wilson led the Huskies with 19 points.

Beal tied Stehle for the team lead with a career-high 13 points, but also committed eight turnovers against five assists.

As a team, the Crimson had 23 turnovers and just nine assists, decreasing its Ivy-worst assist/turnover ratio to .58. Northeastern had 26 points off turnovers to Harvard’s 17.

Stehle added three blocks, increasing his Ivy-leading average to two per game, and a pair of steals in his limited playing time.

—Staff writer Alan G. Ginsberg can be reached at aginsber@fas.harvard.edu.