“She keeps the ball high, she squares and just puts the ball over her head and shoots—that’s what all coaches want all post players to do,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said.

How does Morrison stack up against other players the Crimson have seen?

“She finishes very well,” Tubridy said. “She scored 30 points on us so she’s got to be one of the better post players we’ve played.”

Of the Ivy League’s five Rookie of the Week awards, four have gone to Morrison. The other? That went to teammate Ashley Taylor, who had five points, five boards and five assists against Harvard.

In addition to Morrison’s own production on offense, her interior presence has made her teammates better.

“She brought our focus on defense inside and by that she opened up their shooters and they just lit it up on us tonight,” Tubridy said.

Chief among the ignitors was sophomore forward Jeannie Cullen, who knocked down five treys en route to 22 points.

Cullen, who averages 16 points per game, is also a good ball handler and rebounder, as evidenced by her average of 5.5 boards a game.

“She’s a solid, smart Ivy League player,” Delaney-Smith said.

No player was more solid down the stretch for the Big Green than sophomore Angela Soriaga. It was Soriaga who received the inbounds pass with 4.1 seconds left, dribbled the length of the court, and then swished a game-tying three at the buzzer, and it was Soriaga who scored five points in overtime to lead Dartmouth to victory.

Including freshman guard Fatima Kamara, the Big Green’s top five scorers are all underclassmen.

Dartmouth, which has had quality wins over Big East (Providence) and Big 12 (Kansas) foes, has shown that its youth is not only its future, but also enough power for the present.

The Crimson is still the class of the Ivy League, but it had better look out for the Big Green whippersnappers.

—Staff writer J. Patrick Coyne can be reached at coyne@fas.harvard.edu.