“[That] killed us. That hurt us,” Delaney-Smith said. “It also affects the way she plays…[They were] questionable calls, quite honestly, in relationship to how they were letting it play. One official was calling a very different game than the other two officials, unfortunately, and I think Reka took the brunt of that. But that’s going to happen. We’re not going to complain about this.”

Cserny came back with a fury in the second half, scoring nearly half (20) of the Crimson’s 41 points.

The Crimson hadn’t seen tape of Morrison’s play this season, and though Harvard knew of her impressive numbers and expected a battle from the Big Green anyway, even Delaney-Smith was surprised by the rookie’s dominance.

“What she did—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,” Delaney-Smith said.

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

After Morrison had flexed her muscles in the first half, the Crimson defense clamped down in the second. Morrison faced double- and triple-teams in the paint, two of which—a Peljto, Cserny and junior guard Katie Murphy collaboration—forced her into travelling violations.

Although Harvard’s zone made Morrison work for her points, the added attention on Dartmouth’s star left satellite shooters open on the perimeter.

“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.

Big Green forward Jeannie Cullen notched 22 points, 15 of which she scored on three-pointers, and Soriaga tallied 15, including nine on treys. Soriaga’s overtime layup was the only time either of them scored from the paint.

The Crimson doesn’t have another conference contest until its New York swing against Cornell and Columbia on Jan. 30-31. Harvard has today off, and travels to Quinnipiac for a 7 p.m. contest tomorrow.

—Staff writer Jessica T. Lee can be reached at lee45@fas.harvard.edu.