Harvard coach Frank Sullivan reinserted his starting lineup with 7:08 remaining in regulation and stuck with it until Beatty fouled out 10 seconds into the second overtime. Every Crimson starter but Beal played with four fouls after Stehle picked up his fourth with 5:40 to play in regulation.
Harvard trailed by six at halftime, but took a four-point lead while holding Princeton without a field goal for the first 12:32 of the second half, with the Tigers missing all 12 of their shots from the floor during the span.
Princeton shot 4-for-22 (18.2 percent) for the second half, including 0-for-8 from three-point range.
That came in stark contrast to the final 9:39 of the first half, when the Tigers outscored the Crimson 16-2.
Harvard had taken its largest lead of the game at 13-5 with an 11-0 run—including nine points by Norman—early in the half. The spurt included a four-point possession for the Crimson captain, who was fouled while making a layup, but missed the free throw before Stehle pulled down the offensive rebound and dished it to him for another lay-in.
Greenman led all scorers with a career-high 16 points—seven in the second overtime and nine on 4-for-4 shooting in the first half. He also didn’t commit a turnover in 38 minutes of action.
Norman led Harvard with 15 points—12 in the first half—and played nearly the entire contest, missing just 24 seconds of game time in the second half before fouling out with 28 seconds remaining in the second overtime.
Norman also hounded Princeton guard Will Venable for most of the game.
“He showed good character tonight,” Sullivan said. “He really wanted the challenge of guarding Venable.”
Venable finished with 11 points and tied a career high with 10 rebounds, giving him his first career double-double.
Stehle also had a double-double—his and the Crimson’s fourth of the season—with 14 points and 13 rebounds, eight on the offensive end.
Beal added a career-high 11 rebounds to go along with seven points.
Kevin Rogus, Harvard’s leading scorer, was held to just five points on 1-of-9 shooting. Rogus opened the scoring with two free throws 1:16 into the game and didn’t score again until he hit a three-pointer 1:09 into the first overtime.
The Crimson had just four assists against 24 turnovers, with Stehle, Beal and Norman combining for 18 of those turnovers.
—Staff writer Alan G. Ginsberg can be reached at aginsber@fas.harvard.edu.