After having its Senior Night spoiled last weekend, the Harvard women’s basketball team gave as good as it got on Saturday night at The Palestra.

The Crimson (15-11, 8-5 Ivy) defeated league champion Penn 72-67, dealing the Quakers (17-10, 11-3) their first home Ivy loss of the season on Senior Night.

“There’s no better feeling than revenge,” said junior guard Rochelle Bell. “It wasn’t error-free, but we came together as a team...[Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith] was pretty proud of us and that felt good.”

Co-captain Hana Peljto notched nine straight points in the final three minutes and blocked Penn’s potential game-tying shot with less than 10 seconds to go with the score at 70-67. Peljto then sent the ball up to Bell, who iced the victory with a layup.

Harvard also beat league cellar-dweller Princeton (7-20, 4-10) 68-53 on Friday night, the same night the Quakers clinched the league title with a 78-61 win over Dartmouth.

The Big Green went on to lose to the Tigers on Saturday 66-58, leaving Dartmouth tied with the Crimson for third place in the Ivies, though both have a shot to move into a tie for second with Brown tomorrow night when Harvard plays its final game against the Big Green in Hanover, N.H. at 7 p.m.

Although the Crimson has little time to prepare specifically for Dartmouth, and the Big Green’s main threat Elise Morrison, Bell is confident that her team will be ready.

“I think Dartmouth will prepare itself because it’s the last game for three amazing seniors and the last game we get to play this year,” Bell said. “We’ll all be ready for practice [today].”

HARVARD 72, PENN 67

After losing four of its Ivy League contests in the final minutes—and sometimes seconds—of the game, the Crimson did not allow the Quakers that pleasure on Saturday night.

“We knew that we had to stay balanced and we knew we could control the game,” said junior center Reka Cserny, who notched a game-high 21 points. “In the past, we have had a couple games that we lost in the last minutes of the game. I think we had the confidence [on Saturday]...it was really important for us to beat the Ivy League champions. It was important to show that we were a better team, even if we had more losses.”

Penn persevered in the last minutes, but Peljto answered every Quaker attempt to take the lead. With 3:25 remaining in the game, Penn’s Joey Rhoads hit a three to give the Quakers a two-point advantage, 63-61. Peljto was fouled grabbing an offensive rebound and made both free throws to tie the game at 63.

Penn star Jewel Clark, who notched 18 points for the night, knocked down a jumper. Peljto hit one of her own.

After Rhoads hit a layup, Peljto did her one better in nailing a three pointer that gave Harvard the lead, 68-67, with 2:05 left. Peljto added another two points on free throws for a 70-67 advantage, leaving the Quakers a little time to even the score.

The Crimson’s defense, however, would not make that easy.