Leading the way for Stony Brook was guard Mykeema Ford, who totaled 19 points. The Seawolves’ Jessica Smith tallied 14 points in the losing effort. The duo scored nearly half of the team’s total points, but their efforts were not enough to surmount the five-pronged Crimson attack.

“We pushed the ball, and they couldn’t set up a defense in time,” Holsey said.

Harvard played aggressively throughout the game. The Crimson scored 18 points off the 17 turnovers it forced, and outscored the Seawolves 38-26 in the paint.

HARVARD 66, BINGHAMTON 63

A decisive 18-4 run midway through the second half propelled Harvard to a 66-63 comeback victory against the Bearcats (1-7) on Dec. 30.

Cserny added nine points during the streak, which put the Crimson up five after being down nine. She tallied 17 of her 25 points in the second period, despite playing the final eight minutes with four fouls.

Though it jumped out to an early advantage, Harvard went into halftime tied at 27, thanks in large part to the 14 points from Binghamton’s Rachel Laws. The guard finished with 20, but was hampered by an injury and played only 26 minutes.

After Bearcats surged to a 53-44 lead, Franklin turned the tide with a personal 5-0 run.

Franklin knocked down four treys for the third time this season, and tied a career-high with 18 points.

Following a pair of Binghamton free throws, Cserny dropped six in a row of her own to pull Harvard level at 55.

Pulling up and hitting a jumper in the lane, Holsey bestowed a 57-55 lead on the Crimson, and Cserny’s three-ball from the top of the arc swelled the advantage to 60-55 with 2:24 left in the game.

Harvard sunk its free throws and weathered the two three-pointers made by the Bearcats’ Jen Blues.

Junior forward Maureen McCaffery scored 10 and snatched seven rebounds, while Murphy went for six points, three boards, three assists and two clutch steals in the last two minutes.

Cserny added 12 rebounds, recording her second double-double of the season.

OLD DOMINION 83, HARVARD 55