“We had our hands up so they couldn’t shoot over us,” Cserny said.

Nonetheless, Brown guard Ashley King-Bischof had a career night, pouring 24 points on the Crimson on 10-of-13 shooting.

Most of her damage was done, furthermore, in the waning minutes of the game. She scored 15 points in the game’s final 11 minutes.

The competition was closer than the final score indicated.

Harvard let a 14-point first-half lead slip to a six-point halftime advantage. That lead disintegrated to nothing late in the game.

With 4:34 remaining, Brown took a 64-61 lead on Ashley King-Bischof’s three-pointer.

“Once they got the lead, we adjusted immediately,” Cserny said.

Beginning with a Cserny free throw, Harvard uncorked an 8-0 run—punctuated by a three-pointer by senior guard Katie Murphy, which made the score 69-64.

Forced to foul, Brown watched Harvard convert eight straight free throws to end the game.

“Right now we feel like no one beats us if we play together,” said point guard Laura Robinson, who scored eight points and dished four assists off the bench. “We have energy. We have chemistry.”

“We are so motivated,” added Holsey.

One more Ivy League weekend—against Ivy middle-class denizens Penn and Princeton—beckons.

Harvard’s annual season-ending date with Dartmouth looms a week from tomorrow.

“I don’t think we’re going to let this get away from us,” Holsey said.

“If we win the next three games,” Cserny said, “we’re going to be Ivy champs.”

—Staff writer Alex McPhillips can be reached at rmcphill@fas.harvard.edu.