Appropriately enough, the seniors on the Harvard women’s basketball team dominated Saturday’s Senior Night.

The Crimson (19-7, 11-2 Ivy) rode a wave of euphoria to a 92-71 victory at Lavietes Pavilion, rising above a physical Penn team (15-12, 8-6) and setting up the first of two possible Ivy League championship games tomorrow night against Dartmouth.

The tone was established early with a sequence of passionate tributes to the Crimson’s senior class—Rochelle Bell, Katie Murphy, and Reka Cserny.

With Bell—who has missed the entire season with a torn ACL—watching from the bleachers, the two healthy seniors posted memorable performances.

Murphy equaled her second-highest scoring output of the season with 12 points, and Cserny established a new career high, pouring in 34.

The Quakers bogged down the game with 26 fouls, 17 of which came during a brutal second half.

“I thought the game was disrupted by the amount of calls,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “It wasn’t a fun, exciting game for fans because of all the calls.”

Regardless of the fouls, the game’s ramifications in terms of the greater league picture ensured that the contest would surely be exciting for Crimson fans.

Harvard entered the evening trailing only Dartmouth in the Ivy League standings and needing to win its two remaining games to earn at least a share of the title—and force a potential one-game playoff with Dartmouth for an NCAA berth.

The last time the Crimson met Penn, Harvard eked out a 54-51 victory on the road, relying on its defense to seal the deal in the waning moments of the game.

And Saturday night, once again, the Crimson’s defensive effort was essential to the team’s success.

Harvard had 15 steals—led by junior point guard Jessica Holsey, who recorded six—and the Crimson scored a whopping 40 points off 26 turnovers.

Just as the opportunistic Crimson made the most of its forced turnovers, it also took advantage of the tightly officiated game, draining 26-of-33 from the charity stripe.

Junior guard Laura Robinson made the most of the parade to the free-throw line, coming in off the bench and making five on her way to 13 points in 22 minutes.

Cserny appeared to be one of the Quakers’ favorite targets, earning 14 trips to the free-throw line. Even when the game was out of reach, the Quakers’ fouling did not subside.