Junior Emma Markley led Harvard’s offense in an overtime loss against New Hampshire last night, scoring 21 points.

It was a night of disappointment for the Harvard women’s basketball team after its near comeback was foiled by the University of New Hampshire (3-1) last night.

After a slow start to the game, the Crimson (2-2) had a successful run in the second half that led to an overtime with the Wildcats.

But the effort did not prove to be enough as Harvard was defeated 78-65 at the end of the overtime period.

“We’re pretty disappointed again,” Crimson coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “We thought we could win this one, but instead we’re leaving with an overtime loss.”

Junior Emma Markley led Harvard with 21 points, but New Hampshire had the momentum from the opening whistle, jumping out to an early 15-3 lead.

The Crimson, on the other hand, had trouble putting points on the scoreboard.

“We started shooting poorly in the first half and that got under our skin,” Delaney-Smith said. “But we just can’t get discouraged so quickly, we have too many other ways to put the ball in the basket.”

“Inconsistency was definitely an issue throughout the game,” junior forward Jackie Alemany said. “We miss a few shots and we get down–it’s just not smart basketball.”

In the opening half, Harvard shot a dismal 16.7 percent from the field and was 0-7 from behind the three-point line.

Its first field goal did not come until 8:48 left in the half, off of a basket from Markley.

The Crimson was able to gain some ground thanks to Wildcat fouls late in the first half.

In the final six minutes of the period, Harvard appeared at the foul line five times–picking up seven points from the stripe–to begin closing the double-digit scoring gap.

At the end of the opening half, the Crimson had recovered to make it a 29-20 game.

And Harvard, propelled by a three-point play by Markley with less than 30 seconds left, carried all the momentum into the locker room.

“We came out in the first half and had a low shooting percentage, but we were able to come back from a big deficit,” Alemany said.