The Quakers cut the lead to six points with five minutes remaining, but freshman Christian Webster hit a three from the right wing to give the Crimson some breathing room.
Sophomore guard Oliver McNally followed with two threes in the next two minutes to ice the game. McNally, who came off the bench for the first time this season, went 4-of-5 from deep and finished with 14 points.
“Coach wanted to go with something different, so I just have to fill whatever role he gives me,” McNally said. “I [came off the bench] all last year, so I know how to do it.”
The win came in front of another sellout crowd, the fourth in five games at Lavietes.
“A lot of us had that in high school, coming from good programs,” McNally said. “Last year [the fan support] was kind of there, starting to build, but it’s really shown [this year] that all the students are coming out and really get into it—it means a lot.”
—Staff writer Timothy J. Walsh can be reached at tjwalsh@fas.harvard.edu.