But when Penn was able to hold onto the ball, it was able to score nearly at will.

The Quakers shot 61 percent for the game, going 11-for-19 beyond the arc.

“They made some tough shots, and they made open shots,” Harvard coach Tommy Amaker said. “I definitely thought that we did a heck of a job of trying to get there to challenge shots. If they’re making them, they’re making them, and they certainly made them tonight.”

Despite hobbling around the court for most of the game, Belcore had a career-high 17 points—including five three-pointers. The sophomore made all three of his first-half field goal attempts, as did Monckton, helping their team remain within five at the break.

After nailing 65 percent of their shots in the first half, the Quakers came out hotter in the second’s opening minutes, hitting seven of their first nine field-goal attempts to take a three-point lead on a Monckton jumper with 12:47 left to play. Harvard was unable to respond to the barrage, starting the half with four straight misses.

Midway through the frame, another string of four missed shots, along with two turnovers, allowed the Quakers to rush ahead, as a left-wing three by Rosen gave his team a seven-point lead with 4:53 to go. All but two of Rosen’s 15 points came in the second half.

Of Harvard’s starters, Casey struggled the most, primarily in the paint. Excluding a two-handed slam—coming in response to Rosen’s trey—he missed all eight of his field goal tries in the final frame, which were mostly contested layup attempts.

“He just got into a funk there where he couldn’t get one to go,” Amaker said. “He got that dunk, and I thought that allowed him to calm down a little bit. And then we wanted to keep going to Kyle. We thought that was the matchup we wanted to go to.”

LIVING HISTORY

The victory at the historic Palestra gave Harvard its first sweep of Penn since the 1941-42 season, along with a program-record 10 road wins. Friday night also represented the Crimson’s 20th Division I win.

—Staff writer Dennis J. Zheng can be reached at dzheng12@college.harvard.edu.