The Crimson came out of the timeout on a tear. On its first possession out of the break, junior point guard Brandyn Curry up-faked past his defender, drew the help, and found freshman Steve Moundou-Missi open under the basket for the slam.

Curry attacked the basket again on the visitors’ next possession, this time finishing it himself to pull Harvard within two.

After the Crimson recovered a turnover from Holy Cross’s Devin Brown—who finished with a game-high 17 points—Harvard controlled the ball with 37 seconds remaining and a chance to even the score.

The Crimson opted to go back to Moundou-Missi, as McNally zipped a pass to the rookie in the post, and Moundou-Missi finished the layup with seven seconds remaining to even the score heading into halftime.

Coming out of the break, Harvard continued its run, getting baskets from Wright and Casey to go up by five. Wright extended the Crimson’s lead to eight, finishing an alley-oop and converting a free throw with 14:01 to go.

The Crusaders got back within three with 9:20 to play, but Saunders tough finishes at the basket helped Harvard withstand the Crusader run, and the Crimson cruised to the nine-point win.

Once again, rebounding was an issue for the Crimson, as Holy Cross outrebounded Harvard 28-24, and came up with 14 offensive rebounds. Wright was the only Crimson player with more than four rebounds.

“Balls were just kind of squirting through our hands, and that’s disappointing,” Amaker said. “I think [the rebounding numbers are] a little misleading. It’s not like we weren’t there or out of position—we just can’t grab the ball with two hands. I’m not sure what drill we have for that, but I think we’ll be all right.”

But for the second game in a row, the Crimson’s poor performance on the glass didn’t seem to be a major issue, as Harvard notched its fourth straight victory over the Crusaders.

—Staff writer Martin Kessler can be reached at martin.kessler@college.harvard.edu.