By the final buzzer, nine different Harvard players had seen the court for at least 10 minutes of play.

With Wright and junior forward Kyle Casey struggling with foul trouble throughout the contest, Amaker was forced to rely on his bench early and often.

Moundou-Missi and rookie wing Wes Saunders gave the Crimson solid minutes, finishing with six points and five rebounds and seven points and three rebounds, respectively.

But Moundou-Missi and Saunders weren’t the only Harvard substitutes to see significant minutes. In 24 minutes off the bench, sophomore Laurent Rivard notched six points on a pair of late three-pointers.

Rivard, who started the game 0-of-5 from beyond the arc, converted his first three with 8:12 to play in the game. The triple extended the Crimson’s lead to 29-24. Rivard followed up minutes later with his second trey, giving Harvard an eight-point lead.

“We have an incredible amount of confidence in [Rivard’s] shooting ability,” Amaker said. “Laurent has a green light on our team. I felt that he was going to make some big shots and he did.”

Rivard has gotten his sophomore campaign off to a hot start. Through five games, the sharpshooter is averaging 10 points per game on 55 percent shooting from deep.