“I just figured that we had to get something going and the easy way to do that is just to get to the free throw line,” Curry said.

While it was Curry who started the Crimson’s comeback, it was Rivard who completed it. The 6-5 forward notched back-to-back treys off the dribble, pulling Harvard within one, 20-19.

After a Heckman layup extended BC’s lead to three, Rivard found McNally open on the perimeter and the senior drained the three to even the score. McNally returned the favor moments later, picking Heckman’s pocket on the ensuing Eagles’ possession and sending a pass ahead to Rivard. The forward caught the pass in stride and finished the transition layup, giving the visitors their first lead of the game, 24-22.

The Crimson’s lead only grew from there, as Rivard added two more layups and another three-pointer over the next 3:31. A Christian Webster three-pointer with 1:16 to go in the first half put Harvard up by 12, 40-28.

A late BC run brought the Eagles within seven by halftime, but that’s as close as they would get. A pair of early layups from Webster and Casey put Harvard up by 11 less than two minutes into the second half, and the Crimson’s defense did the rest, holding BC to just 13 second-half points.

“It started on defense,” said Rivard, whose team faces a tough St. Joseph’s squad on Saturday. “We got stops and that gave us momentum on the offensive end.”

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