The Tigers picked up from where they left off to start the second, opening the frame with a 14-2 run. Davis sparked the run with a corner three pointer on the Tigers first possession. Princeton continued its attack from the post, getting layups from Maddox and sophomore Ian Hummer.

Darrow capped off the run with a trey from the top of the key to put the Tigers up, 43-32, forcing Amaker to take a timeout.

“Guys just came out and really just dug in,” Princeton coach Sydney Johnson said. “It was a pretty special thing to see—at least during that stretch—how passionate we were.”

Over the next 10 minutes of play, the Crimson relied on Wright to keep the team afloat, as the forward notched 12 of Harvard’s next 16 points to pull his team within six with 4:17 to play. Wright finished with a team-high 16 points and 11 rebounds for his eight double-double of the season.

“I thought Keith gave us really solid play,” Amaker said. “I thought he turned it up and gave us great energy and finished around the goal.”

The Tigers built their lead back up to eight with 1:35, but the visitors made one last push.

Rivard ignited the comeback attempt, stroking a deep ball to cut the deficit to five.

Using a full court press, Harvard forced a turnover on the ensuing possession, but Curry returned the ball to Princeton on a weak pass that was picked off by Hummer.

Harvard intentionally fouled Hummer, and the sophomore missed the front end of a one-and-one. The Crimson secured the rebound and got the ball to sophomore Kyle Casey, who exploded to the basket and drew a foul with 39 seconds. Casey made one-of-two to get Harvard within four.

The Crimson sent Tiger Dan Mavraides to the line, and Mavraides hit one of his two attempts.

Rivard followed with another deep three off a botched play, making it 61-59 with 18 seconds.

The Crimson sent Mavraides back to the line, but the forward sank both attempts this time around to make it 63-69 with 12 seconds remaining.

Harvard fed Casey in the post for an easy slam to get back within two with six seconds. The Crimson tried to force a turnover off the inbounds pass, but the Tigers got the ball to Hummer, who was quickly fouled with four seconds left.

But Hummer iced the game, sinking both of his attempts to give Princeton the 65-61 win.

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