Willhite tried to advance the ball back up the court, but Moudou-Missi picked the senior’s pocket on the perimeter and took it the other way, capping off the play with a transition dunk to put the Crimson up by three.

The scene repeated itself less than three minutes later. This time, Moundou-Missi picked off a Morgan pass and took it to the house for another slam.

“We knew that we had a gem in this particular young man,” said Amaker of Moundou-Missi. “I think he’s embraced his role thus far with being a guy that’s doing dirty work.”

McNally made it a three-possession game moments later, sticking a three-point shot to put the Crimson up by seven. Harvard got seven more points from its bench before the end of the half, taking a 30-19 lead into the break.

It only got uglier for Yale in the second half, as Harvard started to click offensively—shooting 52.2 percent from the field in the frame—while the Bulldogs continued to struggle, scoring only 16 points in the second half.

“I thought we had great ball movement,” Amaker said. “That’s one of the calling cards of our offense. We really move it, and kids get touches and we change sides of the floor.”

Harvard went up by 19 just over six minutes into the second period, and its lead never dipped below 18 the rest of the way. With 4:04 to play, junior Christian Webster put the Crimson ahead by 30 with a pair of free throws, and Harvard cruised to its largest over the Bulldogs in the 183-game history of the overall.

“I’m certainly pleased with a great effort by our entire team,” Amaker said.

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