After hitting the game winning layup against BU last time out, Chambers provided key offense down the stretch. Up by two with three minutes to play, Chambers took on Dudzinski, sinking a driving layup and completing the three-point play from the stripe.

“He’s a general out there,” Webster said of the rookie.

In his second career complete game, Chambers held his own against his Holy Cross counterpart Burrell, who scored 13 points for the Crusaders.

“Burrell took 14 shots,” Amaker said. “I think that’s something that feeds into our hands if the point guard is going to be that aggressive offensively instead of distributing and finding.”

Saunders—who has put up double-digit points in every game this season—finished just behind Chambers in playing time with 38 minutes. His two free throws with five minutes on the clock gave the Crimson the lead for good.

Amaker credits his younger players with helping the team regain control of the game after losing the lead in the second half.

“They were able to calm down and make some plays,” Amaker said. “[Sophomore forward] Jonah [Travis] came back and had a big basket with the three-point play. We needed those to kind of calm the waters, and I’m glad we were able to find our way through that.”

—Staff writer Hope Schwartz can be reached at hschwartz@college.harvard.edu.