After several minutes of battling for the lead, the Crimson began to widen the scoring gap. Junior forward Missy Mullins made a steal and passed to Clark who found Fagbenle underneath the net. The play secured an eight-point lead for Harvard.
Rutzen made a block inside the paint to procure the Crimson’s 16th steal of the match. The turnover was followed by an on-target shot from Mullins, assisted by Lippert.
“I had a lot of faith that our defense was going to get stops, and it did,” Clark said. “It got us the win.”
In the final minute of the game, Clark drained a three-pointer to bring the final score to 73-57. The point guard finished the contest with a total of 17 points.
Other double-digit scorers included Fagbenle and Lippert who registered 15 points each. Lippert’s performance came after being selected by the Ancient Eight as this week’s Ivy League Player of the Week.
“I think our defense fostered our offense,” Delaney-Smith said. “That half court press we have really is a spark for us, and I think our offense got stronger and stronger [throughout the game]. We were trying to attack them back with some control, and that worked for us.”