It was after the rookie’s first and only basket that got the Crimson going offensively. Once Harvard made it 15-14, it hung with the Huskies for the rest of the first half.

After a Daniels three pushed the lead to 23-16, the Crimson answered with an 8-2 run that was part of a larger 22-7 stretch during which Harvard—after starting one for eight—shot 8 of 12 from the field. Threes by Webster and Rivard and a layup by Moundou-Missi cut the deficit to one at 25-24 with 2:08 to go in the half.

But Daniels drove baseline on Rivard for a layup to put UConn back up three at 27-24 before the break.

The first few minutes of the second half went back-and-forth, until a 7-0 run capped by a Napier three put UConn up 10, at 44-34, with 7:39 to go.

The lead got as large as 13 on a Napier jumper with 3:10 remaining as the Crimson, after shooting 5 of 10 from three in the first half, shot just 0 for 6 in the second.

“Great victory today,” Ollie said. “We showed a resilience. We’ve been doing it all year.... Our guys always step up to the challenge.”

—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.