“I thought we played in poor position in the second half,” Amaker said. “Certainly they made some shots, but I thought our lack of discipline in fouling and putting them on the line was one of the bigger keys to the game.”

In the final two minutes of regulation, Harvard went to the line five times on non-shooting fouls. In overtime, the Crimson added nine more free throw attempts, as two Brown players—Rafael Maia and Cedric Kuakumensah—fouled out of the game.

Overall, the Crimson got to the line 27 times and walked away with19 points from the charity stripe, good for over 70 percent shooting. But down the stretch, the numbers got worse from the line for Harvard. Discounting a solid first half in which Harvard netted 10 of 11 free-throw attempts, the Crimson was 4-for-7 in the second half and 5-for-9 in overtime.

Sophomore Steve Moundou-Missi—who ended the game with nine points and as many rebounds—came away with five made foul shots despite attempting a game-high 11.

“Steve all day was tremendous for us,” Amaker said. “He was just aware of a lot of things, and that’s what we need our post players to be, aware and alert. I wish he would have been a little better from the foul line. It would have really capped off his individual performance.”

Brown was on the opposite trajectory from the line, hitting 14 of 16 free throws in the second half and beyond, including all four of its overtime attempts.

—Staff writer Catherine E. Coppinger can be reached at ccoppinger@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @catcopp.