“A lot of teams I coached in the past would not have been able to handle the overtime, and maybe would have let it slip away,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “I loved that we were gritty, I loved that we were tough, and I loved that we were able to dominate the overtime.”

Harvard 69, Columbia 66

In a potential trap game after the hard-fought overtime win the night before, Harvard held off a pesky Columbia squad to win its third straight road game in conference play.

Healy’s career-high 27 points required just fourteen field goal attempts. It is the most points scored by a Crimson player since last March, when Temi Fagbenle ‘15 scored 31, also at Columbia.

“[AnnMarie] was immense, they couldn’t stop her,” Delaney-Smith said. “They eventually started to double team her, but even that didn’t stop her. She was just in a zone today, and did a great job.”

The teams traded runs early, with Harvard’s 12-3 start cancelled out by a 10-4 Lions run that knotted the score at 22 in the second quarter. Two Healy baskets closed out the half, giving her 19 points and Harvard a 35-32 lead at the intermission.

The game remained back-and-forth throughout, with the score tied up at 64 with 2:27 to play. Taking a handoff from Nunley, freshman guard Madeline Raster connected from downtown to give the Crimson a lead it would not relinquish.

“I thought [Madeline] did a terrific job,” Delaney-Smith said. “She missed layups early, she had an air ball early, and the problem with Madeline is that it gets in her head and affects the rest of her game, which is not unusual for a young player. It was great for me to see her not let it get in her head.

Staff writer Manav Khandelwal can be reached at manav.khandelwal@thecrimson.