The Tigers rang off 13 consecutive points before the Crimson could stop the bleeding with a layup from freshman guard Sydney Skinner to cut the lead to 11.

From here Harvard slowly dug into Princeton’s lead despite taking a lot of shots deep into the shot clock, including one from co-captain Kit Metoyer about four feet beyond the arc.

After a high scoring first quarter Harvard managed to slow down the Princeton offense, forcing turnovers and hitting timely shots.

The half ended with a drive from Healy that sent her to the line for two with the Crimson down by one, 29-30. The senior drained both to take the lead at the half.

Tummala and Healy ended up combining for 40 points and 11 rebounds. Coming off the bench, junior forward Destiny Nunley tied her career high with 12.

“I thought we played really well,” Delaney-Smith said. “I liked how we finished. I think we got a little hurt by a rebound or two down the stretch. We had outrebounded them most of the game and then ended up not outrebounding them and I think that was in the overtime and in the last couple minutes. They’re a veteran team and they know how to win. We’re a little less veteran and we’ve got to learn how to win.”

—Staff writer Troy Boccelli can be reached at tboccelli@college.harvard.edu.