Coming out of the locker room, however, Penn got hot. After freshman forward Seth Towns added to Harvard’s lead with a jumper, the Quakers quickly erased the gap with a 10-0 run, earning a four-point lead. Penn’s AJ Brodeur spurred the run, starting things off with a tip-in and eventually scoring six of the 10 points.

Edosomwan ended the run with a layup, and senior co-captain Corbin Miller locked the teams at 42 with a three just over four minutes into the period. A minute later, Harvard once again took a lead off an Edosomwan dunk that stretched to six over the next four minutes.

After Howard hit a three with 5:42 left in the frame, Harvard never led, but it never let things get out of hand as the two teams traded baskets until the waning seconds.

With Harvard having clinched a spot in the inaugural Ivy League tournament two weeks ago and locking up the two-seed last weekend, the Crimson had nothing to gain in terms of standings from this game. Amaker, however, was not willing to take his foot off the gas in the team’s final regular season game.

“I thought we came with an idea and attitude that we were going to give it our best shot,” Amaker said. “We didn’t always perform up to the level that we needed to, but I thought our kids competed and played very hard and that’s what we should do when we put the uniform on, we take the floor.”

—Staff writer Theresa C. Hebert can be reached at theresa.hebert@thecrimson.com.