While the Crimson dominated from beyond the arc in the first quarter, the halftime break allowed the Big Green to adjust its defense. Throughout the third quarter, Benzan was scoreless and Harvard did not manage to net a single three-point shot.

Despite this embargo on the long-range buckets, the Crimson managed to win the points battle in the third quarter. The team hit first with quick baskets from Boehm and senior co-captain Kirby Porter.

“The team was so unselfish and it was all the blue-collar work that I’m looking for,” Delaney-Smith said.

Dartmouth would answer with a pair of threes to cut the lead to single digits, the score 52-44 Harvard.

The defense finally got itself together in the final stanza of play, with neither team earning a point for a full one minute and 57 seconds.

The Big Green broke the drought with a jump shot from Isalys Quinones. Skinner added a layup before Benzan netted her first points of the second half on her sixth three-pointer of the night to give Harvard an 11 point lead. Skinner would steal the ball at the top of the key and finish the layup herself on the other end to extend the Crimson’s lead to 13, 71-58.

The two teams netted 12 points apiece in the final quarter of play, leaving Harvard with 11-point victory.

—Staff writer Joseph W. Minatel can be reached at joseph.minatel@thecrimson.com.