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Harvard Ends Princeton's 22-Game Ivy Streak in 73-67 Game
February 05, 2011 | Women's Basketball
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (2/4/10) - Princeton's conference streak, the fourth longest in the nation, stops at 22 as the Harvard women's basketball team defeated the Tigers 73-67 at Lavietes Pavilion on Friday, Feb. 4 in the battle of the Ivy League unbeatens.
Princeton drops into second place, with a 3-1 Ivy League record and a 14-4 overall mark. Harvard improves to 4-0 and 12-6 overall.
The Crimson had a 35-25 lead after the first half, getting 16 points in the paint while Princeton struggled not getting any inside. Princeton's big three combined for 2-for-13 in the first half, as Harvard shot 56 percent from the floor.
The game would come down to the final seconds, as Princeton would take its first lead of the game with 3:21 to play. It would be a two-point game with 11 seconds left but Harvard would keep Princeton at bay and hang on for the win, hitting four free throws in the closing seconds.
"I thought we really came out flat, but adjusted well throughout the game and gave it a great fight," head coach Courtney Banghart said. "We got a lot from our bench tonight and we really needed it. We made Harvard make big shots late and they did that. We knew they had to protect their home floor and they did. You have to a short memory in this league as we have another one tomorrow night."
Harvard started the game on an 8-0 run with back-to-back and ones. Devona Allgood hit the back end of her two free throws but Victoria Lippert drained a three off the bench to give the Crimson a 10-point edge, 11-1 at 15:23.
Princeton would go on a 19-9 run over the next eight minutes to even the score at 20-20 on a cut in the lane by Laura Johnson. Johnson would lead the Tigers in scoring in the first half with 11.
Harvard scored the game's next six points, getting a three from Jasmine Evans and an old fashioned three-point play from Clarke. Lauren Edwards would finally get in the scorebook going 2-for-2 from the charity stripe at 4:12.
The Crimson would hit four more shots in the final 3:30, while the Tigers would get a single three from Johnson, her third of the half to match a season-best, as Harvard would take a 35-25 lead into the locker room.
Four minutes into the second half Harvard maintained its 10-point edge, 39-29. Princeton would try to chip away at the lead, but Harvard would quash any efforts. The Tigers would get as close as three, at 9:57, on a three-point play by Krystal Hill, but Harvard would answer with four straight to go back up by seven, 52-45.
Allgood hit her first three pointer on her first career attempt on a shot clock buzzer to make it a four-point game, 52-48, with 8:09 on the clock.
Harvard would match that three, and would maintain the seven-point edge, 57-50 at 6:23. Hill would get a layup at 5:37 and then a steal on the other end to go up with a fastbreak layup to make it 57-55 at 5:17.
Allgood would score the layup that would tie the game at 4:07, 57-57. Princeton would take its first lead of the game at 3:21 on a three-pointer from Edwards. She would add two free throws to five Princeton a 62-59 lead with 2:46 to play.
Harvard had a 7-0 run with Clark hitting two jumpers and Lippert draining a three from the top of the key as Princeton would miss two shots during the run as the Crimson had a 66-62 lead with 50 seconds left.
Micir would hit a long two with 11 seconds left to make it a two-point game, 69-67. The Tigers would foul the Crimson for the remainder to get the ball back, which would lead to four Harvard made free throws to settle the score 73-67.
Johnson would finished the game with a season-high 16 points and a career-high five assists. Allgood collected 14 points, 11 of which would come in the second half, and led the team on the glass with seven rebounds and two blocks. The senior captains Micir and Hill would add 12 and 11, respectively. Princeton shot 40.3 (25-62) overall, 45.5 percent from long range and 70 percent from the line.
Clark paced the Harvard offense with 18 points and Brogan Berry had 17 and a team-best eight assists. Lippert was also in double digits with 14 points and had a team-high seven rebounds and two blocks. Miriam Rutzen and Emma Markley would each contribute nine points. Harvard shot 50 percent for the game (24-48), 46.7 percent from behind the arc and 85.7 percent from the stripe.
Princeton has lost all four games in which it has trailed by double digits.
The Tigers will play at Dartmouth tomorrow night at 7 p.m. The Big Green defeated Penn 68-65 this evening.