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With Nwagbo patrolling the area under the hoop, the Crimson was forced to push the ball outside and take some longer range shots. Harvard put up 16 first-half threes, making six of them. Both Monti and Peljto notched two treys before the first-half buzzer and kept the Crimson in the ball game at the break...
...game would stay very close with many lead changes down the stretch. Peljto made a lay-up at 11:05 to play, giving the Crimson a 48-46 lead, the last lead her team would have. After a free throw by Syracuse's Shannon Perry and a three-pointer by Jazmine Wright, Syracuse went back up, 50-48. The Crimson was able to tie the game 52-52 with 7:40 left to play after junior center Sarah Johnson recorded a steal and dished to Peljto for a jumper...
...Harvard's Johnson traveled the next time down the floor, giving the ball back to Syracuse. Off the turnover, Syracuse slowly moved the ball down the court and forced up a rushed shot as the 30-second clock expired, the shot hit rim and bounced under the basket where Peljto appeared to control the rebound. But Syracuse's Perry had other ideas as she stripped the ball out of Peljto's arms and immediately went up strong for an easy lay-up. That basket gave Syracuse a 56-52 lead with 6:04 to play...
Down by five points, 60-55, with 3:45 to play Harvard had a chance to close the gap to two. Peljto was fouled driving to the basket but her shot wouldn't fall and she managed only one of two free throws closing the Syracuse lead to four...
Harvard's game seemed to unravel around the two-minute mark. On the inbound, the ball flew over a jumping Peljto's head and into the Syracuse side of the court. McBride grabbed the ball and laid it in for a 66-58 Syracuse lead with 1:53 to go. The next Crimson trip down the floor resulted in a turnover and McBride, a 93-percent free-throw shooter was fouled once again. Sinking both ends of the one-and-one, McBride pushed the Orangewoman lead...