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Aside from rebounding, Harvard was effective on the offensive attack, but neither team could gain a clear advantage. Both the first and second halves brought a series of lead changes and momentum shifts, and the greatest separation between the opponents was just seven points...
...second half, much like the first, saw neither team dominate play. A run early into the second half put Harvard up by seven, but Northeastern fought back, evening the score at 59 with just under seven minutes left in regulation. A final layup by Lippert, off of an assist from Berry, in the waning seconds of the half tied the game at 65, forcing overtime...
Throughout the extra period, the Crimson and the Huskies went back and forth, each scoring nine points. Lippert, off of the same shot that forced the first overtime, sent the game into double overtime for only the second time in Crimson history...
Finally, in the second overtime, Harvard was able to build a lead that outlasted Northeastern, fueled mainly by Berry, Lippert, and Markley. When the Huskies fouled, the Crimson answered by going 4-of-6 from the stripe, sealing the victory...
...just weren’t that tough in the UNH game,” Delaney-Smith said. “We were tough enough to come back in the second half, but then we relaxed on them. Maybe that was a good lesson to learn...