Box Score HANOVER, N.H. – Clinching a spot in the Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament tonight, the Harvard women's basketball team (13-12, 7-6 Ivy) took down Dartmouth (3-23, 2-13 Ivy) in dominant fashion, 85-52, tonight at Leede Arena.
 
Senior Tess Sussman led the Crimson's offense with a career-high 25 points. Junior McKenzie Forbes and sophomore Lola Mullaney reached double figures with 17 and 13 points, respectively. Forbes dished out a team-best four assists as well. Defensively, junior Maggie McCarthy picked up a team-high five rebounds, while Forbes, Mullaney and first-year Harmoni Turner each recorded four.
 
After a slow start through the first two minutes of play, the Crimson's offense came alive in the opening quarter. Sussman and Forbes sank triples to tie the game at 8-8, before Sussman netted two more buckets to give Harvard a 12-9 advantage. The teams traded baskets midway through, with Mullaney and Turner drilling triples to push the Crimson ahead 18-13. Sussman dropped in her ninth point of the quarter, while Stritzel added another to make it a 10-2 run. Harvard concluded the first quarter with a 24-17 lead.
 
The Crimson came out of the gates in quarter two with three quick buckets from Stritzel, Turner and Elle Stauffer. Forbes then went on an offensive surge, draining three triples within two minutes of play to widen Harvard's margin to 20. An 11-2 run, highlighted by triples from Sussman and Mullaney, brought the Crimson to the 50-point mark as the quarter came to a close. Harvard took a 52-26 lead into halftime.
 
Picking up where it left off, Harvard started the third quarter recording five triples, including two from Sussman and one each from Forbes, McCarthy and Mullaney. The Crimson shot lights out in quarter three, drilling six triples. Sussman notched two more buckets to break her career high and put Harvard up 74-37. A dominant third quarter helped the Crimson build a 76-41 advantage heading into the final frame.
 
Harvard showed its depth in its bench in quarter four as Lindsey Lawson and Gabby Donaldson dropped in baskets for the Crimson. Harvard's defense held Dartmouth at bay, allowing just two baskets from the Big Green through the first five minutes of the frame. Despite a late run from Dartmouth, Harvard's offensive pressure was too much to overcome. The Crimson clinched an 85-52 victory.
 
Harvard Highlights
- Tess Sussman registered a team and career-high 25 points off five triples and 10-for-13 shooting from the field (76.9 percent).
- Shooting with efficiency tonight, Lola Mullaney went 5-for-9 and Annie Stritzel went 4-for-5 from field goal range.
- Harvard sank 15 triples tonight, nearly tying its season-high 17.
- The Crimson dished out 20 assists, led by Forbes with four and three apiece from McCarthy, Sussman, Stritzel and Elena Rodriguez.
- Annie Stritzel grabbed a team-best four steals, contributing to Harvard's 13 total.
- The Crimson led for all but just over three minutes of the game, with its largest lead coming at 40 points. 

Up Next
The Crimson secured a spot in the 2022 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament as the fourth seed with its win tonight. Harvard will take on No. 1 Princeton on Friday, March 11 at 4:30 p.m. in the semifinals at Lavietes Pavilion. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.