CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard women's basketball (18-11, 10-4 Ivy) will continue its season in the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament, returning home to host Navy (22-8, 15-2 Patriot). Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 at Lavietes Pavilion and on ESPN+.

The Last Time Out

• The Crimson fell just short of its second consecutive Ivy League Tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance after falling to Princeton, 63-53, in the Ivy Madness championship game.
• Despite the loss, it was the Crimson's third Ivy League Tournament championship appearance in the last four years.
• In the loss, Karlee White provided another strong performance for the Crimson with a team-high 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting, eight rebounds, three steals, and two assists.
• After a solid weekend overall, White was named to the Ivy League All-Tournament Team.
• In her first Ivy League Tournament championship, Olivia Jones contributed 13 points, eight rebounds, and two steals.
• Katie Krupa added six points, six rebounds, four assists, and a block in her final Ivy League Tournament appearance.
• The night prior, the Crimson defeated the Columbia Lions for the second time in less than a week. In an instant classic, Harvard came out on top in overtime, 67-65.
• Abigail Wright scored a team-high 18 points on 8-of-14 field goals and added three boards.
• White totaled 16 points, a game- and career-high seven steals, four rebounds, and three assists.
• Saniyah Glenn-Bello posted 12 points, four rebounds, and two assists.
• Krupa notched nine points, six rebounds, and two assists. She netted five of her nine points in overtime including the go-ahead three with less than a minute remaining.
• Jones contributed a game-high nine rebounds, seven points, and two assists.
• Harvard held advantages in points in the paint (44-28) and points off turnovers (19-9).
• Harvard has now won three of its four Ivy League Tournament meetings against Columbia.

The Return to the Postseason

• The Crimson is making its 18^th postseason appearance with its bid to the WBIT.
• This is Harvard's first bid to the WBIT in its three-year history.
• Under Carrie Moore, this is Harvard's third postseason appearance after it received the Ivy's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament last year and had a historic WNIT run in Moore's first season.
• In 2022-23, the Crimson received a bid to the WNIT after falling to Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament championship. Harvard went on a historic run with its journey coming to an end in the Great 8. It was the first time in program history that the Crimson advanced to the third round or further of a postseason tournament.

All-Ivy

• Harvard earned a handful of All-Ivy year-end honors headlined by Olivia Jones being named the unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year. The captain duo of Karlee White and Abigail Wright capped off breakout junior seasons with a unanimous First Team All-Ivy and a Second Team All-Ivy selection, respectively. Katie Krupa rounded out the honors with her second selection to the Academic All-Ivy Team.
• Jones wasted no time making a name for herself in the Ivy League as she is one of eight players in conference history to win nine Rookie of the Week honors and is now the unanimous choice for Rookie of the Year. The Pennsylvania native was a consistent, steady presence for the Crimson throughout the season, averaging 5.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.6 steals per game.
• White elevated her game in every aspect this season, averaging a team-best 15.4 points on 55.5% shooting from the field and 46.7% from three along with 5.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 2.0 steals per game. It is the first All-Ivy nod of her career.
• Wright also stepped into a starring role for the Crimson this season, averaging 13.5 points on 45.7% shooting, 6.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.0 steals per game. It is the first All-Ivy nod of her career.

Stepping into a Leading Role

• Karlee White and Abigail Wright have smoothly transitioned into leading roles this season. The juniors are the top scorers for the Crimson and are each averaging career highs with 15.4 and 13.1 points per game, respectively. The totals rank inside the top 10 in the Ivy League.
• Wright is also one of the team's leading rebounders, averaging 6.1 per game to rank 10^th in the Ivy League. More specifically, the junior forward attacks the offensive glass and averages 3.6 offensive rebounds per game. Her total of 103 this season ranks seventh all-time in program history for a single season.
• Not only is White averaging a career high but she is also doing so at an incredibly efficient rate, shooting 54.6% from the field. The percentage ranks as the best in the conference.
• Before being sidelined with an injury, the junior guard began the year by scoring in double figures in five of the first six games, matching her entire total of games in double figures from her first two seasons. White has raised her game even more since returning, adding 16 more 10+ scoring outings to her career total.
• The junior pairing was elected as the team captains for the Harvard women's basketball team prior to the start of the 2025-26 season.

Stuffing the Stat Sheet

• Saniyah Glenn-Bello has consistently provided a presence all over the court during her senior season.
• Glenn-Bello is averaging career highs in nearly every statistical category by averaging 11.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game.
• The senior ranks fourth in the league in blocks, ninth in steals, and 14^th in scoring.
• After not scoring in double figures in the first four games, Glenn-Bello has now done so in 17 of the last 22 games.
• After netting 17.5 points on 54.2% shooting and 77.8% from three while also averaging 4.0 rebounds, 1.0 blocks, 1.5 steals, and having the game-tying and winning threes against Brown, Glenn-Bello recorded her first career Ivy League Player of the Week honor.

First Impressions

• Olivia Jones made her mark in the league early and continued to impress often. The Pennsylvania native won the first Ivy League weekly honor and went on to win eight more throughout the season. She is one of eight players in league history to earn at least nine Rookie of the Week honors and joins Allison Feaster '98 and Temi Fagbenle '15 as the only Harvard players to do so.
• To cap off an all-around first-year in Cambridge, Jones was unanimously selected as the Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
• Overall, she averaged 5.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.6 steals per game in the regular season.
• The first-year has appeared in 26 games and stepped into a starting spot in the final 14 games of the season.
• In the regular season finale, Jones was instrumental in the Crimson's comeback win, tallying 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting, three rebounds, two assists, and three steals.

Defense is the Difference

• The Crimson is once again providing intense pressure on the defensive end of the ball.
• The Crimson currently ranks second in the Ivy League in scoring defense (57.3).
• Nationally, Harvard has the 24^th-best scoring defense in the country by holding opponents to 57.3 points per game.
• Last season, the Crimson consistently ranked as one of the top scoring defenses in the league and ended the year as the fifth-best scoring defense in the nation.

Third Quarter Warriors

• The Crimson has struggled some in the early moments of games this season but consistently comes out hot in the second half.
• This year, Harvard is 14-2 when it wins the third quarter.
• Its only losses? A last-second loss to Columbia in its first meeting and a battle versus Brown when Harvard was without senior Saniyah Glenn-Bello.

The Season at a Glance

• The Crimson's season was comprised of 13 non-conference games and its annual 14-game Ivy League slate.
• Harvard played nine games in the month of November, and all took place on the road outside of its season opener against St. John's.
• The Crimson played five power conference opponents in the opening month including Michigan (Big Ten), Cal (ACC), Boston College (ACC), Alabama (SEC), and Arkansas (SEC).
• Harvard competed at two prominent tournaments in the month of November, the Raising the B.A.R. Invitational hosted by the University of California and the Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championships in Nassau, The Bahamas.
• The Crimson went 10-4 in Ivy League play with its only losses coming from the three other Ivy Madness teams.
• With a win in its regular season finale, the Crimson reached double-digit Ivy wins in back-to-back years for the first time in a decade.

Harvard-Navy History

• The two teams have met two prior times in history, each having won once.
• The Crimson won the first meeting, 71-55, on its home court on January 2, 2010.
• Less than a year later, the two teams met again with Navy winning the matchup, 65-60, in Annapolis.
• Harvard is 53-33 all-time against Patriot League teams.

Next Up

The winner of Thursday's contest will move on to face the winner of [1] Utah versus Eastern Kentucky on Sunday, March 22. The contest will be hosted by the higher-seeded team.