Six days after having its 30-game home winning streak snapped by the Columbia Lions. Princeton women’s basketball hit the road and took out its frustrations on the Harvard Crimson, beating its host, 70-58, at Lavietes Pavilion Friday.

The win gave Princeton a two-game sweep of Harvard during the regular season, setting up a likely third clash in two weeks in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament.

The Tigers used balanced scoring and their trademark tough defense to keep the Crimson off balance throughout the contest.

All five Princeton starters scored in double digits, including senior center Parker Hill, who tormented the Crimson with a game-high 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting. Hill currently leads the Ivy League in scoring percentage, converting a gaudy 66% of her shots on the season.

Harvard was led by star senior guard Harmoni Turner, who tallied 15 points on 6-for-20 shooting. But Turner struggled once again to get her game going against a connected Tigers defense that did a stellar job of switching whenever picks were set up top for the Ivy League’s leading scorer.

Turner scored the first four points of the game for Harvard and then failed to tally again until the fourth quarter. Once again, Olivia Hutcherson drew the primary assignment of guarding Turner, and once again, the sophomore from Atlanta did a stellar job of staying in front and more importantly denying Turner the ball. Hutcherson also received significant help from her fellow sophomore Fadima Tall, who always seemed to make a seamless switch whenever Turner received a screen from her teammates.

Hutcherson also came up big on offense, depositing 10 points on a perfect night of 5-for-5 shooting from the field. A play early in the game by Hutcherson highlighted Princeton’s offensive efficiency. With the Tigers already on a 6-0 run, Hill took a pass on the perimeter and then found a streaking Hutcherson down the middle of the lane for a “front door” layup to put the Tigers up 8-2 with 7:27 to play in the first quarter.

Tall also turned in an outstanding performance for coach Carla Berube, scoring 14 points, including three straight three-pointers in the first 14 minutes of the game, to give the Tigers a 30-20 lead with 6:24 to play in the first half. Tall also grabbed six rebounds and registered a steal.

But Tall’s greatest contribution of the night might have been her defensive play. The 6-foot guard/forward from Silver Spring, Md. drew the challenging assignment of guarding Harvard’s Elena Rodriguez, who burned Princeton for 22 points when these teams last met in early January in Jadwin Gymnasium. On Friday at Lavietes, Tall never allowed Rodriquez to get on track, holding the 6-foot-2 senior to five points on only 2-for-5 shooting.

After surrendering the first points on the game, the Tigers used hot shooting to take a 22-16 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The Tigers continued to execute their offense effectively in the second quarter as Skye Belker drove to the cup for the hoop and the harm to give the Tigers a 40-29 lead at the intermission. The Tigers shot a sizzling 16-for-23 in the first half or nearly 70 percent from the field.

Before heading into the locker room, Berube explained to ESPN+ how her team jumped out to a big first-half lead.

“It was being able to, one, handle their pressure. Knock on wood. I hope that goes well in the second half as well. I’m sure they’re going to turn it up. But, yeah, executing our offense, finding those shooters, I thought we stayed poised. Made some big baskets at the end of the shot clock too and didn’t rush things. And, yeah, made shots. You have to make shots against elite teams like [Harvard].”

As Berube anticipated, Harvard ratcheted up the pressure in the third quarter, but Princeton mostly succeeded in beating the press even as its offensive efficiency tapered off.

Two free throws by Ashley Chea expanded the Tigers’ lead to 14, 46-32, with 6:33 to play in the third quarter. Chea nearly registered a triple double, scoring 12 points, dishing seven assists and grabbing seven rebounds.

A putback by reserve forward Katie Thiers with 3:12 to play in the third quarter completed that frame’s scoring for Princeton as the Tigers took a 13-point lead into the fourth quarter.

A week ago against Columbia, the Tigers also took a lead into the final quarter but couldn’t withstand the Lions’ fourth-quarter pressure. In a fatal two-minute span to open the stanza, Princeton gave up a 13-0 run and never recovered, losing 64-60 and allowing Columbia to sweep the regular-season series against the Tigers for the first time since 2008.

At first, it looked like the Tigers might collapse again as Harvard began the fourth quarter by applying ferocious pressure. Two missed shots and a turnover on Princeton’s first three possessions opened the door for a quick Harvard comeback.

But unlike a week ago, the Tigers stayed connected on defense and kept Harvard off the scoreboard until Turner hit a jumper more than three minutes into the fourth.

A Turner three-ball cut the lead to nine, 58-49, with 5:41 remaining in the game, and the capacity crowd roared to life sensing that the home team had finally turned the corner. A layup by Turner with 3:09 to play shaved the lead to six, 60-54.

But the Crimson would get no closer. This time, the Tigers recovered their poise and executed their offense in the final minutes.

With under three minutes to play, the Tigers aggressively moved the ball through Harvard’s press and Belker found a wide open Hill under the basket for an easy lay-in. Another layup and an and-one free throw by Hill put an exclamation point on a dominant performance as Tigers came away with a road triumph and a coveted Quad-1 win, 70-58.

After the game, a satisfied Berube reflected on how the Tigers held on for the win.

“They are a team that’s going to fight to the very end, and their press really makes you play a little frantic, but we found a way to just stay poised and calm,” Berube told ESPN+. “And Ashley did a great job. Skye did a great job in the back court, and yeah, we made the plays that we needed to down the stretch.”

The 70 points surrendered by Harvard were the fourth-most allowed by the nation’s leading defensive unit this season.

The win moves Princeton (19-6, 10-2 Ivy) into sole possession of second place and likely locks up the No. 2 seed for Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament. The Tigers will travel to Hanover for a Saturday evening tilt at Dartmouth to complete their final back-to-back road trip of the season.

With the loss, Harvard (20-4, 9-3) falls into third place in the Ivy standings and likely will see its Ivy-leading NET ranking of 34 drop a few spots. The Crimson will celebrate senior night tomorrow at home against Penn in a 7 pm ET tipoff at Lavietes.