LIVE BLOG: Women's Basketball vs. St. John's (WNIT Round 1)

GAME OVER - ST JOHN'S 83, HARVARD 60. Thanks for reading The Crimson's live coverage of Harvard's NIT first round matchup with the Red Storm. Stay classy, Cambridge.

19:30 - The clock is ticking down, and it looks like this is it for Harvard this season. The Crimson put together another strong campaign, finishing just short of an Ivy three-peat and getting an invitation to the NIT. Emily Tay caps off as stellar career with a jumper from the side. 81-60 and the seconds are ticking away.

15:15 - Harvard's season might be coming to a close, but Emily Tay's still got style. She feeds a pretty no-look pass to Markley in the post. Markley turns around for the lay-in.

14:00 - A three from St. John's Kelly McMammon kills the Harvard mojo. 71-52 St. John's. Uh...make that 73-52.

13:19 - At 68-52, this one is pretty much out of reach. But Harvard has the momentum and could at least make it respectable.

12:20 - Gotta give it to the Crimson - the team's not going down easy. A quick 8-0 run brings Harvard within 16. Still a stretch at this point.

10:48 - Hodges missed her free throw, but decided to give the three-point play another shot. She missed this free throw too, but it's all gravy by this point for the Red Storm, which is up by 24 (66-42).

10:15 - Jackie Alemany makes some nice moves to the basket for a spinning layup. But St. John's Victoria Hodges gets an and-1.

9:16 - St. John's is scoring at will now. It's 62-39, Red Storm. Moretzsohn at the line for Harvard and makes 1 of 2.

8:11 - Harvard mercifully takes a timeout. The Crimson is down by 19 now, 58-39, with 11:49 left in the game. It's not going to take a miracle, but it's going to have to be something pretty close for Harvard to come back.

6:40 - Things are falling apart quickly for Harvard and the Red Storm is going for the jugular with the press. But Harvard breaks it and Emma Moretzsohn gets a layup. 54-39, St. John's.

5:40 - Two quick layups from Markley and Tay keep things interesting.

4:50 - Da'Shena Stevens is killing the Crimson. She had eight in the first half and now she has another eight in the first five minutes of the second. Britney Murphy hits a three and Harvard's down by 15.

4:10 - Uh oh. A St. John's three puts Harvard down by 12. 45-33, St. John's.

2:50 - Berry hits a runner to cut the lead to 38-31 but the Red Storm answers right back with a layup.

2:04 - Harvard looking sluggish. Down by seven quickly.

0:59 - Quick Harvard turnover and the Red Storm gets a layup soon after. 34-29 St. John's.

START OF SECOND HALF

Intermission: Two minutes till the second half. The St. John's paper is called The Torch. That's pretty cool.

Intermission: A couple of halftime stats. Christine Matera leads all scorers with nine points, all of which came off the three-ball. St. John's Da'Shena Stevens is a beast on the boards, pulling down six so far. Both teams are at 50% from behind the arc, and both are around 40% from the field. Free throws haven't been falling for anyone. Harvard is 2-6 and St. John's is 0-2. Emily Tay has been her baller self, but she's giving the rock up too much (five turnovers). Berry is 2-2 from the field, but hasn't really been a big factor yet.

Intermission: Some things never change, no matter where you are. It's time for little kids playing basketball! Probably the most entertaining halftime gimmick ever.

Intermission: Three years at Harvard have eaten away at my Queens roots. I keep calling the Red Storm the Big Red. Freaking Ivy League.

HALFTIME: St. John's 32, Harvard 29. You have to like what you see from the Crimson. The Red Storm was pretty awful in conference play, but this is a Big East team.

0:00 - Red Storm is up 32-29. Berry draws a foul before he buzzer and will shoot two. She misses the first one and the...the second rims out.

19:00 - Two airballs in a row from Tay, and St. John's takes the lead on two straight fast break layups.

17:19 - It's 29-26 Harvard right now with under three minutes left in the first half. Tay and Markley have been driving the Crimson offense, and the Harvard bigs are holding their own in the post. And of course, you can't ignore the pleasant surprise from Christine Matera, who has hit threes every time the team needed one.

16:22 - My next door neighbor in press row says "I feel like this game's been played in slow motion." I guess I'm the only one enjoying myself.

15:29 - Brogan Berry takes one step too many and a nice layup is negated.

14:20 - MATERA FROM THREE AGAIN. SHE'S ON FIRE. Now she gets to shoot till she misses right?

12:57 - St. John's is putting the press on, and Harvard seems a bit flustered the first time. But the Crimson doesn't make the same mistake twice and Matera hits a wide-open three. 22 all.

12:45 - Timeout on the floor. Christina from Las Vegas is taking part in the Red Storm shootout. She makes the layup. Banks in the free throw. Can she do it? Needs more range on the three. Using the "soccer inbound style." Just not meant to be Christina. In case anyone was wondering, I took the under.

12:15 - Harvard's bruisers are putting in work down low. Katie Rollins and Clara Wheeler knocked some bodies around before Wheeler scored on a put-back.

11:30 - Matera nails a three to pull Harvard within three.

10:49 - St. John's just went on a tear and pulled ahead, 20-14. Harvard needs to stop the bleeding.

9:04 - Markley hits a turnaround J. St. John's guard Britney Murphy answers with a three. If nothing else this game is exciting.

8:35 - It's 13-12 Red Storm. Gotta give it to Harvard for hanging tough with a Big East squad.

8:24 - Bro-o-o-o-o-o-o-gan Berry makes a sick move, beats her defender and puts home a nice layup.

7:04 - Both teams playing kind of sloppy. Lots of turnovers all-around.

6:13 - A St. John's three puts the Big Red up by one. Christine Matera in for the Crimson.

5:27 - And Harvard takes its first lead of the game on a jumper from Emma Markley. She leads the team with six. 8-6 Harvard.

4:51 - Official timeout. Now's a good time for some trivia that only matters to me. Carnesecca Arena is named after legendary Red Storm coach Lou Carnesecca. First person to email me (lamor@fas.harvard.edu) the high school where Carnesecca started his fabled coaching career gets a fake free gift card to Red Line (Hint: the answer is on my Facebook profile).

4:09 - Emily Tay wets two consecutive jumpers to tie the game at eight and force a St. John's timeout. If Tay goes off, Harvard's got a real shot at this one.

3:10 - As someone who's used to live-blogging hockey games, it's going to take me a bit to adjust to the pace. Bear with me readers. 8-4 St. John's right now.

2:00 - Emma Markley gets Harvard on the board.

1:40 - Red Storm's Ledbetter with some nice moves. This could get out of control early unless Harvard settles down. 4-0 St. John's.

:19 - St. John's Stevens gets an early steal and scores the first two points of the game on an easy layup.

0:00 - Welcome to The Harvard Crimson's live blog of the Crimson women's basketball team's WNIT first round matchup againt the St. John's Red Storm.

- Staff writer Loren Amor is live from Carnesecca Arena in Queens, N.Y.