Christian Webster scored 13 points, Oliver McNally 12 and Brandyn Curry had 10 for Harvard (10-3). It was the Crimson's fifth win in six games, their only loss at then-No. 4 Connecticut, 81-52 on Dec. 22.
Joe Trapani led the Eagles (11-4) with 21 points and Reggie Jackson had 18. The Eagles lost for the second time in 10 games.
Two years ago, the Crimson knocked off the Eagles three days after BC upset No. 1 North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Last year, when BC talked about not letting down against Harvard, the Eagles lost 74-67.
The Crimson had an 11-point lead with just under 4 minutes to play before BC started to press, forcing turnovers and cutting it to 70-65 on Jackson's driving basket with 2:11 left.
The Eagles then missed a pair of 3-point attempts before Rivard had a layup off a weakside cut. The Crimson sealed it at the line, with McNally, Rivard and Webster each making a pair.
Harvard, which entered the game tied with Wisconsin with the nation's best free-throw percentage at 80.2 percent, went 23 for 24 from the line.
BC cut it to 45-44 on Trapani's short jumper, but the Crimson scored the next nine points. Wright started the run with a dunk, was fouled on the play and made the free throw. McNally had a three-point play 50 seconds later and Rivard nailed a 3 from the right wing, pushing Harvard ahead by 10.
The Eagles closed the gap to 61-56 on Trapani's 3 from the right wing, but Webster answered with a 3, and Curry hit a short baseline jumper before Webster added two free throws, making it 68-56 with 4:43 to go.
Harvard, which closed the opening half by scoring 18 of the final 23 points, led 33-29 at intermission.
BC opened 24-15 lead midway into the first half before Rivard hit a 3 from the left corner for the Crimson, triggering the spree. Harvard, which hit 13 of 14 from the free-throw line in the first 20 minutes, was 9 of 10 from the line in the run.
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