Holy Cross Women's Basketball Page 1/1 Season Box Score As of Jan 15, 2021 All Games
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HOLY CROSS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 12 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 11 Patriot League Championships Holy Cross Crusaders (2-2, 2-2 PL) vs. Colgate Raiders (1-3, 1-3 PL) GAME 5: Saturday, Jan. 16 • 3:00 p.m. ET • Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex • Worcester, Mass. GAME 6: Sunday, Jan. 17 • 2:00 p.m. ET • Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex • Worcester, Mass. 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS DATE OPPONENT . TIME / SCORE Jan. 4 at Boston University..........L, 76-54 HOLY CROSS COLGATE Jan . 5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY . L, 72-56 Jan. 9 at Army West Point .........W, 80-46 2020-21 Record. .......................................... 2-2 2020-21 Record. ......................................... 1-3 2020-21 PL Record ................................... same 2020-21 PL Record ..................................same Jan . 10 ARMY WEST POINT . W, 61-42 2019-20 Record. ...................................... 19-11 2019-20 Record. ..................................... 19-11 Jan . 16 COLGATE . 3 p .m . 2019-20 PL Record ..........................11-7 (T-3rd) 2019-20 PL Record ........................ 11-7 (T-3rd) Jan . 17 COLGATE . 2 p .m . Stat Leaders Stat Leaders Jan. 23 at Lehigh ..................12 p.m. Points Per Game ...................LaBarbera (13.3) Points Per Game .........................Brodie (16.3) Rebounds Per Game.................Ezemma (7.3) Rebounds Per Game............ Blackmore (4.5) Jan. 24 at Lehigh ..................12 p.m. Assists ........................................LaBarbera (14) Assists ..............................................Brodie (12) Jan. 30 at Boston University...........2 p.m. Steals ........................................LaBarbera (11) Steals ...........................................McMillan (5) Blocks ..................................Power-Cassidy (5) Blocks ...............................................Brodie (2) Jan . 31 BOSTON UNIVERSITY . TBA Field Goal % (min. 15 att.) ............Cross (.611) Field Goal % (min. 15 att.) . Blackmore (.500) Feb . 6 ARMY WEST POINT . TBA Feb. 7 at Army West Point .............TBA Feb. 13 at Colgate....................TBA The Holy Cross women’s basketball team will host a pair of contests against Colgate on Saturday, Jan. 16 and Sunday, Jan. 17. Feb. 14 at Colgate....................TBA Feb . 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY . TBA Tipoff on Saturday is set for 3 p.m., while Sunday’s game will tip off Feb. 21 at Boston University...........2 p.m. at 2 p.m. Mar. 7 Patriot League Quarterfinal^ ....TBA Both games will be broadcasted live on ESPN+. Mar. 11 Patriot League Semifinal^ .......TBA Mar. 14 Patriot League Championship^ ..TBA LAST TIME OUT: • The Crusaders swept Army West Point in a historic weekend series, earning an 80-46 victory on Saturday, Jan. 9 at West Point and a 61- Home games listed in BOLD CAPS 42 win on Sunday, Jan. 10 in Worcester. All games are Patriot League contests • The 80-46 victory, in which five Crusaders scored in double fig- All times listed are Eastern Time ures, marked Holy Cross head coach Maureen Magarity’s first win with the program; Magarity also emerged victorious in the first father-daughter head coaching matchup in Division I history. • The 34-point win was the largest margin of victory by Holy Cross since the 2011 season, when the Crusaders recorded an 83-46 win against Lafayette on Feb. 5. • Army’s 25 turnovers on Saturday are the most that Holy Cross has forced in a single game since Feb. 1, 2017, when they forced 27 against Colgate. • Sophomore guard Addisyn Cross set a career high with 11 points in the win at Army, and scored 11 points again at home on Sunday. • Three Crusaders are currently averaging double figures: junior guard Avery LaBarbera (13.3 points per game), freshman guard Cara McCormack (11.5) and freshman guard Bronagh Power-Cas- sidy (10.3). • Junior forward Oluchi Ezemma, who leads Holy Cross with 7.3 rebounds per contest, leads the Patriot League with 4.3 offensive rebounds per game. 2019-20 IN REVIEW: • Holy Cross posted a 19-11 overall record with an 11-7 mark in Patriot League play to finish tied for season on a four-game winning PATRIOT LEAGUE UPDATE third in the Patriot League stand- streak; their final game of the year 2020-21 STANDINGS ings. As a result, the Crusaders was a 52-33 Patriot League quar- hosted a Patriot League quarterfi- terfinal victory over Lafayette on NORTH nal matchup for the first time since March 9. The Patriot League Tour- Team Div . Conf . Pct . Overall 2015. nament was canceled on March Boston Univ. 4-0 4-0 1.000 4-0 Holy Cross 2-2 2-2 .500 2-2 • The Crusaders’ 19 wins were their 12 due to COVID-19 concerns; Army West Point 1-3 1-3 .250 4-5 most in a single season since 2013- Holy Cross had been scheduled to Colgate 1-3 1-3 .250 1-3 14. face top-seeded Bucknell in Lewis- • Senior Lauren Manis, the lead- burg, Pa., in a semifinal matchup CENTRAL ing scorer in the Patriot League, Team Div . Conf . Pct . Overall that evening. Bucknell 2-0 4-0 1.000 4-0 earned her third All-Patriot League Lehigh 2-0 4-0 1.000 4-0 first team selection and fourth COLGATE AT A GLANCE: Lafayette 0-4 0-4 .000 0-4 overall all-league selection, and • Colgate dropped a pair of con- was additionally an All-Defensive tests against Boston University last SOUTH Team Div . Conf . Pct . Overall Team selection. Saturday and Sunday, falling by Navy 0-0 0-0 .000 0-4 • Then-sophomore Avery LaBar- scores of 79-51 and 62-58. American 0-0 0-2 .000 0-2 bera earned second team honors • Alexa Brodie currently ranks third Loyola (Md.) 0-0 0-2 .000 0-2 from the Patriot League, her sec- in the Patriot League and leads ond straight all-league selection af- 2019-20 STANDINGS the team with an average of 16.3 -Conference- -Overall- ter receiving third team and Rookie points per game; Keelah Dixon is Team W-L Pct .W-L Pct . of the Year honors in 2018-19. averaging 14.8 points per game. Bucknell 16-2 .889 24-6 .800 • As a team, Holy Cross led the • Colgate has fallen in three Boston U. 12-6 .667 18-12 .600 Patriot League in rebounding, straight contests after a sea- Colgate 11-7 .611 19-11 .633 Holy Cross 11-7 .611 19 -11 633. with an average of 40 boards son-opening victory over Army Lafayette 11-7 .611 15-14 .517 per game, while out-rebounding West Point. Lehigh 10-8 .556 19-11 .633 its opponents by a +5.7 margin. • The Raiders average 62.2 points American 8-10 .444 13-17 .433 The Crusaders ranked third in the per game, while allowing op- Loyola (Md.) 5-13 .278 8-22 .267 league in offense, with an average Army 4-14 .222 9-22 .290 ponents to score 72.2 points per Navy 2-16 .111 7-23 .233 of 64.9 points per game, while also game. ranking second in 3-point percent- • Colgate was selected to finish age (.360). sixth in the Patriot League’s presea- WEEKEND GAMES • Manis (first, 18.6 points per game) son poll. and LaBarbera (fifth, 13.7 points Saturday, Jan . 16 per game) both ranked in the LAST TIME THEY MET: Lafayette at Loyola (Md.), 1 p.m. top five in scoring in the Patriot • The Raiders swept the season Bucknell at Lehigh, 2 p.m. League. American at Navy, 3 p.m. series in 2020, with a 70-61 win in Boston Univ. at Army, 3 p.m. • During the regular season, Holy Hamilton, N.Y. on Feb. 1 and an 80- Colgate at Holy Cross, 3 p.m. Cross had players lead the Patriot 69 victory on Feb. 22. League in points per game (Man- • LaBarbera averaged 17.5 points Sunday, Jan . 17 is), field-goal percentage (senior in the two contests. Colgate at Holy Cross, 2 p.m. Megan Swords, .545), assists (senior American at Navy, 3 p.m. Madalyn Smith, 138), free throw SCHEDULE NOTES: Boston Univ. at Army, 3 p.m. percentage (LaBarbera, .827) and • Consistent with the prioritization Loyola (Md.) at Lafayette, 4 p.m. 3-point percentage (Manis, .446). of health and safety, the 2020- Lehigh at Bucknell, 4 p.m. • The Crusaders closed out their 21 schedule format features a TALE OF THE TAPE WHAT’S RETURNING/LOST FOR HC CRUSADERS RAIDERS 2019-20 Return in Lost in Pct . Total 20-21 20-21 Return 62.8 Points Per Game 62.3 PTS 1,947 590 1,357 30.3 FGM 706 214 492 30.3 39.0 Field Goal % 40.6 FGA 1,729 570 1,159 33.0 3PM 205 68 137 33.2 32.2 3-Point % 36.7 3PA 569 196 373 34.4 FTM 330 94 236 28.5 34.0 Rebounds Per Game 29.5 FTA 484 129 355 26.7 REB 1,201 315 886 26.2 11.5 Assists Per Game 9.8 OREB 368 98 270 26.6 DREB 833 217 616 26.1 3.0 Blocks Per Game 1.3 AST 424 127 297 30.0 T/O 446 111 335 24.8 7.8 Steals Per Game 4.3 BLK 73 16 57 21.9 STL 188 67 121 35.6 14.3 Turnovers Per Game 14.0 PF 440 143 297 32.5 MIN 6,050 1,947 4,103 32.2 PROJECTED STARTERS HOLY CROSS QUICK FACTS 15 3 13 42 2 General Information School . .. College of the Holy Cross Location . Worcester, Mass . Enrollment . 3,102 Founded . 1843 CARA MCCORMACK AVERY LABARBERA BRONAGH KELLY PETRO OLUCHI EZEMMA Denomination . Roman Catholic, Jesuit 5-3 • G • Fr. 5-6 • G • Jr. POWER-CASSIDY 6-1 • G • Jr. 5-11 • F • Jr.