2015-2016 Holy Cross Men's Basketball
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DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: (508) 793-2583 • Fax: (508) 793-2309 www.GoHolyCross.com [email protected] 2015-2016 HOLY CROSS MEN’S BASKETBALL HOLY CROSS (0-0, 0-0 PL) vs. MARIST (0-0, 0-0 MAAC) NOVEMBER 13, 2015 • 7:00 P.M. JAMES J. MCCANN CENTER (3,200) • POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. GAME DAY QUICK FACTS: 2015-2016 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Live Video Streaming: Red Fox Network; www.goredfoxes.com Holy Cross Radio: WEEI 1440 AM, Worcester; Dick Lutsk, play-by-play; DATE OPPONENT ..................TIME / SCORE Adam Giardino, color; www.weei.com/holycross, internet Nov. 5 ASSUMPTION (exh.). W, 85-79 (OT) Unofficial Live Statistics: www.goredfoxes.com Nov. 13 at Marist ............................7:00 p.m. Series Record: Holy Cross leads, 3-2 Nov. 16 at Brown ............................7:00 p.m. Last Meeting: Holy Cross 75, Marist 57 (Dec.19, 2010; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) Nov. 19 NEW HAMPSHIRE ..................7:05 p.m. Nov. 22 at Quinnipiac .........................2:00 p.m. PROBABLE HOLY CROSS STARTERS: Nov. 25 SACRED HEART ....................1:05 p.m. Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG Nov. 29 HARVARD ..........................1:05 p.m. Dec. 2 at Rhode Island .......................7:00 p.m. F 1 Karl Charles 6-6 200 Fr. 0.0 0.0 Dec. 5 ALBANY ...........................2:05 p.m. F 21 Malachi Alexander 6-7 217 Jr. 0.0 0.0 Dec. 9 at Kansas ............................8:00 p.m. C 42 Matt Husek 6-11 240 Jr. 0.0 0.0 Dec. 12 at Hartford ...........................7:00 p.m. G 2 Anthony Thompson 5-10 150 Jr. 0.0 0.0 Dec. 21 MAINE .............................7:05 p.m. G 5 Cullen Hamilton 6-2 185 Sr. 0.0 0.0 Dec. 30 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * .............7:05 p.m. Jan. 2 at Navy * ............................1:00 p.m. The Holy Cross men’s basketball team will begin the 2015-2016 Jan. 6 COLGATE * ........................7:05 p.m. campaign when it travels to Marist for a 7:00 p.m. game on Friday, Nov. Jan. 9 at Bucknell * .........................2:00 p.m. 13. The contest between the Crusaders and the Red Foxes can be seen live Jan. 13 at Lafayette * .........................7:00 p.m. Jan. 16 LEHIGH * ..........................1:05 p.m. on the internet through the Red Fox Network. In addition the game will air Jan. 20 ARMY WEST POINT * ...............7:05 p.m. live on WEEI 1440 AM in Worcester. Jan. 24 at American * ........................1:00 p.m. The Crusaders are entering their first year under new head coach Bill Jan. 27 LOYOLA (MD.) * ....................7:05 p.m. Carmody, and are coming off a 2014-2015 season in which they went Jan. 30 NAVY * .............................1:05 p.m. 14-16 overall and tied for sixth in the Patriot League with an 8-10 mark in Feb. 3 at Colgate * ..........................7:00 p.m. conference games. Junior forward Malachi Alexander looks to lead Holy Feb. 6 BUCKNELL * .......................1:05 p.m. Cross this season, after averaging 8.4 points and a team-best 5.0 rebounds Feb. 10 LAFAYETTE * ......................7:05 p.m. per game a year ago. Others top returning players for the Crusaders include Feb. 15 at Lehigh * ..........................7:30 p.m. senior guard Cullen Hamilton (6.6 points, 2.4 rebounds per game), junior Feb. 17 at Army West Point * ..................7:00 p.m. guard Anthony Thompson (5.9 points, 2.0 assists per game) and junior Feb. 21 AMERICAN * ......................12:05 p.m. Feb. 24 at Loyola (Md.) * .....................7:30 p.m. guard Robert Champion (4.8 points per game). Feb. 27 at Boston University * ................12:00 p.m. Marist posted an overall record of 7-25 during the 2014-2015 season, Mar. 1 Patriot League First Round while tying for 10th place in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference at 5-15. Mar. 3 Patriot League Quarterfinals Junior guard Khallid Hart is the top returning scorer for the Red Foxes, Mar. 6 Patriot League Semifinals after averaging 14.7 points and 2.7 rebounds per game last season. Senior Mar. 9 Patriot League Championship Game forward Phillip Lawrence (8.4 points, 3.8 rebounds per contest) and senior center Eric Truog (5.3 points, 5.6 rebounds per game) will also be back in Home games listed in BOLD CAPS the starting lineup for Marist. * Patriot League games After the contest against Marist, Holy Cross returns to action when it All times listed are Eastern Standard Time heads to Brown on Monday, Nov. 16, at 7:00 p.m. 12 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 1947, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1977, 1980, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007 2015-2016 HOLY CROSS MEN’S BASKETBALL ALEXANDER LOOKS TO PLAY PROMINENT ROLE: Junior forward MEDIA SERVICES & POLICIES Malachi Alexander should be a key player for the Crusaders this year, after developing into one of the team’s top players down low in 2014-2015. In 30 games played last season, he averaged 8.4 points and 5.0 rebounds, INTERVIEWS while hitting 73.5 percent of his free throws (72 of 98). Alexander was Personal interviews with head coach Bill Carmody, his staff and even more impressive in Patriot League regular season action, averaging players can be arranged through Charles Bare at (508) 793-2583 or 9.9 points and 5.4 boards in conference play. During last year’s victory over [email protected]. Arrangements for all interviews should be Lafayette, he totaled 17 points and four rebounds. Alexander also had a made at least 24 hours in advance. Home phone numbers will not be big game in the win over Navy, posting 17 points and three boards. A few given out, and on game day, only postgame interviews will be granted. of his other top games last season were against Brown (14 points, three rebounds), against Colgate (14 points, three rebounds), at American (13 POSTGAME PROCEDURES points, seven rebounds, two assists), against New Jersey Tech (13 points, The Holy Cross basketball locker room is closed to the media. Mem- six rebounds), at Bucknell in the Patriot League quarterfinals (13 points, bers of the media should submit player interview requests to Charles three rebounds), against Bucknell (12 points, nine rebounds) and against Bare of Holy Cross by the five-minute mark of the second half. For Boston University (12 points, five rebounds, three assists, two steals). As games at the Hart Center, a postgame press conference will be held a freshman in 2013-2014, Alexander averaged 6.3 points and 4.2 rebounds in the Bud Ryan Room on the second floor following a 10-minute per game. Over the course of his collegiate career, he has now totaled 464 cooling off period. points, 293 rebounds and 36 blocked shots. MARIST MEDIA INFORMATION CRUSADERS LOOKING FOR SIXTH PATRIOT LEAGUE REGULAR Any media member wishing to speak to head coach Mike Maker or a SEASON TITLE: During the 2015-2016 campaign, Holy Cross will attempt Marist player should contact SID Mike Ferraro at (845) 575-3321 or to win the Patriot League regular season title for the sixth time in school [email protected]. history. The last championship for the Crusaders came in 2006-2007, when they tied for first place in the conference with Bucknell, as both teams posted 13-1 records in league play. Prior to that, Holy Cross won outright THE SERIES WITH MARIST: This will be only the sixth meeting be- Patriot League regular season titles in 2001, 2003 and 2005, while sharing tween the Crusaders and the Red Foxes on the hardwood, with Holy Cross the regular season championship in 1994. The Crusaders’ five total champi- leading the all-time series 3-2. In the last meeting between the schools, the onships are tied for the second-most in conference history with Navy (one Crusaders posted a 75-57 victory in Poughkeepsie on Dec. 19, 2010. Holy outright, four shared), behind only Bucknell (six outright, three shared). Cross has won the last three games in the series, since the Red Foxes took a 59-55 decision at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 3, 2004. SERIES QUICK FACTS ASSUMPTION RECAP Overall. Holy Cross leads, 3-2 In Poughkeepsie .............................Tied, 1-1 Karl Charles scored a game-high 28 points as the Holy Cross men’s At the McCann Center ........................Tied, 1-1 basketball team posted an 85-79 overtime victory over Assumption Bill Carmody vs. Marist ............................0-0 in an exhibition game at the Hart Center on Nov. 5, 2015. Charles hit Mike Maker vs. Holy Cross .........................0-0 10 of 13 field goal attempts, four of five three-pointers and four of Current Win Streak ...............Holy Cross, three games seven free throws on the night, in addition to recording six rebounds In Overtime ......................................0-0 and three assists. Assumption started the game hot, hitting four of its first five shots to take an early 11-0 lead. The Greyhounds would FOR OPENERS: Holy Cross owns an all-time record of 67-29 in its eventually led by as many as 23 points, and held a 39-20 lead at opening game of the season. The Crusaders have won two of their last three halftime. Holy Cross opened the second half with a 14-4 run, but was openers, including a 58-57 victory over 25th-ranked Harvard last season. still down by 11 points (49-38) with 12:45 left to play. The Crusaders This year will mark the 52nd time Holy Cross has opened the season away would later trail by seven (66-59) with 3:34 remaining in regulation, from home, with the Crusaders posting a 31-20 mark in the previous 51 before a pair of three-pointers by Charles and Anthony Thompson contests.