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DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: (508) 793-2583 • Fax: (508) 793-2309 2012-2013 Holy Cross Women’s Basketball Holy Cross (1-3, 0-0 PL) vs. Massachusetts (1-4, 0-0 A10) November 25, 2012 • 2:00 p.m. William D. Mullins Memorial Center (9,943) • Amherst, Mass. GAME DAY QUICK FACTS: 2012-2013 Schedule & Results Holy Cross Radio: www.GoHolyCross.com, internet, Bob Fouracre, play-by-play Live Video Streaming: UMass All-Access, www.umassathletics.com/allaccess/ UMass Radio: WMUA 91.1 FM, Amherst, Mass. DATE OPPONENT . .TIME / SCORE Unoffi cial Live Statistics: UMassAthletics.com Nov. 9 YALE . W, 87-71 Last Meeting: Holy Cross 76, Massachusetts 64, November 22, 2011, (Hart Center, Nov. 13 BOSTON COLLEGE . .L, 52-71 Worcester, Mass.) Nov. 17 NEW HAMPSHIRE . .L, 65-68 Nov. 20 HARVARD . .L, 62-80 SERIES QUICK FACTS: Nov. 25 at Massachusetts . .2:00 p.m. Overall . .Series tied 9-9 Nov. 28 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT . .7:00 p.m. In Amherst . UMass leads 5-3 Dec. 1 at Manhattan . .4:00 p.m. At the Mullins Center . .UMass leads, 5-1 Dec. 5 at Northeastern . 7:00 p.m. Bill Gibbons vs. UMass . 6-9 Dec. 8 at Quinnipiac . .1:00 p.m. Sharon Dawley vs. Holy Cross . 5-1 Dec. 21 at Bryant . 11:00 a.m. Current Win Streak . Holy Cross, one games Dec. 28 at Florida . 7:00 p.m. Dec. 30 at Bethune-Cookman . 2:00 p.m. PROBABLE HOLY CROSS STARTERS: Jan. 3 at Dartmouth . 7:00 p.m. Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG Jan. 6 at Fordham . 2:00 p.m. C 50 Emily Parker 6-2 So. 12.0 5.8 Jan. 8 BROWN . .11:30 a.m. F 34 Christine Ganser 6-1 Jr. 10.5 7.0 Jan. 12 LEHIGH * . .1:00 p.m. F 31 Raquel Scott 6-0 Fr. 7.8 4.3 Jan. 16 NAVY * . .7:00 p.m. G 2 Brisje Malone 5-9 Jr. 11.3 4.0 Jan. 19 at American . 2:00 p.m. G 22 Alex Smith 5-8 Jr. 15.5 4.3 Jan. 23 LAFAYETTE * . .7:00 p.m. Jan. 26 at Bucknell * . 2:00 p.m. Jan. 30 at Army * . .7:00 p.m. THE SERIES WITH MASSACHUSETTS: This will be the 19th meeting Feb. 2 COLGATE * . .1:00 p.m. between the Crusaders and the Minutemen. The series between the two Feb. 10 at Lehigh * . 2:00 p.m. squads is tied at nine games apiece, as Holy Cross enters the contest Feb. 13 at Navy * . 7:00 p.m. with a one-game winning streak. Last season, the Crusaders defeated the Feb. 16 AMERICAN * . .3:00 p.m. Minutemen by a score of 76-54 on November 22, 2011 at the Hart Center Feb. 20 at Layfayette * . .7:00 p.m. in Worcester, Mass. Head coach Bill Gibbons is 6-9 all-time versus the Feb. 23 BUCKNELL * . .2:00 p.m. Minutemen, while Massachusetts head coach Sharon Dawley is 5-1. Feb. 27 ARMY * . .7:00 p.m. Mar. 2 at Colgate * . 4:00 p.m. AT THE MULLINS CENTER: Since the Mullins Center opened in 1993, Mar. 7 Patriot League Quarterfi nals UMass has posted a 5-1 record over the Crusaders when playing in Amherst. Mar. 11 Patriot League Semifi nals The Minutemen have won the last two contests played at the Mullins Center Mar. 16 Patriot League Championship Game with a 75-50 win on January 5, 2011, and a 64-55 victory on November 20, 2005. The only contest Holy Cross has won at the Mullins Center came Home games listed in BOLD CAPS on November 23, 2003, when the Crusaders won by a score of 68-63. The * Patriot League games only overtime contest between the two teams came in a UMass, 62-57, victory at the Mullins Center. All times listed are Eastern Standard Time HOLY CROSS AGAINST THE ATLANTIC-10: In its program history, Holy Cross has played 11 of the 16 teams currently in the Atlantic-10 Conference (Dayton, Fordham, Temple, George Washington, Rhode Island, Xavier, St. Joseph’s, La Salle, Massachusetts, Richmond and St. Louis). In addition to the game versus UMass, the Crusaders will also travel to play WWW.GOHOLYCROSS.COM team with 34.2 minutes player per contest and averages 11.3 points and 4.3 Media Services & Policies assists. She is fi rst on the team with a 1.9 assist/turnover ratio and leads the squad with 10 steals on the season. In the season opener versus Yale, Malone scored a career-high 23 points. During the 2011-12 campaign, Malone INTERVIEWS played in all 34 games in and started in all but one. She averaged 8.7 points, Interviews with head coach Bill Gibbons, his staff and Holy Cross 4.4 rebounds, and 1.5 steals in just under 30 minutes per contest. players can be set up by contacting Jim Sarkisian in the Athletic Media Relations Offi ce at (508) 793-2780 or by email; jsarkisi@holycross. GANSER STEPPING INTO STARTING ROLE: Junior forward Christine edu. Arrangements for personal or phone interviews should be made Ganser (Needham, Mass.) has fi lled in nicely for the Crusaders starting at least 24 hours in advance. Home phone numbers will not be given lineup. Through four games, she is fourth on the team with 10.5 points per out, and on game day, only postgame interviews will be granted. contest and leads the team with an average of 7.0 rebounds. Her best game of the season came against Harvard, as she posted a season-high 17 points POSTGAME PROCEDURES and hauled in seven rebounds. In 2011-2012, she averaged 19.5 minutes The Holy Cross basketball locker room is closed to the media. Mem- of playing time and put up totals of 6.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game. bers of the media should submit player interview requests to Jim Ganser also performed well from the charity stripe last year as she converted Sarkisian of Holy Cross by the fi ve-minute mark of the second half. on 76.5 percent of her free throws, which was second best on the team. Following a 10-minute cooling off period, head coach Bill Gibbons and requested Holy Cross players will meet with the media outside SCOTT LEARNING QUICKLY FOR CRUSADERS: Freshman forward of the Crusader locker room. Raquel Scott (Ridgewood, N.J.) has begun her fi rst collegiate season as a key contributor for Holy Cross. In the fi rst four games, Scott is fi fth on the UMASS MEDIA INFORMATION team with 7.8 points and third with 4.3 rebounds per contest. In her fi rst Any media member wishing to speak to head coach Sharon Dawley start versus New Hampshire, Scott posted 14 points, fi ve rebounds, four or a Harvard player should contact SID Cody Lahl at (413) 577-3061 assists and a pair of steals in 36 minutes of action. As a starter in the past or [email protected] two games, she has averaged 11.0 points, 5.5 caroms and 2.5 helpers. FRESHMAN FRENZY: Holy Cross adds fi ve new faces to this year’s team with a large freshman class. Guards Lisa Mifsud (Erie, Pa.), Kate A-10 opponent Fordham, on Jan. 6. The Crusaders hold an impressive 63-32 Gillespie (Washington, D.C.) and Jenn Walsh (Dallas, Texas) all were record against Atlantic-10 teams. The match-up with Fordham will be the league champions for their respective high schools. Gillespie was also 40th time the two teams square off as the Crusaders hold a 31-8 record. named Washington D.C. Gatorade girls basketball player of the year as a senior. In the front court, Raquel Scott and Molly Hourigan (Memphis, SLOW START TO SEASON: After a convincing 87-71 victory over Yale N.Y.) add size to an already tall front line. The 6’0” Scott comes from in the season opener on Nov. 9, the Crusaders have dropped three games in a row to Boston College (52-71), New Hampshire (65-68) and Harvard (62-80). Holy Cross has begun the last three seasons with an identical 1-4 record overall as the team fi nished with a 10-20 record in 2010-2011, and Harvard Recap a 19-15 record in 2011-2012. SMITH STEPPING UP FOR CRUSADERS: Junior guard Alex Smith (Delran, N.J.) has been the offensive leader for the Crusaders during the Harvard junior guard Christine Clark posted 25 points, six rebounds and fi rst part of this season. The 5’8” co-captain leads the team with 15.5 points three assists to help propel the Crimson to an 80-62 victory over Holy Cross at and 4.5 assists per game. She has also collected 4.3 rebounds per contest the Hart Center. Holy Cross slips to 1-3 on the season, while Harvard improves and has drained 33.3 percent of her three-point attempts (10-of-30). She to 3-1. Both teams battled back-and-forth to begin the game as Holy Cross held has scored at least 14 points in every contest this season with her best game the 13-12 edge at the 11:07 mark of the fi rst half. Crusaders junior forward coming versus Yale, as the junior posted 17 points, seven rebounds and Christine Ganser (Needham, Mass.) scored fi ve points during the early stretch eight assists to lead Holy Cross to an 87-71 victory over the Bulldogs.