2013-2014 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 2013-2014 Holy Cross Men’s Basketball Holy Cross (17-11, 11-5 PL) vs. Loyola (10-17, 5-11 PL) February 26, 2014 • 7:30 p.m. Reitz Arena (2,100) • Baltimore, Md. GAME DAY QUICK FACTS: Live Video Streaming: Patriot League Network, www.PatriotLeague.org 2013-2014 Schedule & Results Unofficial Live Statistics: www.LoyolaGreyhounds.com Series Record: Holy Cross leads, 3-2 DATE OPPONENT . .TIME / SCORE Last Meeting: Holy Cross 60, Loyola 51 (January 29, 2014; Worcester, Nov. 10 Harvard % . .L, 72-82 Mass.) Nov. 13 SACRED HEART . W, 122-118 (2OT) Nov. 15 at #12 North Carolina # . .L, 54-62 PROBABLE HOLY CROSS STARTERS: Nov. 20 at Fairfield # . W, 63-49 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. PPG RPG F 13 Malcolm Miller 6-7 210 Jr. 10.4 5.3 Nov. 23 Belmont ! . .L, 70-81 F 24 Eric Green 6-4 191 So. 7.9 4.1 Nov. 24 Hartford ! . W, 80-55 C 50 Dave Dudzinski 6-9 227 Sr. 15.4 7.7 Nov. 30 at New Hampshire . W, 63-52 G 2 Anthony Thompson 5-10 150 Fr. 9.2 2.1 Dec. 4 ALBANY . W, 62-57 G 3 Justin Burrell 5-9 165 Jr. 9.6 1.8 Dec. 7 at Hartford . .L, 78-90 Dec. 16 CANISIUS . .L, 73-83 CRUSADERS TRAVEL TO LOYOLA: Holy Cross heads to Loyola (Md.) Dec. 21 at New Jersey Tech . W, 74-55 on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m., for its final road game of the regular Dec. 28 at Michigan . .L, 66-88 season. The Crusaders currently stand in third place in the Patriot League Jan. 2 at Boston University * . .L, 60-70 with an 11-5 mark in conference games, while the Greyhounds are in eighth Jan. 5 AMERICAN * . .L, 54-69 place at 5-11. Holy Cross has already clinched a top four finish in the Patriot Jan. 8 COLGATE * . W, 73-64 League and a home game in the conference quarterfinals, and will be seeded Jan. 11 at Bucknell * . .L, 57-61 either second, third or fourth in the league tournament. Following the contest Jan. 15 at Army * . W, 78-75 with the Greyhounds, the Crusaders will close out the regular season by Jan. 18 LEHIGH * . W, 61-42 playing host to Boston University on Saturday, March 1 (2:00 p.m.). Jan. 22 at Lafayette * . W, 59-58 Jan. 25 at Navy * . W, 67-52 THE SERIES WITH LOYOLA: This will be only the sixth meeting be- Jan. 29 LOYOLA (MD.) * . W, 60-51 tween the Crusaders and the Greyhounds on the hardwood, with Holy Cross Feb. 1 at American * . .L, 57-63 leading the all-time series 3-2. Prior to this season, the schools had not met Feb. 4 at Colgate * . W, 69-68 since Dec. 29, 1995, when Loyola posted a 73-55 victory in the consolation Feb. 9 BUCKNELL * . W, 66-50 game of the Otis Spunkmeyer Classic in Oakland, Calif. The teams first Feb. 12 ARMY * . W, 66-63 played on Dec. 1, 1975, when the Crusaders posted a 94-85 victory in the Feb. 15 at Lehigh * . W, 72-67 first-ever game at the Hart Center. Feb. 19 LAFAYETTE * . .L, 64-76 Feb. 23 NAVY * . W, 74-57 SERIES QUICK FACTS Feb. 26 at Loyola (Md.) * . 7:30 p.m. Overall . Holy Cross leads, 3-2 Mar. 1 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * . .2:00 p.m. In Baltimore . .Loyola leads, 1-0 Mar. 5 Patriot League Quarterfinals At Reitz Arena . .Loyola leads, 1-0 Mar. 8 Patriot League Semifinals Milan Brown vs. Loyola . 6-2 Mar. 12 Patriot League Championship Game G.G. Smith vs. Holy Cross . 0-1 Current Win Streak . .Holy Cross, one game Home games listed in BOLD CAPS In Overtime . n / a * Patriot League games % Coaches vs. Cancer Tripleheader, Boston, Mass. CRUSADERS HEAT UP: After beginning the season at 7-9 overall and # Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament 1-3 in the Patriot League, Holy Cross has turned things around in the last ! Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament, Uncasville, Conn. six weeks. The Crusaders stand 10-2 over their last 12 games, including All times listed are Eastern Standard Time winning streaks of five and four games. Holy Cross’ mark of 10-2 since Jan. 11 is the best in the Patriot League. WWW.GOHOLYCROSS.COM GREEN PLAYING IMPORTANT ROLE ON THE PERIMETER: Sopho- more guard Eric Green (Mountain House, Calif.) has developed into Media Services & Policies one of the top players in the Crusader backcourt this season. In 28 games played, he is averaging 7.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.7 steals INTERVIEWS per game. During the victory over Navy, Green recorded 14 points, four Personal interviews with head coach Milan Brown, his staff and rebounds and three assists. Previously at Lehigh, he led the team with 14 players can be arranged through Charles Bare at (508) 793-2583 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals. Green also played well at or [email protected]. Arrangements for all interviews should Colgate, totaling 11 points, three assists and two steals. A few of his other be made at least 24 hours in advance. Home phone numbers will top performances this season have come against Hartford (career-high 18 not be given out, and on game day, only postgame interviews will points, six rebounds, five steals), at New Jersey Tech (15 points, five as- be granted. sists, five steals, four rebounds), at Hartford (12 points, three assists, three steals), at Army (11 points, 10 rebounds, first career double-double), against POSTGAME PROCEDURES Colgate (10 points, five steals, four assists, three rebounds, two blocks) and The Holy Cross basketball locker room is closed to the media. Mem- against Sacred Heart (10 points, five rebounds, five assists). bers of the media should submit player interview requests to Charles Bare of Holy Cross by the five-minute mark of the second half. For MILLER MAKES PRESENCE FELT ON THE WING: Junior forward games at the Hart Center, requested players and coaches from both Malcolm Miller (Laytonsville, Md.) has been one of the top perimeter teams will meet with the media outside of their locker rooms follow- players for the Crusaders in 2013-2014. In 28 games played this season, ing a 10-minute cooling off period. Miller is averaging 10.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.0 steals per game, while hitting 40.3 percent (27 of 67) of his three-point LOYOLA MEDIA INFORMATION field goals and 75.3 percent (67 of 89) of his free throws. In the victory at Any media member wishing to speak to head coach G.G. Smith or Lehigh, he totaled 12 points, eight rebounds, five blocks and three assists. a Loyola player should contact SID Ryan Eigenbrode at (410) 617- Previously against Bucknell, Miller recorded 14 points, six rebounds, two 2337 or [email protected]. blocks and two steals. He also played well at Colgate, leading the team with 17 points, five rebounds and three assists. A few of Miller’s other top games this year have been at Bucknell (career-high 19 points, nine rebounds, DUDZINSKI PLAYS BIG IN THE POST: Senior forward Dave Dudz- three blocks), at New Jersey Tech (18 points, nine rebounds, career-high inski (Elburn, Ill.) is once again a key player for the Crusaders in the low seven blocks, three assists), at Hartford (18 points), at Army (17 points, post this season, after being named second team All-Patriot League a year six rebounds), against Canisius (15 points four rebounds, four assists), ago. In 28 games played, he is averaging 15.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 0.7 against Lehigh (14 points, seven rebounds), at American (14 points, four blocks per game, while hitting 77.1 percent of his free throws (108 of 140). rebounds), against Colgate (11 points, eight rebounds, three assists) and During the victory over Navy, Dudzinski posted the 10th double-double at Lafayette (10 points, seven rebounds). Last season, Miller averaged 5.7 of his collegiate career with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Previously against points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.8 blocks per contest. Over the course Lafayette, he totaled 17 points and 11 rebounds. Dudzinski also played of his collegiate career, he has now totaled 494 points, 339 rebounds, 114 well at Lehigh, recording 10 points and six rebounds. A few of his other assists, 83 blocked shots and 51 steals, while connecting on 70.4 percent top performances this season have come against Sacred Heart (26 points, (114 of 162) of his free throws. career-high tying 15 rebounds, three steals), against Army (26 points, seven rebounds, three steals), against Loyola (24 points, 12 rebounds, three steals), against Harvard (25 points, six rebounds, three steals), against Albany (22 Navy Recap points, seven rebounds), against Hartford (18 points, nine rebounds), at New Hampshire (17 points, eight rebounds), at Hartford (17 points, seven rebounds), at Michigan (17 points, six rebounds), against Canisius (16 Dave Dudzinski posted the 10th double-double of his collegiate career points, 10 rebounds), at Navy (16 points, nine rebounds), against Colgate with 22 points and 10 rebounds, to lead Holy Cross to a 74-57 vic- (16 points, eight rebounds), against American (15 points, six rebounds), tory over Navy at the Hart Center. Following the contest, Dudzinski against Belmont (15 points, five rebounds), at New Jersey Tech (14 points, received the Martin J.