DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: (508) 793-2583 • Fax: (508) 793-2309 2011-2012 Holy Cross Women’s Basketball Holy Cross (18-14, 7-7 PL) vs. New Hampshire (16-13, 9-7 AE) WBI Tournament First Round • March 15, 2012 • 7:00 p.m. Hart Center (3,600) • Worcester, Mass. GAME DAY QUICK FACTS: 2011-2012 Schedule & Results Unoffi cial Live Stats: http://livestats.prestosports.com/holycross/ Holy Cross Radio: Bob Fouracre, play-by-play; www.goholycross.com Video Streaming: http://www.goholycross.com Series Record: Holy Cross leads, 14-7 DATE OPPONENT . .TIME / SCORE Last Meeting: Holy Cross 61, UNH 50 (December 3, 2011, Durham, Nov. 11 at Yale . .L, 71-76 N.H.) Nov. 13 at Connecticut . .L, 37-77 Nov. 16 QUINNIPIAC . W, 80-70 Projected Holy Cross Starting Lineup: Nov. 19 FORDHAM . .L, 43-54 Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG Nov. 22 MASSACHUSETTS . W, 76-64 F 32 Amy Lepley 6-0 Jr. 13.4 6.4 Nov. 27 at Harvard . W, 73-68 F 50 Emily Parker 6-2 Fr. 10.0 5.8 Nov. 30 at Central Connecticut . .L, 63-54 G 2 Brisje Malone 5-9 So. 8.9 4.3 Dec. 3 at New Hampshire . W, 61-50 G 21 Meredith Ward 5-8 Sr. 6.3 3.6 Dec. 7 NORTHEASTERN . W, 70-68 G 22 Alex Smith 5-8 So. 12.2 3.7 Dec. 18 at Boston College . .L, 58-67 Dec. 21 BRYANT . W, 83-62 Projected New Hampshire Starting Lineup: Dec. 28 at Miami (Fla.) # . .L, 49-89 Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG Dec. 29 vs. Morgan St. # . .W, 73-66 (ot) F 10 Denise Beliveau 5-11 Sr. 13.8 8.6 Jan. 3 DARTMOUTH . W, 65-63 F 22 Morgan Frame 6-1 Jr. 16.3 7.5 G 1 Ariel Gaston 5-7 Fr. 2.6 2.4 Jan. 7 at Lehigh * . .L, 60-75 G 15 Abigail LaRosa 5-8 Sr. 4.5 3.3 Jan. 11 at Navy * . W, 55-38 G 20 Kelsey Hogan 5-6 So. 10.0 3.7 Jan. 14 AMERICAN * . .L, 58-61 Jan. 16 at Brown . W, 81-74 SERIES QUICK FACTS: Jan. 18 at Lafayette * . W, 75-61 Overall . Holy Cross leads, 14-7 Jan. 21 BUCKNELL * . W, 70-53 In Worcester . Holy Cross leads, 8-2 Jan. 25 ARMY * . W, 62-59 At the Hart Center . Holy Cross leads, 8-2 Jan. 28 at Colgate * . .L, 69-74 Bill Gibbons vs. UNH . .14-3 Feb. 4 LEHIGH* . .L, 73-75 Maureen Magarity vs. Holy Cross . 0-2 Feb. 8 NAVY * . .L, 56-73 Current Win Streak . Holy Cross, two games Feb. 11 at American * . .L, 47-67 Feb. 15 LAFAYETTE * . W, 61-52 CRUSADERS COMPETE IN 2012 WBI TOURNAMENT: For the fi rst Feb. 18 at Bucknell * . W, 49-38 time in program history, the Holy Cross women’s basketball team will Feb. 22 at Army * . .L, 62-65 continue the 2011-2012 season with competition in the 2012 Women’s Feb. 25 COLGATE * . W, 74-72 Basketball Invitational. The WBI was established in 2010 and consists of 16 total teams from all parts of the country. There is an eight-team east Mar. 1 at Army (Patriot League Quarterfi nals) . W, 59-50 bracket and an eight-team west bracket. The contests stretch from March Mar. 5 at American (Patriot League Semifi nals) . W, 67-52 14-15 through the weekend of March 24-25. Holy Cross has been selected Mar. 10 at Navy (Patriot League Championship) . .L, 48-57 as the fourth-seed and plays New Hampshire, the fi fth-seed in the fi rst Mar. 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE (WBI Tournament) .7:00 p.m. round of action. The winning team will move on to play the winner of No. 1 Robert Morris versus No. 8 Manhattan as all games are single elimination. Home games listed in BOLD CAPS Alabama-Birmingham won last season’s tournament while Appalachian * Patriot League games State took home the fi rst WBI title in 2010. # Miami Holiday Classic, Miami, Fla. WWW.GOHOLYCROSS.COM schools out of the 31 that bear the nickname, including Arizona, Kentucky, Statistical Matchup Northwestern and Villanova. All together, the Crusaders hold a 17-10 record against those teams. New Hampshire has been the most frequent Wildcats opponent as the team holds a 14-7 record over them. Holy Cross has also Holy Cross UNH posted a 2-0 record against Arizona, a 0-1 record against Kentucky, a 0-2 63.1 Scoring Average 58.4 record against Northwestern and a 2-2 record against Villanova. 63.5 Scoring Defense 59.9 -0.5 Scoring Margin -1.5 HOME IS WHERE THE HART IS: Holy Cross, who is now 9-4 at the 41.5 Field Goal Percentage 37.2 Hart Center this season, will continue home action on Thursday against 39.9 Field Goal Percentage Defense 37.9 New Hampshire. The squad has topped Colgate, Lafayette, Army, Buck- 32.9 Three-Point Percentage 32.3 nell, Dartmouth, Quinnipiac, UMass, Northeastern and Bryant and lost to 33.0 Three-Point Percentage Defense 30.2 Fordham, American, Lehigh and Navy. The Crusaders currently have a 77 68.3 Free Throw Percentage 71.1 home victory percentage (304 wins, 91 losses) since becoming a Division 37.2 Rebounding Average 37.3 I program as the 2011-2012 season marks the 38th season of women’s +0.3 Rebounding Margin +0.8 basketball competition at the Hart Center. The win over Dartmouth on Jan. 16.6 Turnover Average 16.2 3 was the program’s 300th win as a Division I squad. The program holds an -2.1 Turnover Margin -0.6 all-time 343-116 advantage in Worcester and has posted 29 winning records As of March 13 and six losing seasons, including last year’s 6-7 record. A total of 47 teams HOLY CROSS POSTSEASON HISTORY: Holy Cross has participated in a total of 45 postseason tournaments, including a program-high 23 ap- The Last Meeting pearances in the Patriot League Tournament. In all, the Crusaders have put together a record of 49-34 when playing in the postseason. The program is 40-12 in the Patriot League Tournament, 4-2 in the EAIAW Tournament, Holy Cross 61 The Holy Cross women’s basketball team rallied back 4-7 in the MAAC Tournament, 0-1 in the ECAC Tournament, 0-1 in the New Hampshire 50 December 3, 2011 • Lundholm Gymnasium in the second half as head WNIT and 1-12 in the NCAA Tournament. The team boasts a total of 13 coach Bill Gibbons earned Holy Cross min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp championships, 11 in the Patriot League and two in the MAAC. The team’s Lepley, f 25 6-7 5-8 1-6 1 3 20 his 500th career victory with last championship came in the 2007 season, when the Crusaders topped Parker, f 22 4-8 2-2 1-2 0 2 10 a 61-50 win over New Hamp- Malone, g 35 4-6 6-6 4-7 1 2 15 American to claim the Patriot League Championship title. Ward, g 32 3-7 0-1 1-6 3 3 7 shire at the Lundholm Gym- Smith, g 37 2-11 1-3 0-3 7 2 7 nasium. Amy Lepley led the Hamner 8 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 1 0 Nicholas 5 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0 charge with a season-high SERIES HISTORY AGAINST NEW HAMPSHIRE: Thursday’s match-up Cooper 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 20 points, hitting six of her Sullivan 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 marks the 22nd meeting all-time between Holy Cross and New Hampshire. Ganser 25 0-2 0-0 1-4 1 1 0 seven fi eld goal attempts. The series started during the 1983-1984 season, with both schools members Cole 7 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 The Crusaders opened fi rst Team 2-6 of the ECAC conference. The teams played twice that season, with New Totals 200 20-47 14-20 10-37 14 14 61 half action on a 9-4 run, earn- ing four points from forward Hampshire earning the regular season and ECAC tournament victories. UNH min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Kilkpatrick, f 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Emily Parker. New Hamp- The Crusaders did not pick up a win against the Wildcats until head coach Frankenberger, f 33 3-10 0-0 0-3 0 0 6 shire outscored Holy Cross Beliveau, g 38 7-13 0-0 2-8 2 3 15 Bill Gibbons took over the reins, earning his fi rst victory, 83-67, on Jan. Gaston g 21 1-6 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 11-7 in the next portion of Hogan, g 36 4-9 2-5 1-4 4 3 11 the half, but the Crusaders 9, 1988 at the Hart Center. The team continued on a fi ve-game win streak LaRosa 23 1-5 0-0 1-1 0 4 2 over the next fi ve seasons, outscoring New Hampshire 393-338. Gibbons Reed 18 4-7 2-2 1-3 0 1 12 maintained a 15-13 edge at McKnight 17 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 2 the 8:26 mark.