DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610 Phone: (508) 793-2583 • Fax: (508) 793-2309 2010-2011 Holy Cross Women’s Basketball Holy Cross (1-3, 0-0 PL) vs. New Hampshire (1-2, 0-0 America East) November 23, 2010 • 7:00 p.m. Hart Center (3,600) • Worcester, Mass. GAME DAY QUICK FACTS: 2010-2011 Schedule & Results Holy Cross Radio: Stretch Internet Radio, www.goholycross.com; Bob Fouracre, play-by-play Unoffi cial Live Statistics: http://livestats.prestosports.com/holycross/ Series Record: Holy Cross leads, 12-7 DATE OPPONENT . .TIME / SCORE Last Meeting: New Hampshire 80, Holy Cross 72 (Dec. 20, 2009, Durham, Nov. 12 YALE . .L, 71-74 N.H.) Nov. 14 at #1 Connecticut . .L, 37-117 Nov. 17 at Quinnipiac . W, 72-60 Projected Holy Cross Starting Lineup: Nov. 20 at Fordham . .L, 36-67 Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG Nov. 23 NEW HAMPSHIRE . .7:00 p.m. F 32 Amy Lepley 6-0 So. 10.0 6.5 Nov. 28 HARVARD . .1:00 p.m. F 33 Whitney Fremeau 6-0 Sr. 10.5 3.0 Dec. 1 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT . .7:00 p.m. G 3 Brisje Malone 5-9 Fr. 7.0 3.0 Dec. 4 MAINE . .1:00 p.m. G 10 Alyssa May 6-0 Sr. 2.8 3.8 Dec. 8 BOSTON COLLEGE . .7:00 p.m. G 22 Alex Smith 5-8 Fr. 6.8 4.0 Dec. 19 at Bryant . 4:00 p.m. Projected New Hampshire Starting Lineup: Dec. 21 at Northeastern . 12:00 p.m. Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG Dec. 28 vs. East Tennessee State # . .4:30 p.m. F 10 Denise Believau 5-11 Jr. 7.5 3.5 Dec. 29 vs. Virginia/North Carolina A&T # . .TBA F 55 Kate Early 6-1 Sr. 5.3 3.3 Jan. 2 at Dartmouth . 1:00 p.m. C 33 Jill McDonald 6-3 Sr. 7.7 8.0 Jan. 5 at Massachusetts . 7:00 p.m. G 12 Sarah Frankenberger 5-10 Fr. 8.0 2.7 Jan. 8 at Lafayette * . .1:00 p.m. G 20 Kelsey Hogan 5-6 Fr. 9.7 3.0 Jan. 12 ARMY * . .7:00 p.m. Jan. 15 BUCKNELL * . .3:00 p.m. SERIES QUICK FACTS: Jan. 19 NAVY * . .7:00 p.m. Overall . Holy Cross leads, 12-7 Jan. 22 at American* . 2:00 p.m. In Worcester . Holy Cross leads, 6-2 Jan. 26 at Colgate * . 7:00 p.m. At the Hart Center . Holy Cross leads, 6-2 Jan. 29 LEHIGH * . .1:00 p.m. Bill Gibbons vs. New Hampshire . 12-4 Feb. 5 LAFAYETTE* . .1:00 p.m. Maureen Magarity vs. Holy Cross . 0-0 Feb. 9 at Army * . .7:00 p.m. Current Win Streak . New Hampshire, one game Feb. 12 at Bucknell * . 7:00 p.m. Feb. 16 at Navy * . 7:00 p.m. Feb. 19 AMERICAN * . .1:00 p.m. SERIES HISTORY AGAINST NEW HAMPSHIRE: Tuesday’s match-up marks the 20th meeting all-time between Holy Cross and New Hampshire. Feb. 23 COLGATE * . .7:00 p.m. The series started during the 1983-1984 season, with both schools members Feb. 26 at Lehigh * . 7:30 p.m. of the ECAC conference. The teams played twice that season, with New Mar. 5 Patriot League Quarterfi nals . .TBA Hampshire earning the regular season and ECAC tournament victories. The Mar. 9 Patriot League Semifi nals . .TBA Crusaders did not pick up a win against the Wildcats until head coach Bill Mar. 12 Patriot League Championship Game . .TBA Gibbons took the reins, picking up his fi rst victory, 83-67, on Jan. 9, 1988 at the Hart Center. The team continued on a fi ve-game win streak over the Home games listed in BOLD CAPS next fi ve seasons, outscoring New Hampshire 393-338. Gibbons lost his * Patriot League games fi rst contest against the Wildcats during the 1993-1994 season and has only # Marriott Cavalier Classic, Charlottesville, Va. lost two more match-ups since then. The two squads competed annually from 1987-1988 until 2000-2001, with Holy Cross tallying a 10-2 overall record in play. The Crusaders and Wildcats have met eight times on the WWW.GOHOLYCROSS.COM team last season after playing a full season of basketball for the fi rst time Statistical Matchup since her junior year in high school, averaging 23.7 minutes, 6.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game last season. Lepley also claimed six Patriot League Rookie of the Week awards and recorded a team-best two double-doubles. Holy Cross New Hampshire The Massachusetts native also fi nished the season with a 44.2 fi eld goal 54.0 Scoring Average 55.7 percentage, a team-high, and led the team in rebounding in four contests, 79.5 Scoring Defense 72.3 including a season-high 10 rebounds twice. -25.5 Scoring Margin -16.7 FREMEAU BREAKS LOOSE: Whitney Fremeau 35.7 Field Goal Percentage 45.1 Senior forward (Manchester, N.H.), who opened up the season with 13 points against Yale 46.9 Field Goal Percentage Defense 45.5 and seven scores against Connecticut, gave the Crusaders the scoring spark 16.7 Three-Point Percentage 27.3 they were looking for as she poured in a career-high 20 points in the team’s 31.5 Three-Point Percentage Defense 37.8 72-60 win over Quinnipiac on Nov. 17. Fremeau fi nished the game making 71.0 Free Throw Percentage 73.0 seven of her 17 fi eld goal attempts, both season-highs, as 15 of her points 34.0 Rebounding Average 31.3 were posted in the second half as well. Her 20 points bested her previous -7.5 Rebounding Margin -1.7 career-high of 18 points, which she collected four times over her career. 19.5 Turnover Average 31.7 She followed that performance with two points and fi ve rebounds against -3.7 Turnover Margin -11.0 Fordham as she still averages a team-best 10.5 points per game, which ranks ninth amongst Patriot League individuals. Fremeau also averages a Through games of Nov. 21 The Last Meeting Hart Center hardwood with Holy Cross winning six times. New Hampshire enters the Nov. 23 contest on a one-game win streak as they won last year’s meeting 80-72. Wildcat head coach Maureen Magarity, in her fi rst season New Hampshire 80 After two weeks off from ac- at the helm, faces Holy Cross for the fi rst time. Holy Cross 72 tion, the Holy Cross women’s December 20, 2009 • Lundholm Gym basketball team’s second-half scoring troubles persisted as HOLY CROSS AGAINST THE AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE: Holy Holy Cross min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Cross has played against seven of the nine teams that compete in the America Lepley, f 24 4-7 2-2 1-3 4 4 12 they gave up a 37-33 half- Fremeau, f 32 5-12 6-8 2-3 3 1 16 time lead, falling against New East Conference. This season, Holy Cross will play two America East Pearson g 14 0-4 0-0 1-2 1 0 0 McFadden, g 34 3-13 5-8 3-3 1 3 12 Hampshire 80-72 at Lund- teams, Maine and New Hampshire. The Crusaders will face Maine on Dec. O’Dell, g 35 7-10 0-0 1-2 2 0 20 holm Gymnasium. Bethany Cushnie 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 3 4. Combined, Holy Cross has registered an all-time 21-10 record against May 25 2-4 2-3 2-6 2 3 7 O’Dell led the team with a Carper 11 1-3 0-0 0-3 1 0 2 Maine and New Hampshire. Against the other seven conference teams, the Ward 15 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 2 0 20-point performance, in- Crusaders have notched 31 wins and 14 losses throughout program history. Team 4-4 cluding six three-point shots Totals 200 23-55 15-21 14-27 16 15 72 New Hampshire has been the most frequent America East opponent for Holy to tie her season-high. UNH min fg-a ft-a o-reb ast pf tp Cross as they have played in 19 total match-ups against the Wildcats, earning Beliveau, f 37 6-14 6-9 2-4 2 1 20 Williams, f 30 7-10 1-2 4-9 0 2 15 New Hampshire’s Jill Mc- 12 victories. The Crusaders boast winning percentages against Albany (2-1), Simpson, c 38 4-10 0-0 0-2 11 2 10 Donald scored six straight Wells, g 14 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 0 0 Boston University (9-2), Hartford (3-3), and Maryland-Baltimore County McDonald, g 28 6-7 6-6 1-6 0 4 18 points in the paint to boost Beckford 4 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 the Wildcats to an 8-3 early (1-0) while posting a losing percentage with Vermont (6-8). The squad has Reed 11 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 1 3 never faced Binghamton or Stony Brook. Hall 26 2-6 0-0 1-4 4 3 4 lead to begin the fi rst half. At Fowler 12 5-6 0-0 2-5 1 3 10 Team 3-4 14:26, O’Dell became the Pa- Totals 200 31-57 13-17 15-36 19 16 80 triot League’s all-time career PLAYING THE WILDCATS: In all of collegiate athletics, there are 31 Holy Cross 37 35 — 82 leader in three-point shots teams with the nickname Wildcats.