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 (8-10, 0-3 PL) vs. Lafayette (7-11, 0-3 PL) January 23, 2013 • 7:00 p.m. Hart Center (3,600) • Worcester, Mass. GAME DAY QUICK FACTS: 2012-2013 Schedule & Results Live Video Streaming: Patriotleague.org/allaccess Holy Cross Radio: GoHolyCross.com, internet, Dick Lutsk, play-by-play Unoffi cial Live Statistics: GoHolyCross.com DATE OPPONENT . .TIME / SCORE Last Meeting: Holy Cross 61, Lafayette 52 (February 15, 2012; Hart Center) Nov. 9 YALE . W, 87-71 Nov. 13 BOSTON COLLEGE . .L, 52-71 Nov. 17 NEW HAMPSHIRE . .L, 65-68 PROBABLE HOLY CROSS STARTERS: Nov. 20 HARVARD . .L, 62-80 Pos. No. Name Ht. Cl. PPG RPG APG Nov. 25 at Massachusetts . W, 63-59 F 32 Amy Lepley 6-0 Sr. 12.2 5.6 2.7 Nov. 28 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT . W, 57-56 C 40 Molly Hourigan 6-4 Fr. 2.4 3.3 0.3 Dec. 1 at Manhattan . W, 60-52 G 2 Brisje Malone 5-9 Jr. 9.1 3.7 4.3 Dec. 5 at Northeastern . .L, 48-70 G 14 Ashley Cooper 5-10 So. 6.6 1.1 0.7 Dec. 8 at Quinnipiac . .L, 49-61 G 22 Alex Smith 5-8 Jr. 14.6 4.0 3.7 Dec. 21 at Bryant . W, 68-66 Dec. 28 at Florida . .L, 50-81 Dec. 30 at Bethune-Cookman . W, 63-54 CRUSADERS RETURN HOME TO TAKE ON LEOPARDS: Holy Cross Jan. 3 at Dartmouth . W, 64-52 will return to the Hart Center on Wednesday, Jan. 23 when it takes on Jan. 6 at Fordham . .L, 60-67 Lafayette at 7:00 p.m. This contest will mark the third Patriot League home Jan. 8 BROWN . W, 83-66 game for the Crusaders as their record at the Hart Center is 0-2 in league Jan. 12 LEHIGH * . .L, 65-67 games. Following the contest on Wednesday, Holy Cross will play its next Jan. 16 NAVY * . .L, 47-60 two games on the road. On Saturday, Jan. 26, the Crusaders will travel to Jan. 19 at American . .L, 62-67 Bucknell for a 2:00 p.m. start, while on Wednesday, Jan. 30, Holy Cross Jan. 23 LAFAYETTE * . .7:00 p.m. will make the trek to West Point, N.Y. to play Army at 7:00 p.m. Jan. 26 at Bucknell * . 2:00 p.m. Jan. 30 at Army * . .7:00 p.m. Feb. 2 COLGATE * . .1:00 p.m. THE SERIES WITH LAFAYETTE: This will be the 56th meeting between Feb. 10 at Lehigh * . 2:00 p.m. the Crusaders and the Leopards, with Holy Cross holding the 47-8 series Feb. 13 at Navy * . 7:00 p.m. lead. The 55 games played marks the most contests Holy Cross has played Feb. 16 AMERICAN * . .3:00 p.m. versus any opponent in its program history. The Crusaders go into this game Feb. 20 at Layfayette * . .7:00 p.m. with a fi ve game winning streak over the Leopards with their last win on Feb. 23 BUCKNELL * . .2:00 p.m. Feb. 15, 2012 (61-52) at the Hart Center. The last win for Lafayette versus Feb. 27 ARMY * . .7:00 p.m. Holy Cross came on Jan. 9, 2010 as the Leopards won their second overall Mar. 2 at Colgate * . 4:00 p.m. contest at the Hart Center by a score of 43-39. The Crusaders are 11-1 over Mar. 7 Patriot League Quarterfi nals their past 12 games against Lafayette. Holy Cross head coach Bill Gibbons Mar. 11 Patriot League Semifi nals is 47-8 versus Lafayette, while Leopards head coach Dianne Nolan is 0-4 Mar. 16 Patriot League Championship Game versus the Crusaders. Home games listed in BOLD CAPS SERIES QUICK FACTS: * Patriot League games Overall . Holy Cross leads, 47-8 In Worcester . Holy Cross leads, 23-2 All times listed are Eastern Standard Time At the Hart Center . Holy Cross leads, 23-2 In Overtime Games . Holy Cross leads, 1-0 Bill Gibbons vs. Lafayette . 47-8 Dianne Nolan vs. Holy Cross . 0-4 Current Win Streak . Holy Cross, fi ve games WWW.GOHOLYCROSS.COM her 22nd on the all-time scoring list. She also became the 75th player in the 23-year history of the Patriot League to score 1,000 points in a career. Media Services & Policies Meanwhile, Smith now has 1,007 career points, which ties her for 27th on the all-time scoring list, as she became the 76th member of the Patriot League 1,000 point club. This is the fi rst time that two Holy Cross players INTERVIEWS reached the milestone in the same year since Kaitlin Foley and Brittany Interviews with head coach Bill Gibbons, his staff and Holy Cross Keil both crossed the 1,000 points plateau during the 2006-2007 seasons. players can be set up by contacting Jim Sarkisian in the Athletic Media Both Lepley and Smith have a chance to break into the top-20 on the Holy Relations Offi ce at (508) 793-2780 or by email; jsarkisi@holycross. Cross all-time scoring list by season’s end. edu. Arrangements for personal or phone interviews should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Home phone numbers will not be given MALONE PLAYS KEY MINUTES IN BACKCOURT: Junior guard Brisje out, and on game day, only postgame interviews will be granted. Malone (Springfi eld, Mass.) has done well this season both offensively and defensively for Holy Cross. Through 18 games, Malone is second on POSTGAME PROCEDURES the team with 31.4 minutes played per contest and averages 9.1 points, 4.3 The Holy Cross basketball locker room is closed to the media. Mem- assists and 3.7 rebounds per game. Her assists mark is fi rst in the Patriot bers of the media should submit player interview requests to Jim League. She is third in the conference with a 1.3 assist/turnover ratio and Sarkisian of Holy Cross by the fi ve-minute mark of the second half. is fourth with 1.7 steals. In the season opener versus Yale, Malone scored Following a 10-minute cooling off period, head coach Bill Gibbons a career-high 23 points. She also hit the buzzer-beating bucket to lift Holy and requested Holy Cross players will meet with the media outside Cross over Central Connecticut as she posted a season-best nine assists. of the Crusader locker room. Malone tied her season best with nine helpers versus Brown. During the 2011-12 campaign, Malone played in all 34 games in and started in all but LAFAYETTE MEDIA INFORMATION one. She averaged 8.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.5 steals in just under 30 Any media member wishing to speak to head coach Dianne Nolan or minutes per contest. a Lafayette player should contact SID Brian Ludrof at 610-330-5518 or [email protected]. GANSER STEPPING INTO STARTING ROLE: Junior forward Christine Ganser (Needham, Mass.) has fi lled in nicely for the Crusaders starting lineup. Through 18 games, she is fourth on the team with 8.6 points per SMITH STEPPING UP FOR CRUSADERS: Junior guard Alex Smith (Delran, N.J.) has been a key offensive leader for the Crusaders so far in 2012-2013. She currently is the top scorer in the Patriot League with 14.6 points per game and is second in assists with 3.7. She has scored double American Recap digits in 16 of the 18 games this season, including two 20 point efforts versus UMass and Brown and has been HC’s top scorer in 13 contests. Smith is third in the conference with 1.7 steals per game as she has had a pair of six-steal games this season, both tying her career high. She averages 3.0 American had four players score in double fi gures as it was able to comeback three-pointers made per game, which ranks her fi rst in the Patriot League, from a halftime defi cit to defeat Holy Cross, 67-62, in Patriot League women’s while also playing the third most minutes in the conference at 35.7. She also basketball action on Saturday afternoon at Bender Arena. Crusaders junior guard Alex Smith scored a game-best 18 points and became the 29th Holy Cross wom- is fi rst on the team with an 87.0 free-throw percentage (20 of 23). Smith en’s basketball player to score 1,000 career points during the contest. American posted 17 points, eight assists and seven rebounds in the season opening win improves to 10-7 on the season and 3-0 in the Patriot League, while Holy Cross versus Yale, while grabbing a career-best 10 rebounds against Quinnipiac. slips to 8-10 overall and 0-3 in the conference. The Crusaders began the contest strong as they would take the 13-4 lead on a Smith layup with 16:01 on the clock. In the game at American, Smith became the 29th Holy Cross women’s However, the Eagles countered with a 7-0 rally to trail 13-11 at the 11:49 mark. basketball player to score 1,000 career points. For her stellar play a season American was able to tie it up at 15-15 with 8:57 left in the half, as the two teams ago, Smith was named to the fi rst team All-Patriot League with averages remained knotted two minutes later (23-23).