THE BASICS:

• Score: Holy Cross 80, Brown 65
• Records: Holy Cross 2-0, Brown 1-2
• Location: Hart Center, Worcester, Mass.
• Date: November 19, 2014
• The Lead: Junior guard Eric Green (Mountain House, Calif.) scored a game-high 16 points and tied his career high with five steals, as the Holy Cross men's basketball team posted an 80-65 victory over Brown at the Hart Center.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Holy Cross totaled 15 steals as a team, its most in a single game since it has 15 steals at Navy on Feb. 15, 2007.
• In addition to Green, sophomore guard Anthony Thompson (Glenn Dale, Md.) had a career-high five steals and senior guard Justin Burrell (Dumfries, Va.) recorded a career-best four steals.
• Thompson also posted 15 points, four rebounds and two assists, while Burrell finished with 14 points, seven assists and five rebounds.
• Sophomore forward Malachi Alexander (Bowie, Md.) rounded out four Crusaders in double-figures by scoring 14 points.
• Holy Cross hit 50.0 percent of its field goal attempts on the night (30 of 60), while forcing Brown to commit 23 turnovers.
• After causing 24 turnovers against Harvard in their season opener, the Crusaders have now forced at least 20 turnovers in back-to-back games for the first time since 2006 (against Duke and Providence).

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The score was tied at 9-9 with 13 minutes remaining in the first half, when Holy Cross scored nine straight points to claim the lead.
• The Crusaders were still up by seven (23-16) a few minutes later, before using an 8-0 spurt to lead by 15 (31-16) with 5:41 left before the break.
• Holy Cross would eventually take a 40-25 advantage into the locker room at halftime.
• The Crusaders increased their lead to 20 points (49-29) early in the second half, before Brown went on a 16-3 run to get back into the game.
• But after the Bears had made the score 52-45 with 13 minutes to go, Holy Cross scored the next five points to regain control.
• The Crusaders went on to build their lead back up to 18 points, before eventually going on to win by 15.

UP NEXT:

• Holy Cross returns to action on Sunday, Nov. 23, when it plays host to Nichols at 4:05 p.m.

BE PART OF THE ACTION:

• To purchase single game and season tickets for the 2014-2015 Holy Cross men's basketball season, visit GoHolyCross.com/Tickets or call the ticket office at (508) 793-2573.