THE BASICS

• Score:  Yale 71, Holy Cross 70 (OT)
• Records: Holy Cross (1-5); Yale (4-2)
• Location: Worcester, Mass. (Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex)
• Date: November 27, 2016
• The Lead: Five players scored in double figures as Holy Cross came up short to Yale by a score of 71-70 in overtime on Sunday afternoon in Worcester.

POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Junior guard Infiniti Thomas-Waheed led the Crusaders with 15 points and registered nine rebounds.
• Freshman guard Madalyn Smith (14), junior forward Amy Hasenauer (14), freshman forward Lauren Manis (11) and junior guard Katie Doherty (10) also scored in double figures for Holy Cross.
• Manis registered a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
• Meghan McIntyre led Yale with 22 points, shooting 8-for-15 from the field.
• Megan Gorman earned a double-double for the Bulldogs with 10 points and 14 rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Holy Cross led Yale by a score of 17-15 following a back-and-forth first quarter, which was capped off by an 8-0 run.
• The Crusaders held onto their lead throughout the second quarter, and took a 35-31 lead into the locker room at halftime.
• Both teams battled through a hard-fought third period in which the lead changed five times and the score was tied twice.
• Heading into the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs held a 51-47 advantage.
• After Yale held on to a narrow lead throughout the fourth quarter, Doherty received the ball off an inbound and drove to the net for a game-tying layup with six seconds remaining to send the game to overtime.
• Through the five-minute overtime period, the lead changed four times before Yale earned the final points of the night.
• Lena Munzer scored a layup for the Bulldogs with 24 seconds remaining to put Yale up 71-70.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• This was the first time five Crusaders had scored in double figures since Feb. 13, 2016.
• Manis earned her fourth double-double of the season.
• Thomas-Waheed has scored in double figures in all six games this season, while leading the Crusaders in scoring in five of the first six games of the season.

UP NEXT

• Holy Cross is back in action on Wednesday night, as the Crusaders travel to Vermont to take on the Catamounts at 7:00 p.m. in Burlington, Vt.

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