The Holy Cross women's basketball team returns to action with a home-and-home weekend series scheduled against Army West Point on Saturday, Feb. 6 and Sunday, Feb. 7. Tipoff on Saturday is set for 2:30 p.m. at the Hart Center at the Luth Athletic Complex, while Sunday's game begins at 3 p.m. in West Point, N.Y.
Both games will be broadcasted live on ESPN+.
Holy Cross (4-4, 4-4 Patriot League) at a Glance:
- Holy Cross most recently played on Jan. 23 and 24 at Lehigh, falling in both games.
- Despite the losses, Holy Cross had five different Crusaders reach double figures on the weekend, including career-bests of 12 points each from sophomore Kerry Flaherty on the 23rd and sophomore Addisyn Cross on the 24th.
- Eight different Crusaders have recorded double figures in at least one game this season, led by six double-figure performances from junior Avery LaBarbera.
- The Crusaders were originally scheduled to face Boston University on Jan. 30 and 31 before the Terriers paused all athletic activities for the remainder of January, due to a rise in positive COVID-19 tests as the Boston University campus repopulated for the spring semester.
- Holy Cross leads the Patriot League in offensive rebounds (13.5 per game) while ranking second in turnover margin (+2.38).
Army West Point (8-7, 5-5 Patriot League) at a Glance:
- The Black Knights swept Colgate in a weekend series on Jan. 30 and 31 by scores of 79-53 and 79-45.
- Lauren Lithgow was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week after averaging 15.5 points in the series, which resulted in Army's first weekend sweep of the season. In Saturday's contest, she had a game-high 19 points, shooting 5-7 from 3-point range.
- Alisa Fallon leads Army with 12.7 points per game; the Black Knights' leading rebounder is Kate Murray, who averages 8.6 rebounds per contest.
- Army has held its opponents to an average of 61.5 points per game, ranking third in the Patriot League.
Last Time They Met:
- The Crusaders swept Army in a historic weekend series, earning an 80-46 victory on Jan. 9 at West Point and a 61-42 win on Jan. 10 in Worcester.
- The 80-46 victory, in which five Crusaders scored in double figures, marked Holy Cross head coach Maureen Magarity's first win with the program; Magarity also emerged victorious in the first father-daughter head coaching matchup in Division I history against her father, Dave, who is the head coach at Army.
- The 34-point win was the largest margin of victory by Holy Cross since the 2011 season, when the Crusaders recorded an 83-46 win against Lafayette on Feb. 5.
- Army's 25 turnovers on Saturday were the most that Holy Cross has forced in a single game since Feb. 1, 2017, when they forced 27 against Colgate.