WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women's basketball team had three players score in double figures as the Crusaders got back on the winning track with a 62-57 Patriot League victory against Colgate on Saturday in the Hart Center Arena.

Senior Avery LaBarbera chipped in her sixth straight double-double with a team-high 16 points and game-best 13 rebounds for the Crusaders (9-6, 3-1 PL). Sophomore Bronagh Power-Cassidy added 15 points while classmate Janelle Allen scored 10 points, shot 4-for-8 (50%), and came down with six boards. In 19 minutes off the bench, freshman Grace Munt had seven points, two rebounds, and a game-high two blocks. For Colgate (2-15, 0-6 PL), Taylor Golembiewski tallied a contest-high 21 points in 38 minutes of play.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Power-Cassidy started off hot for the Crusaders scoring nine of the teams' 11 points going 4-for-6 (66.7%) from the floor, hitting shots in the paint and from distance as Colgate led 12-11 at the media timeout. Two LaBarbera free throws late in the quarter evened the contest after one.
• Colgate went on an 8-3 spurt to take a two-possession lead 22-17 via two free throws by Taylor Golembiewski. Holy Cross responded with a quarter shaping 17-6 run getting six straight points and three triples in a row late by Power-Cassidy, sophomore Cara McCormack and Munt. They closed the half on an 11-2 run with Munt producing the final five points to lead 34-28 at the break.
• Colgate brought their deficit to one possession, 38-36 when Alexa Brodie drained a mid-range jumper. Holy Cross put together the next eight points which gave the home team their first double-digit lead 46-36 due to an Allen second-chance layup. Holy Cross was in the lead 48-40 after 30 minutes of play.
• The Raiders began the fourth producing eight points in a row to level the score at 48-48 with 6:36 left. Out of the timeout, junior Addisyn Cross halted the Colgate spurt with a three-pointer from the top of the point before the shot clock horn sounded. The Crusaders and Raiders kept trading buckets with Golembiewski putting her team down one 55-54. Munt then cleaned up a missed jumper and powered the rock in for two. On the ensuing possession, LaBarbera got her hand in the passing lane, picked off a pass and went uncontested to reestablish the two possession lead late in the game.

OUTSIDE THE BOX:

• Munt was 2-for-3 shooting for five points in four minutes played in the first half.
• LaBarbera has double-doubled in eight of the last nine games for the Crusaders averaging 17.0 points and 11.3 rebounds helping Holy Cross to a 6-3 mark in that span.
• LaBarbera needs only nine more rebounds for 500 in her career.

UP NEXT:

• Holy Cross remains at home Monday for a 5:00 showdown with Loyola (Md.).