WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women's basketball team hits the road twice this week, the first contest comes Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. hosted by Patriot League opponent Colgate on the Cotterell Court. The contest will stream on ESPN+.
 

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HOLY CROSS (17-9, 11-4 PL): 

• The Crusaders moved into a tie for first place in the Patriot League after a 63-57 win Saturday afternoon against Navy. Holy Cross rallied from two separate eight point deficits to earn the victory as sophomore Cara McCormack came off the bench scoring a team-high 16 points off 5-for-10 (50%) shooting. Senior Madison Demski tacked on 15 points in a starting role for the Crusaders.
• For the sixth time this season, senior Avery LaBarbera was named Patriot League Honorable Mention the league offices announced Monday afternoon. LaBarbera averaged 15.5 points and 10.0 rebounds with 6.0 assists, and 2.5 steals per game in a 1-1 week for Holy Cross.
• For the first 22 games of the season, Holy Cross ranked second to last in the conference in free throw percentage (65.3%). Over their last four games, the Crusaders have hit on 87.2% (48-for-55) of their free throw attempts moving them to sixth in the league (69.0%).

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS (6-20, 4-11 PL): 

• The Raiders are coming off a huge 64-61 upset on the road of league-leading Boston University Saturday afternoon. Three players scored in double-figures including Tiasia McMillan who dropped a team-high 16 points on 7-of-11 (63.6%) shooting to go with eight rebounds. The see-saw affair saw 20 lead changes and seven ties.
• Colgate may have a tough time producing points against the suffocating Crusaders' defense as the Raiders currently rank last in the conference in points per game (53.8), however, they do damage at the charity stripe as they rank second in free throw percentage (75.5%).

LAST TIME THEY MET: 

• Holy Cross holds a 59-10 advantage in the series between the two programs which began back in 1991.
• In the last meeting between the two programs on January 15, the Crusaders earned a 62-57 win. Avery LaBarbera had a monster double-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds while sophomore Bronagh Power-Cassidy chipped in 15 markers.