WORCESTER, Mass. — The Holy Cross women's basketball team was defeated by nonconference opponent Boston College 81-55 Saturday afternoon in the Hart Center Arena.
Junior forward
Meg Cahalan led the Crusaders (3-3) with a team-high 14 points on 5-of-9 (55.6%) shooting and 3-of-6 (50%) three-point efficiency. She was joined in double-figures by classmate
Kaitlyn Flanagan with 10 points.
Four players reached double-figures for the Eagles (6-1) including Teya Sidberry who dropped 18 points in 19 minutes of action going 8-of-9 (88.9%) from the field.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- BC began the game on a 10-2 run scoring eight points off five Holy Cross turnovers in the opening 3:31 of the contest. Their run expanded to 17-2 halfway through the first quarter. Holy Cross closed the quarter on a 10-2 scoring binge with Cahalan producing five points during that run to trail 19-12 after one.
- Flanagan hung in the lane for a floater dropping the deficit to nine, 26-17 with 6:05 left in the half. From that point, BC doubled up the Crusaders 12-to-6. Junior guard Simone Foreman pulled down a board and went coast-to-coast for two points right before the intermission.
- Cahalan drained her third three of the game in the third quarter putting her team down 42-26 with 6:35 left. The Eagles climbed ahead by 24 with 4:33 remaining in the stanza.
- The Crusaders jumped out to a 10-3 binge scoring 10 straight markers with sophomore Kendall Eddy and classmate Simone Lewis notching four points apiece to trail by 14, 61-47. The guests outscored the Crusaders 20-8 throughout the remainder of the contest.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Holy Cross is 0-2 at home for the first time since 2009-10.
- The game saw a combined 45 turnovers with 51 points being scored off those miscues.
- Lewis matched a personal-high with six points and established a new career-best with six rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench.
UP NEXT:
- Holy Cross plays its final game before Thanksgiving on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at New Hampshire (4-3).
- Tip-off is set for 6 p.m.
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