WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Holy Cross women's basketball team was defeated 58-43 by Patriot League opponent Army West Point Saturday afternoon in Christl Arena.
The loss sends the Crusaders to 14-10 and 8-5 in the Patriot League while Army earned the wire-to-wire win and moved to 11-12, 8-5 in the conference.
Senior
Cara McCormack was the lone Crusader in double digits with 14 points to go with four rebounds. For Army, Fiona Hastick scored a career-high 24 points with six boards, four three-pointers and two steals.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- A pair of early Army threes put them ahead 6-2 early in the first quarter. Junior Grace Munt drove to the right elbow for a mid-range jumper making it 8-7 Army. Senior Bronagh Power-Cassidy leveled the margin 11-11 connecting on a free throw line attempt. The hosts led 15-12 after one.
- Holy Cross scoreless stretch carried into the second quarter as Army led 19-12 with 6:09 to go in the half. Senior Janelle Allen broke the scoring drought with an easy layup making it 23-14 Army. Holy Cross only put in four points over the final 10:18 of the half to trail 28-16 at the break.
- Behind by 20, 42-22 with 4:38 left in the stanza, the Crusaders went on an 11-2 burst getting a pair of McCormack three-balls with a Power-Cassidy triple and slash through the lane to make it 44-33 at the 1:31 mark. Army responded with a timeout and scored the final five points of the quarter to lead 49-33.
- The Crusaders held Army to nine points in the fourth, but only could muster 10 points.
OUTSIDE THE BOX:
- Senior Bronagh Power-Cassidy played in her 100th career game.
- Army turned the Crusaders over 15 times and scored 16 points off turnovers compared to two for the Crusaders.
- The Crusaders are 1-8 this season when trailing at halftime in 2023-24.
- Holy Cross' four game losing streak is the longest since the 2017-18 season when they lost six straight games (Feb. 3 to Feb. 21).
POSTGAME THOUGHTS:
UP NEXT:
- Holy Cross remains on the road this coming Wednesday, Feb. 21 for a 6 p.m. duel with conference opponent Bucknell (9-14, 6-6 PL).
- Season tickets and single-game tickets for the 2023-24 campaign are now on sale through the Holy Cross Ticket Office.
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