WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women's basketball team fell for the first time at home by a 60-47 score to Patriot League opponent Loyola (Md.) Saturday afternoon in the Hart Center Arena.
The win moved the Crusaders to 14-7, 8-2 PL while the Greyhounds improved to 10-11, 5-5 PL.
Senior
Bronagh Power-Cassidy paced all scorers with a game-high 17 points going 7-of-14 (50 percent) from the field with four rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Classmate
Janelle Allen joined her teammate in double figures with 16 points and eight caroms.
For Loyola, Kimmie Hicks produced a team-best 15 points with seven rebounds and three assists.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Sophomore Kaitlyn Flanagan's third assist over the opening two minutes to Power-Cassidy gave the Crusaders a short lived 6-3 edge. Loyola went on a 14-2 run over the next four and a half minutes to build a 17-8 advantage before leading 18-12 after one.
- A 7-2 start to the second by Loyola gave them their biggest first half margin 11 points, 25-14 at the 5:29 mark. Still in front by double digits with 1:13 left, the Crusaders scored the final six points of the stanza getting a senior Cara McCormack triple, a junior Lindsay Berger bucket and one Power-Cassidy freebie making it 32-27 at the intermission.
- Power-Cassidy cut into the margin with a layup to pull her team within three, 32-29. Loyola scored nine consecutive markers to reestablish an 11 point lead 40-29 at the media stoppage. The Crusaders notched only four points in the third as they trailed 43-31 after three.
- An 11-5 start to the fourth put the guests in the driver's seat at 54-36 late.
OUTSIDE THE BOX:
- The Crusaders shot their lowest percentage from the field this season (28.6 percent, 18-for-63)
- Loyola's reserves outscored Holy Cross' 18-to-2.
POSTGAME THOUGHTS:
UP NEXT:
- Holy Cross is back in action next Saturday, Feb. 10 for a 3 p.m. bout with American (8-12, 6-3 PL) in Washington D.C.
- 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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