WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senior
Lindsay Berger scored a career-high matching 22 points as the Holy Cross women's basketball team rolled to a 76-44 win versus Patriot League foe American Saturday afternoon in Bender Arena.
Berger was one of four Crusaders (12-5, 5-1 PL) in double figures. She was 7-of-8 (87.5 percent) from the field and 8-of-9 (88.9 percent) from the charity stripe with seven rebounds and three blocks. She was joined in double digits by junior
Kaitlyn Flanagan (13 points), sophomore
Kendall Eddy (11 points) and sophomore
Janie Bachmann who produced career-highs in points (10) and rebounds (9), which was a game-high.
American (0-7, 0-6 PL) was led by Cecilia Kay's team-best 14 markers.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- An American triple doubled up the score 8-4 in the early stages. Flanagan knocked down a trey to give the Crusaders their first lead 11-10 at the 4:25 mark. Back-to-back threes by junior Meg Cahalan and Eddy on the same wing grew the advantage to 21-14 after one.
- Holy Cross began the second on a 14-4 run with Flanagan coming up with a steal dishing to Berger for a fast break layup and the 35-18 lead. American outscored the Crusaders 9-4 over the remainder of the half.
- The Crusaders outproduced the Eagles 10-3 in the early stages of the third with Eddy going coast-to-coast for the isolation layup and canning a three-ball for 49-30 advantage. Senior Lauren Huber drilled a mid-range elbow jumper as the horn sounded opening up a 20 point, 51-31 lead for the guests.
- The Holy Cross edge expanded to a high of 32 on a freshman Stella Gougoufkas jumper with 1:!3 to play.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- The Crusader defense held the Eagles to only four points in the fourth quarter and 1-of-9 (11.1 percent) shooting over the final 10 minutes.
- Holy Cross has outscored their opponents 62-to-24 in the paint over the last two games.
- The 76 points scored for Holy Cross established a new season-best.
- American shot 12.5 percent (3-of-24) from the field in the second half and 22.4 percent (11-of-49) during the game which was a season low allowed by Holy Cross.
- The 32 point win was the first time the Crusaders have won by 30 or more points since a 80-46 win at Army on Jan. 9, 2021.
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