WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women's basketball team traveled to Boston College for 2025-26 season opener on Monday evening. A barnburner of a game came down to the final second, with senior guard Simone Foreman hitting the game-winner, for the 72-71 victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Eagles started the game out strong with a 7-0 run in the first two minutes of the opening quarter. Boston College's Jocelyne Grier (3-4) accounted for three of the team's six triples while the Crusaders' Meg Cahalan was 3-5 from the field, collecting seven points through 10 minutes of action. 
• Senior captain Kaitlyn Flanagan kicked off the second quarter with a dime outside the arch. Holy Cross's defense surged with the Crusaders picking up two charges and two steals, holding the Eagles to only seven points to conclude the first half. 
• At half, Boston College had a 33-29 lead over the Crusaders.
• Holy Cross came out of halftime swinging, hitting seven unanswered buckets to take its first lead of the game. Flanagan tallied seven points and junior guard Kendall Eddy picked up four points and two steals in the 10-minute outing. A back-and-forth quarter ended with Holy Cross outscoring Boston College 20-19 in the third.
• The Eagles started to pull away with the lead after the first four minutes of the final quarter. Boston College's Lily Carmody took over, dropping five points, one assist and claiming two rebounds. Holy Cross responded with a back-to-back three-pointer from senior guard Mary-Elizabeth Donnelly and a made layup by Foreman to tie the game 69-69 with 30 seconds left in the game. The Eagles' Teionni McDaniel put in a layup with 7 on the clock for the two-point lead. Eddy got the Crusaders within one on a free throw attempt and Boston College's Kayla Rolph missed both of hers with 2.8 seconds remaining. Flanagan threw a perfect pass to Foreman, who fought through contact to put in the game-winner. 

BEHIND THE BOX:

• Donnelly established a new career-high with nine rebounds.
• The last time the Crusaders beat Boston College in Conte Forum was 1997 (80-68). The last Holy Cross win over the Eagles and an ACC team was in 2019 (80-71 at home).

UP NEXT:

• The Crusaders (1-0) return to action on Sunday, Nov. 9, for a 6:00 pm tip-off at No. 7 Duke (0-1) in Durham, N.C., at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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