VILLANOVA, Pa. – The Holy Cross men's basketball team was beat 95-66 by receiving votes Villanova Friday evening in the Finneran Pavilion.
Freshman guard
Tristen Wilson scored a career-high 17 points shooting 4-of-8 (50.0 percent) from the field and 9-of-12 (75.0 percent) from the line with three rebounds and two assists for the Crusaders (0-2).
Luigi Suigo had a double-double with 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Wildcats (1-1).
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Senior guard John St. Germain III gave the Crusaders a 3-0 lead canning a three-ball from the corner off a junior forward Aidan Richard pass. Villanova jumped ahead until a Wilson hoop and harm high off the glass leveled the score 6-6 at the 16:49 mark. The Wildcats built a 16-6 lead forcing the Crusaders into a timeout and they answered with sophomore guard Jude Haigh knocked down corner three to trail 16-9. The Villanova run grew to 14-3 at the second media timeout as the Crusaders were behind 21-9.
- A Wilson tough take through traffic brought the deficit to 26-13 with 9:18 to go in the half. A Hare tip-in layup trimmed the margin to 11, 26-15 with 8:38 left in the stanza. The Wildcats edge grew to a first half high 18, 40-22, but the Crusaders doubled up their counterparts eight-to-four over the final 3:26 to trail 44-28 at the intermission.
- A Villanova three-ball gave them their first 20+ point lead of the contest 55-33 with 14:46 to go. Hare halted an 8-0 Villanova stretch with a second chance bucket while being fouled to trail 66-40. Another Wildcat 11-0 binge grew the lead to 81-45 with 7:20 left, their highest of the game. Holy Cross kept battling and brought the final margin down to 29, 95-66.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Freshman guard/forward Liam Rigney scored his first career points with nine seconds left.
- Hare matched his career-high in points (10) and set a new personal-best with nine rebounds.
- Junior guard Arius Alijosius made the Crusaders first four point play since Jan. 17, 2026.
- Villanova's Tyler Perkins, who was recently named to the Jerry West Award Watch List battled foul trouble and a tough shooting night (2-for-12 FG, 0-of-5 3PT )and finished with only four points.
UP NEXT:
- Holy Cross returns to Worcester for a four game homestand which begins with their home opener against Furman (2-0) on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
- Single-game and season tickets for Holy Cross men's basketball are on sale through the Holy Cross Ticket Office.
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