Power-Cassidy Scores 21 And Holy Cross Beats Boston U 61-55 For Patriot League’s Auto-bid To NCAAs – News18

WORCESTER, Mass.: Bronagh Power-Cassidy scored 21 factors, Cara McCormack added 15 and Holy Cross outlasted Boston U 61-55 on Sunday to win the Patriot League Championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive yr.

The Crusaders turned the primary repeat champion within the Patriot League since Navy received three in a row from 2011 via 2013. Holy Cross has essentially the most Patriot League titles (13) and championship sport appearances (20) for the reason that league was shaped in 1990-91.

The prime-seeded Crusaders led 34-23 at halftime, however noticed their lead slowly shrink within the third quarter. A layup by Aoibhe Gormley with a minute to go within the third and a free throw by Caitlin Weimar with 10 seconds left had the Terriers inside 43-36. But a 3-pointer from McCormack put Holy Cross again up by 10 heading to the fourth quarter.

A jumper from Alex Giannaros had BU inside six factors with 8 minutes remaining within the fourth however one other huge 3-pointer by McCormack put Holy Cross forward 49-40 and she or he added a layup on the following possession for an 11-level lead.

Holy Cross went the following 5 minutes and not using a level however managed to take care of a 51-43 lead. Kaitlyn Flanagan made two free throws for a 53-43 lead with 2:17 remaining, then Gormley’s 3-pointer obtained BU inside 53-46.

The Crusaders (20-12) made 5 journeys to the foul line within the remaining 62 seconds and made sufficient — 6 out of 10 — to protect the win though they went the ultimate 6:58 and not using a discipline purpose.

Giannaros had 21 factors and Gormley scored 17 off the bench for Boston U (20-12). Weimar grabbed 14 rebounds.

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