Tuesday, December 20, 2005
(Originally posted Monday, 1:53 p.m., updated with links at 7:03 a.m.}

It is 82 and partly cloudy in Puerto Rico this afternoon, but that is not why Ralph Willard is smiling.

Kevin Hamilton poured in a career-high 38 points for the Crusaders, who won their third in a row, romping past Tennessee-Chattanooga and into the semifinals of the San Juan Shootout. Torey Thomas and Alex Vander Baan with 11 each for HC.

Crusaders shot 51 percent and held UT-C to 39 percent.

Holy Cross will meet unbeaten Clemson (9-0) in Tuesday's second round. Clemson advanced with a 101-60 win over the host school, Puerto Rico-Mayaguez.
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