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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
HC avoids Colgate trap
Crusaders escape with a win to stay atop the league standings.

In a game that featured 12 ties and 11 lead changes, Keith Simmons hit a three-pointer with 20 seconds left to give Holy Cross a 58-55 come-from-behind win over Colgate in front of an announced crowd of 543 in frigid Hamilton.

Simmons' game-winner capped a HC comeback from a deficit as big as 10 points in the second half. Colgate was up 47-37 after a Daniel Waddy free throw with 10:49 to play. Holy Cross responded with a 12-0 run to take a 49-47 lead with 5:31 left. There were 4 lead changes and 4 ties from that point on.

The temperatures outside were nearly equalled by the frigid shooting inside Cotterell Court. Holy Cross went 19 of 48 (39.6 percent) from the field, falling below 40 percent from the field for the third game in a row.

Colgate, which had shot above 40 percent just twice in 11 games coming in, managed to hit 17 of 40 from the field (42.5 percent), including 8 of 16 from the three-point arc. But the Raiders turned the ball over 16 times and Holy Cross had 10 offensive rebounds, which led to 12 second chance points. Colgate had just 5 offensive boards and scored only 3 points off those.

The result, Holy Cross had 8 more attempted shots than Colgate and two more makes.

Simmons finished with 16 points, a team-high 7 rebounds and 4 steals. Tim Clifford added 18 and Torey Thomas had 11 for HC, which improved to 15-6 overall, 6-0 in league play.

Jon Simon led Colgate with 22 points, including 5 three-pointers. No other Colgate player reached double figures.
Box score | Telegram & Gazette

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