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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Army pushed the league leaders to the limit in regulation, but form held in the extra session.
After battling Holy Cross tooth and nail through 40 even minutes of regulation play, the Black Knights' upset bid came apart like a trailer in a twister in overtime, allowing the Crusaders to escape with a 70-54 overtime win to remain unbeaten in league play.
The win sets up Friday's much-anticipated showdown at Bucknell, which also escaped a trap last night at American. Holy Cross' 12th straight win was in jeopardy in the second half when Army used a pair of three-pointers from little used freshman guard Josh Miller to build a 40-33 lead with 8:05 to go in regulation.
Keith Simmons, who finished with 26 points, led Holy Cross back, tying the game at 49-49 after Simmons hit a pair of free throws and a layup with 2:10 to play in regulation. After each team added a free throw, a short jumper by Simmons put the Crusaders up with 15 seconds to go. Army sent it to OT when Jarrell Brown (21 points) made a little running scoop shot with 0.5 seconds to go.
The overtime, though, was all HC. The Crusaders opened with a 12-0 run and held Army to a pair of free throws in the extra session. Army, which shot 17 for 45 (37.8 percent) in regulation, including 5 of 10 from the arc, went 0 for 6 in overtime, five of the misses coming from the arc.
Holy Cross was perfect in the OT, going 5 for 5 from the field, including a pair of Pat Doherty treys and 6 for 6 at the foul line. For the game, HC shot 46 percent (23 of 50), 8 for 18 on three-point tries.
Matt Bell added 12 points for Army (13-11, 3-6 Patriot), which lost its fourth in a row after starting conference play 3-2.
Torey Thomas had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals for HC. Tim Clifford finished with 11 points, 8 boards and 6 steals.
Simmons became thefirst 11th HC player to score 1,500 career points on a layup with 11:59 to go in regulation.
Box score | Times Herald-Record | Telegram & Gazette
After battling Holy Cross tooth and nail through 40 even minutes of regulation play, the Black Knights' upset bid came apart like a trailer in a twister in overtime, allowing the Crusaders to escape with a 70-54 overtime win to remain unbeaten in league play.
The win sets up Friday's much-anticipated showdown at Bucknell, which also escaped a trap last night at American. Holy Cross' 12th straight win was in jeopardy in the second half when Army used a pair of three-pointers from little used freshman guard Josh Miller to build a 40-33 lead with 8:05 to go in regulation.
Keith Simmons, who finished with 26 points, led Holy Cross back, tying the game at 49-49 after Simmons hit a pair of free throws and a layup with 2:10 to play in regulation. After each team added a free throw, a short jumper by Simmons put the Crusaders up with 15 seconds to go. Army sent it to OT when Jarrell Brown (21 points) made a little running scoop shot with 0.5 seconds to go.
The overtime, though, was all HC. The Crusaders opened with a 12-0 run and held Army to a pair of free throws in the extra session. Army, which shot 17 for 45 (37.8 percent) in regulation, including 5 of 10 from the arc, went 0 for 6 in overtime, five of the misses coming from the arc.
Holy Cross was perfect in the OT, going 5 for 5 from the field, including a pair of Pat Doherty treys and 6 for 6 at the foul line. For the game, HC shot 46 percent (23 of 50), 8 for 18 on three-point tries.
Matt Bell added 12 points for Army (13-11, 3-6 Patriot), which lost its fourth in a row after starting conference play 3-2.
Torey Thomas had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 steals for HC. Tim Clifford finished with 11 points, 8 boards and 6 steals.
Simmons became the
Box score | Times Herald-Record | Telegram & Gazette
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