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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Free throws key Holy Cross win
Originally posted Tues. 10:08 p.m., updated at 6:24 a.m.
Their best player was a non factor. It didn't matter. Holy Cross still beat Fairfield to improve to 2-0.

Tim Clifford, the preseason Patriot League Player of the Year, lasted just 12 minutes before fouling out with 4 points and 5 turnovers. Holy Cross won anyhow, thanks to an impressive showing at the free throw line. The Crusaders went to the stripe 33 times and made 29, including 20 of 23 in the second half, when they managed only 5 field goals.

Colin Cunningham led the Crusaders with a career-high 17 points. Cunningham was a perfect 10 for 10 at the line. Pat Doherty had just one field goal, but still reached double figures (11 points) after hitting 9 of 10 free throws. Forty-minute man Alex Vander Baan also had 11, including a pair of three-pointers.

Holy Cross shot 43.2 percent (16-37) from the field, including 6 of 15 from the arc. The Crusaders held Fairfield to 40.8 percent (20-49) from the floor, 2 of 11 from three-point range. Fairfield was 12 for 16 at the foul line.

The Crusaders' 13-point margin might have been larger had they taken better care of the ball, HC turned it over 22 times.
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