Lehigh Mountain Hawks play in Patriot Tournament against the Holy Cross Crusaders

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Holy Cross Crusaders (19-11, 12-7 Patriot) at Lehigh Mountain Hawks (25-6, 16-3 Patriot)

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Thursday, 6 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Lehigh and Holy Cross square off in the Patriot Tournament.

The Mountain Hawks have gone 16-3 against Patriot teams, with a 9-3 record in non-conference play. Lehigh is 21-3 in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Crusaders’ record in Patriot play is 12-7. Holy Cross ranks second in the Patriot with 24.2 defensive rebounds per game led by Simone Foreman averaging 5.6.

Lehigh makes 44.2% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.1 percentage points higher than Holy Cross has allowed to its opponents (38.1%). Holy Cross has shot at a 41.4% clip from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points greater than the 39.8% shooting opponents of Lehigh have averaged.

The teams meet for the third time this season. Lehigh won 69-59 in the last matchup on Feb. 15. Ella Stemmer led Lehigh with 16 points, and Meg Cahalan led Holy Cross with 18 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Maddie Albrecht is scoring 15.6 points per game with 5.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists for the Mountain Hawks. Stemmer is averaging 13.1 points over the last 10 games.

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Lindsay Berger is averaging 12.5 points and 5.9 rebounds for the Crusaders. Cahalan is averaging 11.9 points over the last 10 games.

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LAST 10 GAMES: Mountain Hawks: 8-2, averaging 68.3 points, 29.6 rebounds, 15.3 assists, 10.3 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 43.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.7 points per game.

Crusaders: 5-5, averaging 59.5 points, 31.5 rebounds, 16.9 assists, 5.8 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 40.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 58.8 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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