Holy Cross Basketball Cruises Past Stony Brook 84-70 at Mohegan Sun
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Holy Cross improves to 2-2 on the season, while Stony Brook falls to 2-1 overall.
Holy Cross Pulls Away
The Crusaders led by two, 35-33, with three minutes left in the first half before a three by Austin Butler sparked an 8-3 Crusader run to make the score 43-36 at the break.
In the second half, Holy Cross opened on a 16-3 run over the first 7:36 to take a 59-39 lead.
Stony Brook would not get closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
The Crusaders benefited from some hot shooting in the game.
Holy Cross shot 50% from the field and 38% from three, while Stony Brook shot just 39% from the field.
Butler and Jacob Grandison led Holy Cross with 21 points each.
Next Up
Holy Cross returns to action on Sunday, November 18 when they play the winner of Norfolk State and Siena in the championship game the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament at 11 a.m.
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