slides: Holy Cross Falls 71-70 to American in OT Heartbreaker

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Monday, February 22, 2016

Joe Calabro, GoLocalWorcester Sports Team

The Holy Cross Crusaders (10-17, 5-11 PL) fell 71-70 in overtime to (9-18, 7-9 PL) American on Sunday afternoon at the Heart Center. The Crusaders have now lost three straight and 5 of their last 6 games. 

"Well, I mean they missed foul shots too, but we missed more. We were driving it, getting fouled in the first half, same thing in the second half, but you got to make foul shots," said Holy Cross Head Coach Bill Carmody after the game. 

The Crusaders went 26 of 41 from the free throw line. 

See the Five Takeaways Slideshow Below

Holy Cross' Eric Green stole the ball in the back court and scored to give the Crusaders a 70-69 lead with 17 seconds to play in the overtime period. 

American had one last possession and it was Delante Jones who worked his way under the basket and got a layup with 2.3 seconds left to give American the win. 

"At the end, you know we wanted to have Eric [Green] on that guy, maybe we should have gone to a 1-3-1 or something I don't know, I just thought he would be able to handle him but he wasn't able to," Carmody said. 

The Crusaders conclude the home portion of their schedule with an 8-6 record. 

Forcing OT 

The game got to overtime after Anthony Thompson hit two free throws with 13.7 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 59 points apiece. 

Prior to that, Holy Cross trailed by as much as 13 points in the second half and trailed by 9 points with 6:41 to play before coming back. 

The Leaders

Holy Cross was led by Karl Charles who netted 17 points on 4 of 6 shooting from the field and 8 of 9 from the free throw line while also grabbing 7 rebounds and dishing out 3 assists. 

Robert Champion followed up with 14 points and 8 rebounds in the game. 

Next up 

Holy Cross returns to action on Wednesday, February 24 when they visit Loyola.  Tip off is set for 7:30 p.m. 

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Related Slideshow: 5 Takeaways From Holy Cross’ 71-70 OT Loss to American

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