slides: Holy Cross Knocks Off Lehigh 58-52

Sunday, February 15, 2015

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Eric Green

The Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team (11-13, 6-8 PL) defeated (14-11, 8- PL) Lehigh 58-52 on Saturday afternoon at the Hart Center. The Crusaders have now won three of their last four games and move into a three way tie for sixth in the Patriot League.

See the five takeaways slideshow below.

A Justin Burrell made jump shot put Holy Cross up by 16 points at 47-31 with 9:33 left in the game before Lehigh went on a 15-3 run to cut the Holy Cross lead to four, 50-46, with 1:12 left to play. However, the Crusaders would make six of their eight free throws and close out the win at the Hart Center.

Holy Cross was led by Eric Green who netted 13 points in 22 minutes played off the bench. Malcolm Miller followed up with 12 points of his own.

Lehigh was led by Tim Kempton who poured in a game high 22 points for the Mountain Hawks.

Holy Cross returns to action on Wednesday, February 18 when they travel to Lafayette. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

For a further look at the Crusaders win, see the five takeaways slideshow below.

Related Slideshow: Five Takeaways From Holy Cross’s 58-52 Win Over Lehigh

The Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team (11-13, 6-8 PL) defeated (14-11, 8- PL) Lehigh 58-52 on Saturday afternoon at the Hart Center.

Here are five takeaways from the game.

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Malachi Alexander

Malachi Alexander netted nine points and pulled down a season high ten rebounds in the game for Holy Cross, just missing a double-double.

Alexander's nine points came on 3-of-9 shooting from the field and 2-of-4 from the free throw line.

Alexander also had one assist, one block and one rebound in the game in 31 minutes of play.

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Malcolm Miller

Malcolm Miller netted 12 points in the game on 3-of-10 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from the free throw line.

Miller has now been in double figures in eight straight games for Holy Cross as they begin to put their season back together.

Miller also grabbed four rebounds, had two steals and registered four blocked shots in the game against Lehigh.

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Eric Green

Eric Green led Holy Cross with 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field and five rebounds in 22 minutes of play off the bench.

Green has now reached double figures in two straight games, and three of the last four, for the Crusaders. Against Lehigh, Eric Green was one of only two players in double figures.

Green also added an assist and two steals against Lehigh

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Lock down defense

Head coach Milan Brown has to be happy with his teams defense in this game.

The Crusaders held the Mountain Hawks to just 29% shooting from the field, 19% from three-point land, blocked nine shots and had nine steals in the game.

The challenge now will be translating this defense into the games going forward, if they can do that, they will have a chance to make a run.

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Still alive

The Crusaders have now won three of their last four games and improve to 6-8 in Patriot League play.

The Crusaders are now in a three way tie for sixth place in the conference and 3.5 games back of first place Bucknell.

The Crusaders remaining schedule is as follows:

At (6-8) Lafayette
At (6-8) Navy
vs (6-8) Loyola (MD)
At (7-7) Boston University

Holy Cross is playing some of their best basketball of the season right now and a couple of wins in these games would put them in good position for a tournament run.

Considering how their conference play season started (1-5) that is all you can ask for if your a Holy Cross player or fan.