slides: Miller ‘s 30 Points Lead Holy Cross Past BU 77-70 in Season Finale
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Sunday, March 01, 2015
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The Holy Cross Crusaders (13-15, 8-10 PL) defeated (13-16, 9-9 PL) Boston Univeristy 77-70 on Saturday evening in the regular season finale in Boston. Holy Cross finishes in seventh place in the Patriot League and will host Loyola in the first round of the Patriot League tournament.
See the five takeaways slideshow below.
Holy Cross went into the half with a 31-29 lead after a back and forth first half. In the second half, the Crusaders came out firing, rattiling off a 10-3 run to go up 41-32 with 15 minutes left in the game.
Boston University got to within two points, 53-51 with 8:30 to go but from there, the Crusaders ripped off an 11-2 run, capped off by a Malcolm Miller three-pointer, to go up 64-53 with just under six minutes to play. The Terriers would not get closer than five points the rest of the way. The Crusaders get the win, 77-70 over Boston University.
Holy Cross was led by Malcolm Miller who poured in a career high 30 points while Robert Champion followed up with 16 points off the bench.
Boston University was led by Cedric Hankerson who netted 17 points in the game.
Holy Cross now advances to the Patriot League tournament where they will host Loyola in the first round. That game is set to take place on Tuesday, March 3 at the Hart Center. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
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For a further look at the Holy Cross win over BU, see the five takeaways slideshow below.
Related Slideshow: Five Takeaways From Holy Cross’s 77-70 Win Over BU
The Holy Cross Crusaders (13-15, 8-10 PL) defeated (13-16, 9-9 PL) Boston Univeristy 77-70 on Saturday evening in the regular season finale in Boston.
Here are five takeaways from the game.
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Cullen Hamilton
Other than Miller, Cullen Hamilton was the only other Holy Cross starter in double-figures.
Hamilton netted 13 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the field and 1-of-2 from the free throw line.
Hamilton has now reached double figures in three of the last four games for the Crusaders.
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Robert Champion
Robert Champion gave Holy Cross a huge lift off the bench, pouring in 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field, including 4-of-4 from three-point land in 22 minutes played.
Champion has reached double-figures in two of the last three games for Holy Cross and has played 20 minutes or more in four straight games.
Going into the tournament, Holy Cross is going to need something from their bench in each game they play and it looks like Robert Champion is going to be that guy.
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Malcolm Miller
Malcolm Miller saved his best performance of the season for his last regular season game of his career on Saturday.
Miller poured in a career high 30 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field, including an incredible 6-of-7 from three-point land.
Miller also grabbed six rebounds and dished out two assists.
With the Patriot league tournament starting on Tuesday, this is a good sign for Holy Cross.
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Turnovers/points off
Eric Green led Holy Cross with six steals in the game. The Crusaders had ten steals overall and forced BU into 17 turnovers in the game.
Off of BU's 17 turnovers, Holy Cross cashed in for 27 points in the offensive end.
Meanwhile, Holy Cross turned the ball over only seven times resulting in nine points for Boston University.
The Crusaders did a great job on the road of not turning the ball over and then cashing in on the BU turnovers.
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What this win means
With this win, Holy Cross finishes with a record of 8-10 on the in conference play and locks up the seventh seed in the tournament.
Final Patriot League Standings:
- Bucknell - 13-5
- Colgate - 12-6
- Lehigh - 10-8
- Lafayette - 9-9
- Boston U - 9-9
- American - 8-10
- Holy Cross - 8-10
- Navy - 8-10
- Loyola - 7-11
- Army - 6-12
Holy Cross faces Loyola in the first round of the Patriot League tournament. The two teams split the season series.
The game is set for Tuesday, March 3 at The Hart Center. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
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