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03/15 14:21 CDT Balanced scoring leads Holy Cross past Lehigh 77-70 for Patriot
League's bid to March Madness
Balanced scoring leads Holy Cross past Lehigh 77-70 for Patriot League's bid to
March Madness
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) --- Kaitlyn Flanagan, Meg Cahalan and Simone Foreman all
scored 16 points to lead second-seeded Holy Cross to a 77-70 victory over No.
4-seed Lehigh on Sunday to win the Patriot League Championship and an automatic
bid to the NCAA Tournament.
The Crusaders advanced to March Madness for the 15th time. Holy Cross and
Lehigh have won five of the last six Patriot Championships.
A 3-pointer by Flanagan gave Holy Cross a 63-53 lead with six minutes left in
the fourth quarter. Lehigh got within 69-63 in the final minute, but Holy Cross
went 8-for-8 at the line in the final 40 seconds.
Belle Bramer scored 24 points and Leia Edwards had 17 points, 11 rebounds and
six assists off the bench for Lehigh (17-14). Lily Fandre added 10 points.
Mary-Elizabeth Donnelly scored 12 and Kendall Eddy had 10 points for Holy Cross
(23-9). Foreman added 12 rebounds.
Holy Cross led 17-11 after one quarter and the Crusaders pushed their lead to
32-20 with about four minutes left in the first half. A couple of mid-range
jumpers by Fandre and a 3-pointer from Edwards got Lehigh within 32-27 at
halftime. Flanagan led Holy Cross with nine points and four assists in the
first half.
Back-to-back jumpers by Cahalan followed by a layup from Flanagan put Holy
Cross up 54-45 in the final minute of the third quarter.
The last top seed to win this tournament was American University in 2015.
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