Saints Top Trolls 80-54

Palos Heights, Ill.  The Holy Cross women's basketball team returned to Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference play this evening when they traveled to Trinity Christian College. A back-and-forth battle to begin found the game knotted 10-10 halfway through the first. After one quarter, Holy Cross controlled a slight 19-17 lead. The Saints would outscore the Trolls 23-10 in the second quarter to take a 42-27 lead heading into halftime. Holy Cross would continue their strong offense output in the third quarter to lead 63-41 heading into the final ten minutes of action. The Trolls would battle back in the fourth, but were unable to overcome the Saints as Holy Cross would go to a 80-54 win. With the victory, Holy Cross improves to 15-12 and 12-7 in conference play while TCC stands at 4-21 and 4-15.

GAME DETAILS

Score: Holy Cross defeated TCC 80-54

Records: Holy Cross (15-12) | TCC (4-21)

DeVos Gymnasium | Trinity Christian College | Palos Heights, Ill.

SCORING SUMMARY

Kayliana Hammel – 26 points, 4 assists, 10/12 FG

Grace Adams – 16 points, 8 rebounds, 5/12 FG

Lauren Morris – 11 points, 5 rebounds, 4/10 FG

Lilly Toppen – 11 points, 4/7 FG

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

The Saints shot 46% from the field and 38% from three

TCC shot 33% from the field and 36% from three

Holy Cross forced 28 turnovers

NEXT TIME OUT

The Saints travel to Governors State University for their last regular season game on Saturday, February 24. Tipoff set for 2:00pm.

The Holy Cross College Saints compete in eight intercollegiate sports for men and women. Holy Cross has produced 205 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic Team honors and 108 All-Conference members, and seven NAIA All-Americans. Founded in 1966, Holy Cross College is a Catholic, residential, coed, four-year institution of higher learning, offering an applied liberal arts curriculum. The mission of Holy Cross College is to educate and form global citizens with the competence to see and the courage to act.