Muncy made its best and only charge at the Crusaders as Frey scored off an offensive rebound and a short jumper, and Eli Weikle, who also scored 10 points in the game, made a pair of free throws to close within 22-20. The powerful forward scored six straight points, and Hughes hit a 3-pointer for a 22-14 lead at 5:25. "We know if we kept doing that, we could establish fear early in the game." "Coach is always telling me and Gabe to control the boards and do a really good job on the interior," Tierney said. "That's what we did, and I thought it looked great."Īfter Muncy (20-7) started the game with a 3-pointer by Mike Fry, who finished with 10 points, Holy Cross built a 13-10 lead as Tierney scored six of his 12 points, Hosie had a 3-pointer, and Michael Hughes made layups on two fast breaks. "In practice, we do a bunch of drills to push the ball on fast breaks," Gonzales said. The more impressive numbers, however, came on 2-point field goals, where the Crusaders were 25 of 35, a direct result of the inside game and the fast-break offense. Holy Cross finished making 29 of 47 shots overall and had its third-best scoring game of the season. We knew that if we also spread them out and forced the ball inside, they weren't going to be able to stop us." "They played the 2-3 defense, and it is tough to score on it, so the best way to beat a zone is to push the ball ahead," Holy Cross senior guard Hayden Hosie said. Those misses created breakout opportunities, and Holy Cross pushed the action and converted several fast-break opportunities as it hit on all cylinders. The Crusaders also took advantage of Muncy's struggles shooting from the outside, as they made just 2 of their first 12 from beyond the 3-point arc. Holy Cross unleashed a fast-break attack while also pounding the ball inside to Gonzales and Tierney, who combined for 26 points in the paint, then to Matt Lyons, who came off the bench to hit for 12 inside. We game-planned against their 2-3 zone, and when they switched to man-to-man, we stayed patient, and our guards got us the ball, and we rolled." The coaches had us running all of our offenses. "We knew they were a pretty big team coming in," said Gonzales, who scored a game-high 14 points and had 11 rebounds.
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