Holy Cross teams split results against Lakers

By PETER BREEN sports Writer

on a snowy south bend night, holy cross men’s and women’s basketball took on roosevelt University in a double header at mcKenna Arena. The women glided past Lakers, while the men fell just short in overtime.

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Turnovers have also plagued Louisville, who have averaged 16.6 per game, fourth-most in the country. notre d ame, meanwhile, averages just 9.4 turnovers, fourth-least nationally. Although the Irish did give the ball away 15 times against nc state. The Irish prefer to take their time and work to get the best possible shot off. however, that has seemingly contributed to the team’s late-game woes. When opposing defenses buckle down in the closing stages of the game, notre d ame has often been forced to hoist difficult shots late in the shot clock.

Against a team that turns the ball over as much as Louisville does, the Irish may benefit from making more of an effort to push the pace. That should provide easier opportunities to get to the rim or kick the ball out to a knockdown shooter.

notre d ame has been knocking on the door for several games but has not found their moment to break through and start stringing Acc victories together.

s aturday’s game represents as good an opportunity as any, and the Irish will look to improve upon their 9-5 home record and make the c ardinals wait a little bit longer for that elusive first conference win.

notre d ame will host Louisville at Purcell Pavilion on s aturday. The game tips off at noon. The matchup will be available on es Pn2 and notre d ame r adio network.

Contact Matthew Crow at mcrow@nd.edu sophomore forward Grace Adams won the 5:30 p.m. tip, and the saints didn’t look back from there. holy cross jumped out to a 11-0 lead, dominating the opening five minutes of play. At the close of the first quarter, the saints’ defensive resolve kept the Lakers down 22-8. roosevelt junior forward Jayla Turchin built some momentum to start out the second period, leading her team on a 6-0 run before holy cross could again crack the scoreboard. The three-point shot of michiana native and roosevelt graduate student guard meghan Urbanski also did not help the saint’s cause. A timeout, however, helped the saints kick their offense back on, and holy cross trotted off the court at the midpoint buzzer, up 45-28.

In a third quarter that brought many players in saint gray and Laker black to the foul line, freshman forward carly spradling and freshman guard Audrey Tallent were relentless in backing their team up with buckets.

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“Just going in as a team, I think a lot of the swimmers and divers are just way more confident than in the past,” Winters said. “I think a lot of people are just more excited to see what they can do compared to the past few years.” earlier this season, the saints came up three points short against the Lakers on the road in chicago. head coach Tom robbins knew that his team had to find a way to stop Urbanski if they wanted a different result this time around.

According to c hase, it’s been “nose to the grindstone” the past few weeks in terms of training. Though this meet will provide the Irish with a chance to get off the block in a competitiverace format, the main focus is about swimming for Tim — and the Irish’s 19 seniors. The community will rally around the seniors as they are recognized for their efforts and dedication over the past four years.

Three-fourths way through the matchup, holy cross stood assuredly at the helm, up 71-47.

A fourth quarter Laker fullcourt press proved to be ineffective. A layup from sophomore guard Anna Tallent closed out the affair — holy cross the victors, 93-58.

“We felt like we really needed to get to Urbanski,” robbins said. “she’s a local girl, played at mishawaka marian and she really hurt us the first time around. We just smothered her from three. she ended up with 11, but she had 10 in the first half. To hold her to one point in the whole second half I thought was key for us.”

Anticipating how Turchin might also be a problem, robbins set the dynamic Adams to the task.

“Turchin is pretty big for them,” robbins said. “so we had Grace Adams guard her, and she really did a nice job locking her down — held her to 10 points, which is about half of her average.”

The saints, now 13-10, will carry their momentum into Gary, Indiana saturday in a 2 p.m. matchup against Indiana

“This holds a special place in our hearts since it’s a community-based event,” Winters said. “A lot of parents come in, a lot of friends and family. It’s a nice meet to get all together.”

Three school record holders make up this senior group in coleen Gillilan, Jack hoagland and cason Wilburn. A resilient class, the class of 2023 has had to overcome the pandemic and major staffing changes among notre dame swim and dive.

“We’ve been through a lot here as a class at n otre d ame, and to see that we all finish together is definitely going to be a nice memory we will have forever,” Winters said.

A last career home meet is a bittersweet topic for Winters and chase. Along with the 17 other seniors, they are starting to reflect and take note of the little things that will soon

University northwest. Men fall to top-seeded Lakers in overtime

The holy cross men’s team, coming off an upset victory against olivet nazarene, took on another top-ranked chicagoland collegiate Athletic conference team in roosevelt. The battle between the saints in white and the Lakers in black was fought through diplomatic timeouts.

Too many missed long balls from the saints permitted the Lakers to jump out to a 15-9 lead 10 minutes into the game. by the end of half, holy cross, though only managing 21 points, clawed back to within 10 points.

The saints had their work cut out for them in the second half of play. Thankfully, the freshman duo of guard Phil robles II and forward Tommy snyder finally started to turn on the heat.

With 10 minutes to go in the ball game, it started to get interesting. holy cross cut down roosevelt’s lead to four points and then down to two with six minutes left on the clock. robles II nailed a three in the thirty-fifth minute to tie the game back up at 50 — electrifying the mcKenna Arena crowd. Read the remainder of the story at ndsmcobserver.com

Contact Peter Breen at pbreen2@nd.edu be gone.

“I think that in my mind and a lot of seniors’ minds, we aren’t looking forward to moving on,” chase said. “We look forward to practicing everyday and we’re excited to continue to race and finish out the season strong. It’ll be bittersweet at the end, and it’s something that you start to cherish a little bit more as the end of swimming at notre dame comes near. especially as you start to hit the final tally marks.”

The Irish seniors are prepared to make this final mark a memorable one. c ompetition begins at 10 a.m. on f riday morning. A f riday 5 p.m. session will follow, and a s aturday 11 a.m. session will close out the meet.

Contact Madeline Ladd at mladd2@nd.edu