For the second time in as many meetings this season, a defensive stand in the game's waning seconds gave the Navy women's basketball team a narrow victory over Holy Cross on Saturday. The Mids (15-5, 8-1 Patriot League) edged the Crusaders (5-15, 3-6), 73-71, at the Hart Center in Worcester, Mass.
Saturday's game was after Navy defeated Holy Cross 57-56 back on Jan. 2 in Annapolis.
"It is nice to get a win on the road against a good team coming off of a good win, particularly when we didn't play well and shoot well," said Navy head coach Stefanie Pemper who has now swept Holy Cross five times and has a 7-2 record against the Crusaders at Holy Cross after the Navy program never swept the Crusaders and had just one win at the Hart Center in its first 17 seasons in the Patriot League.