Basketball Recap: Holy Cross Extends Winning Streak to Nine

Lancers

Previous Games

02/03/25 vs Pemberton	54-53
02/02/25 vs Egg Harbor Township	77-48
01/30/25 vs Pennsauken	56-49
01/28/25 vs Moorestown Friends	69-34
01/27/25 vs Atlantic City	53-51
+ 4 more games

Holy Cross waltzed into their contest on Monday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 54-53 victory over the Pemberton Hornets. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Hornets are ranked 220th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Holy Cross' win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.4 points per game. As for Pemberton, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-11.

Holy Cross has already played their next game (against Medford Tech), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Pemberton will square off against Mainland Regional at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.