The Holy Cross Cougars waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with four straight wins but they left with five. They pulled ahead with a 76-75 photo finish over Ballard. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Holy Cross got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jacob Hand out in front who dropped a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. Hand has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael Loftis, who scored 24 points along with three steals.
Holy Cross has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 19-10 record this season. As for Ballard, their loss dropped their record down to 13-13.
Holy Cross does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Ballard also has no future games currently scheduled.
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