Holy Cross Women's Basketball 2026 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Holy Cross Crusaders
 
Patriot (23-9, 14-4)
 
 
Big Wins: 12/16Vermont (46-45), 1/3 at Navy (66-55)
Bad Losses: 11/16 at Marist (77-78), 1/7 Lehigh (57-60)
Coach: Candice Green
 
Probable Starters:
Meg Cahalan, Senior, Forward, 15.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 2.0 apg
Kendall Eddy, Junior, Guard, 8.0 ppg, 2.7 apg, 3.0 rpg, 2.2 spg
Mary-Elizabeth Donnelly, Senior, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 1.7 apg, 6.5 rpg
Simone Foreman, Senior, Guard, 8.5 ppg, 1.0 apg, 7.3 rpg
Kaitlyn Flanagan, Senior, Guard, 9.1 ppg, 4.2 apg, 2.7 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Hannah Griffin, Junior, Guard, 3.3 ppg, 1.6 apg, 2.9 rpg
Janie Bachmann, Junior, Guard, 5.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 60.4 (280th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 57.1 (24, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.6 (173, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.3 (47, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.1 (278, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 27.1 (313, 9)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.8 (102, 6)
Rebound Margin: 1.7 (156, 4)
Assists Per Game: 14.5 (91, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 14.7 (91, 5)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2024NCAAFirst Four win over UT Martin
2024NCAARound of 64 loss to Iowa
2023NCAARound of 64 loss to Maryland
2022NITFirst Round loss to Colombia
2012WBIFirst Round win over New Hampshire
2012WBIQuarterfinal loss to Manhattan
2007NCAARound of 64 loss to Duke
2005NCAARound of 64 loss to Ohio State
2003NCAARound of 64 loss to Penn State
2002NITFirst Round loss to Vermont
2001NCAARound of 64 loss to Florida 
 
*all team stats through 3/5