Holy Cross has a date with Iowa and Caitlin Clark.
The Crusaders defeated UT Martin 72-45 in a wire-to-wire victory within the First 4 on Thursday. With the win — No. 16 Holy Cross’ first NCAA girls’s event victory since 1991 — the Crusaders will tackle the No. 1 seed Hawkeyes on Saturday.
Holy Cross senior Cara McCormack had a game-high 23 factors and 7 rebounds after flattening seven 3-pointers. Senior Bronagh Energy-Cassidy added 15 factors with three 3-pointers of her personal.
The Crusaders will face Iowa and Clark, who leads the NCAA in scoring (31.9 factors per sport), 3-pointers per sport (5.4) and threes made this season (454). This marks Clark’s closing March Insanity run after she declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft.
This is all the things to find out about Iowa’s first spherical March Insanity matchup:
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Holy Cross dominates UT Martin
The Crusaders have been cruising early, increase a 21-point halftime lead, 45-24, after flattening 10 3-pointers. McCormack knocked down six threes for 18 factors and 6 rebounds within the first half alone, whereas Energy-Cassidy added 11 factors and one block.
The Skyhawks shot 28.1% from the sector and 1-of-11 from three within the first quarter. No UT Martin participant reached double digits within the first half, however sophomore Anaya Brown and Love Mays each had eight factors.
UT Martin wasn’t capable of get a lot going within the second half. It was held to eight factors within the third quarter and completed the competition capturing 26.2% from the sector and 1-of-19 from three (5.3%).
Who will Holy Cross face subsequent in March Insanity?
The Crusaders will tackle Iowa, the No. 1 seed within the Albany 2 Area bracket, Saturday at 3 p.m. ET at Carver-Hawkeye Enviornment in Iowa Metropolis. The winner will advance to the second spherical to tackle the winner of No. 8 West Virginia and No. 9 Princeton.
When did Holy Cross final make NCAA girls’s event?
Holy Cross earned its first NCAA girls’s event win in over three many years on Thursday. The Crusaders have appeared within the NCAA Match 13 different instances, most not too long ago in 2023 when the No. 15 Crusaders misplaced to No. 2 Maryland, 93-61. Holy Cross has solely made it so far as the second spherical in 1991 and now has a 2-12 report within the event.