Villanova Women's Basketball hosted Holy Cross yesterday live at the Finneran Finneran Pavilion in front of a great crowd as they improve to 3-1 on the season with a 63-53 victory over Holy Cross. Coming into this game Lucy Olsen from Villanova was the big headline after a 40 pont performance in her last game and having a fantastic season so far. She didn't put up 40 in this game but they got contributions from her teammates and played great team basketball.
Lucy Olsen got things started for Villanova early against Holy Cross while her teammates got into the scoring action after. They had strong first quarter getting all the momentum leading 26-14 heading into the second quarter with Holy Cross struggling to find open buckets. Villanova had success getting to the basket, hitting the three pointers and drawing fouls. The second quarter would be different for both teams as it was more a defensive quarter.
Holy Cross and Villanova were struggling to shoot the ball in beginning of second quarter and playing for defense. Holy Cross made a run in the second quarter getting some momentum back as they gave up only 8 points and scored 13 cutting the lead to 7 heading into halftime. The defense was better for Holy Cross, found open teammates and got better looks at the basket. Both sides kept drawing fouls in the game and a couple of and ones for Holy Cross.
Villanova did a great job of playing their game while Holy Cross kept making runs and made it interesting in the second half. Not only Lucy Olsen was in double figures in points, you also had Maddie Webber with 13, Bella Runyan with a career high in points 13 and her first career double double with Villanova finishing with 13 rebounds. The biggest difference in this game was contributions from their bench also who had some key buckets. Holy Cross did a fantastic job of keeping the game close till the end but wasn't enough as they fall to 2-3 on the season.
Photo Credit 📹 Mike Franco
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