Hamilton, NY — Jave Meade made the first of two free throws with 1.3 seconds remaining in overtime to lift Holy Cross College (18-4, PL 8-1) to a 92-91 win over °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê (9-13, PL 4-5) in a Patriot League game Wednesday night at Cotterell Court.
Holy Cross remains in first place in the Patriot League while °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê is tied for fifth place with Bucknell.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê had tied the contest 91-91 on 3-pointer from the corner with seven seconds left, and he was fouled on the shot. Blue missed the foul shot to prevent the Raiders from taking the lead.
Junior paced °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê with a career-high 35 points, the most by a Raider since the 1996-97 season when Adonal Foyle scored 37 against Siena College. Blue finished with 17 points and added 16 points and six rebounds.
After °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê scored the opening basket of the game, Holy Cross went ahead on Brian Wilson’s 3-pointer and move out to a 42-35 halftime advantage. In the second half, the visitors led by as many as 11 points with 7:49 remaining, 69-58.
Linebaugh scored 10 of the next 12 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê points to bring the Raiders to within one point, 71-70, with 4:51 left. Holy Cross continued to lead until Linebaugh made two free throws with four seconds remaining to send the contest into overtime.
Linebaugh finished the contest by scoring eight of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê’s 13 points in overtime.
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê shot 61 percent from the field, while Holy Cross made 53 percent. The Crusaders won the battle of the boards, 33-26, led by Patrick Whearty with 12.
GAME NOTES: Linebaugh’s 35 points moved him into 24th place on the school’s all-time scoring list with 914 points ‘ Blue scored his 800th career point ‘ °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê equaled its season-high for 3-pointers with 10-of-17 ‘ Linebaugh made 5-of-7 from behind the arc … The Raiders’ 91-point effort was the best effort this season against Holy Cross. The Crusaders entered the game surrendering only 58.3 points per game, the third-best mark in the nation.