2024–25 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team

2024–25 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball
ConferencePatriot League
Record19–12 (11–7 Patriot)
Head coach
  • Candice Green (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Kat Fogarty
  • Paige Corkins
Home arenaHart Center
2024–25 Patriot League women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Lehigh † 15 – 3   .833 27 – 7   .794
Army 14 – 4   .778 25 – 8   .758
Colgate 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697
Navy 11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613
11 – 7   .611 19 – 12   .613
Bucknell 11 – 7   .611 17 – 14   .548
Lafayette 6 – 12   .333 10 – 21   .323
Boston University 5 – 13   .278 12 – 19   .387
Loyola 3 – 15   .167 9 – 21   .300
American 1 – 17   .056 1 – 29   .033
† 2025 Patriot League tournament winner

The 2024–25 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team represented the College of the Holy Cross during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crusaders, who were led by first-year head coach Candice Green, played their home games at the Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts as members of the Patriot League.

The Crusaders finished the season 19–12, 11–7 in Patriot League play, to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.[1] They defeated in Navy in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League tournament[2] before being eliminated by Lehigh in the semifinals.[3]

Previous season

The Crusaders finished the 2023–24 season 21–13, 11–7 in Patriot League play, to finish as the Patriot League regular-season champions.[4] They defeated Bucknell,[5] Loyola (MD)[6] and Boston University to win the Patriot League tournament championship for the second consecutive year, to earn the Patriot League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[7] They received the #16 seed in the Albany Regional 2,[8] where they defeated fellow #16 seed UT Martin in the First Four[9] before falling to top region seed and eventual tournament runner-up Iowa in the first round.[10]

On August 20, 2024, head coach Maureen Magarity announced that she would be stepping down from her head coaching position after four seasons, citing family reasons,[11] with assistant coach Candice Green being named the interim head coach for the 2024–25 season.[12]

Preseason

On October 16, 2024, the Patriot League released their preseason coaches poll. Holy Cross was picked to finish sixth in the Patriot League regular season.[13]

Preseason rankings

Patriot League preseason poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Loyola (MD) 148 (10)
2 Colgate 120 (5)
3 Lehigh 109
4 Army 108 (1)
5 Boston University 106 (2)
6 Holy Cross 102 (2)
7 Navy 101
8 Bucknell 51
9 Lafayette 30
10 American 25

Source:[13]

Preseason All-Patriot League Team

No Crusaders were named to the Preseason All-Patriot League Team.[13]

Roster

2024–25 Holy Cross Crusaders women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 4 Meg Cahalan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr St. John Vianney High School Middletown, NJ
G 5 Kaitlyn Flanagan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School Plymouth Meeting, PA
G 10 Stella Gougoufkas 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr James Madison High School Vienna, VA
G 21 Janie Bachmann 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So St. John Vianney High School Holmdel, NJ
F 22 Simone Lewis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Georgetown Visitation Prep Lanham, MD
G 23 Grace Munt 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Fair Haven, NJ
G 24 Simone Foreman 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr St. Andrew's Episcopal School Odenton, MD
G 25 Hannah Griffin 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Gwynedd Mercy Academy Conshohocken, PA
G 32 Kendall Eddy 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Providence Haverhill, MA
G 33 Mary-Elizabeth Donnelly 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Manasquan High School Manasquan, NJ
G 34 Lauren Huber 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Libertyville High School Libertyville, IL
F 35 Lindsay Berger 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Parkland High School Orefield, PA
F 44 Gracynn Gough 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Charlotte Catholic High School Charlotte, NC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: May 12, 2025

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Quinnipiac L 74–78  0–1
 Hart Center (1,014)
Worcester, MA
November 9, 2024*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at UMass Lowell W 61–49  1–1
 Costello Athletic Center (276)
Lowell, MA
November 13, 2024*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Brown W 68–53  2–1
 Pizzitola Sports Center (326)
Providence, RI
November 16, 2024*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Vermont L 50–67  2–2
 Patrick Gym (877)
Burlington, VT
November 20, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+/NESN 		at UMass W 75–70  3–2
 Mullins Center (940)
Amherst, MA
November 23, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Boston College L 55–81  3–3
 Hart Center (1,074)
Worcester, MA
November 26, 2024*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at New Hampshire W 57–43  4–3
 Lundholm Gym (181)
Durham, NH
December 3, 2024*
7:00 p.m., SNY 		at No. 2 UConn L 52–88  4–4
 Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,299)
Storrs, CT
December 8, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Stony Brook W 73–56  5–4
 Hart Center (391)
Worcester, MA
December 17, 2024*
10:30 a.m., ESPN+ 		Marist W 66–49  6–4
 Hart Center (3,077)
Worcester, MA
December 21, 2024*
1:00 p.m., FloHoops/NESN 		at Northeastern W 61–37  7–4
 Cabot Center (189)
Boston, MA
Patriot League regular season
January 2, 2025
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Loyola (MD) W 49–46  8–4
(1–0) 		Reitz Arena (225)
Baltimore, MD
January 5, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		American W 69–61  9–4
(2–0) 		Hart Center (872)
Worcester, MA
January 8, 2025
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Navy L 56–67  9–5
(2–1) 		Alumni Hall (501)
Annapolis, MD
January 11, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Lafayette W 75–69  10–5
(3–1) 		Hart Center (753)
Worcester, MA
January 15, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Bucknell W 63–37  11–5
(4–1) 		Hart Center (601)
Worcester, MA
January 18, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at American W 76–44  12–5
(5–1) 		Bender Arena (590)
Washington, D.C.
January 22, 2025
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		at Army W 61–52  13–5
(6–1) 		Christl Arena (478)
West Point, NY
January 25, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Loyola (MD) W 53–27  14–5
(7–1) 		Hart Center (1,067)
Worcester, MA
January 27, 2025
4:00 p.m., CBSSN 		at Boston University
Turnpike Trophy 		L 49–52  14–6
(7–2) 		Case Gym (1,632)
Boston, MA
February 1, 2025
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Lehigh L 47–60  14–7
(7–3) 		Stabler Arena (941)
Bethlehem, PA
February 8, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+/NESN 		Boston University
Turnpike Trophy 		W 60–47  15–7
(8–3) 		Hart Center (2,517)
Worcester, MA
February 12, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Colgate L 51–73  15–8
(8–4) 		Cotterell Court (186)
Hamilton, NY
February 15, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Lehigh L 59–69 OT 15–9
(8–5) 		Hart Center (1,006)
Worcester, MA
February 19, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+/NBCSP 		at Lafayette W 83–42  16–9
(9–5) 		Kirby Sports Center (463)
Easton, PA
February 22, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Navy L 57–66  16–10
(9–6) 		Hart Center (1,302)
Worcester, MA
February 26, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Colgate W 59–55  17–10
(10–6) 		Hart Center (562)
Worcester, MA
March 1, 2025
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Bucknell W 67–60  18–10
(11–6) 		Sojka Pavilion (614)
Lewisburg, PA
March 5, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Army L 46–64  18–11
(11–7) 		Hart Center (614)
Worcester, MA
Patriot League tournament
March 10, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(5) at (4) Navy
Quarterfinals 		W 66–52  19–11
 Alumni Hall (539)
Annapolis, MD
March 13, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(5) at (1) Lehigh
Semifinals 		L 44–65  19–12
 Stabler Arena (868)
Bethlehem, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Sources:[14][15]

References

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