UAlbany vs Holy Cross prediction: Holy Cross finally comes home, and UAlbany's new guards are waiting
After two road routs, Holy Cross opens the Hart Center against a rebuilt UAlbany team led by a pair of high-usage guards who have not yet found their three-point range.
- UAlbany's guards should control the ball against a Holy Cross defense that has forced almost nothing, but neither team shoots well enough to pull away.
- Ollie Engen and Tyler Jones running UAlbany's offense against a Holy Cross defense ranked 363rd in forced turnover rate.
- No line is posted yet. Holy Cross went over in both games so far, while UAlbany's Manhattan game stayed under 147.5.
Two beatings and a home opener
Holy Cross has spent the first week of the season absorbing punches. It lost 103-59 at Rhode Island and 95-66 at Villanova, and now it finally plays in Worcester. The raw numbers from those two nights are grim. Opponents posted a 61.0% effective field goal percentage, a shooting measure that counts threes as 1.5 makes, which ranks 347th nationally.
Context matters here. Villanova ranked 39th in last season's opponent-adjusted net rating, and those games say more about the gap in talent than about this matchup. UAlbany is a different class of opponent. Both programs finished near the bottom of Division I in last season's adjusted net efficiency (points per 100 possessions, adjusted for opponents): UAlbany 317th, Holy Cross 329th. This is a game between two teams trying to find out who they are.
UAlbany vs Holy Cross: quick answers
When is UAlbany vs Holy Cross?
Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET.