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2017-18 Men's Basketball

11 Mitch Cross

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Marriottsville, Md.
  • Highschool Loyola-Blakefield

Biography

  • Three-year letter-winner at Scranton who played in 81 games, starting twice.
  • Averaged 6.2 points and 1.5 rebounds while shooting 39.2 percent from 3-point range, the 16th-best mark in team history.
  • Made 111 career 3-pointers, tied for 16th-most in Royals history.
  • Attempted 283 3-pointers, 17th-most in program history.
  • Transferred to Scranton after two years at West Virginia Wesleyan, an NCAA Division II institution in Buckhannon, W.V.
  • Redshirted in 2013-14 before averaging 1.7 points while shooting 37.5 percent from 3-point range in 2014-15.
  • Came to Scranton with three years of eligibility remaining.

Senior Year (2017-18)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Played in all 25 games, starting twice.
  • Averaged a career-high 9.4 points with 2.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists.
  • Made 47 3-pointers while shooting 41.8 percent from beyond the arc. 
  • Made two or more 3-pointers 13 times, including six games of three or more.
  • Shot 90.2 percent (46-for-51) from the free throw line.
  • Scored in double figures 12 times, including 20-plus twice.
  • Had a career-high 27 points against Ursinus on Dec. 19 in the Long Center. Made 7 of 8 3-point attempts (87.5 percent), tied for the second-highest single-game 3-point percentage in team history (minimum eight attempts).
  • Scored 24 points at Susquehanna on Feb. 14.

Junior Year (2016-17)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Played in all 29 games off the bench at shooting guard.
  • Averaged 5.6 points and 1.2 rebounds while shooting 42.0 percent from 3-point range. 
  • Made 42 3-pointers, second-most on the team.
  • Scored in double figures seven times.
  • Scored a career-high 14 points twice - in a 76-75 win over Cabrini on Nov. 22 and in a 75-40 victory over Gettysburg on Jan. 4.

Sophomore Year (2015-16)

  • Game-by-Game Statistics
  • Made his Scranton debut by playing in all 27 games off the bench.
  • Averaged 4.0 points, 1.1 rebounds and 0.7 assists in 13.4 minutes.
  • Shot 31.9 percent from 3-point range, making 22 from long range.
  • Shot 85.7 percent from the free throw line.
  • Scored in double figures twice -- 13 in his Royals debut in a 94-68 win over Bryn Athyn on Nov. 13, and 13 again in a 79-74 loss at Catholic on Feb. 20.

Awards & Honors

  • University of Scranton Athlete of the Week (Dec. 19, 2016; Jan. 2, 2018)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018)

High school/personal

  • Earned second-team honors in the Baltimore Catholic League as a senior.
  • Averaged 18 points, four rebounds and four assists as a senior at Loyola-Blakefield.
  • Is the son of Jeffrey & Chantal Cross.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2015-16Redshirt

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    2016-17Junior

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    2017-18Senior

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