Holy Cross, Boston U. players don masks, wear them during game

Gerrale Gates scored 19 points, Austin Butler added 18 and visiting Holy Cross won at Boston University 68-66 on Tuesday in a game in which both teams wore masks.

Masks were required — not just on the sidelines, but during the game — for both sides at Case Gym. It is believed to be the first men’s college basketball game with both teams in masks.

On Monday, BU wore masks in an 83-76 win at Holy Cross, but the Crusaders didn’t.

Judson Martindale chipped in 16 points, and Matt Faw had 13 for Holy Cross (1-1, 1-1 Patriot League). Butler also had seven rebounds

Jack Hemphill had 16 points for the Terriers (1-1, 1-1). Javante McCoy added 15 points and six rebounds. Sukhmail Mathon had 10 points. Daman Tate, the Terriers’ leading scorer heading into the contest at 26 points per game, shot only 14% (1 of 7).

Women’s basketball

No. 2 Louisville rolls: At Louisville, Ky., Dana Evans scored 22 of her careerhigh 29 points in the first half Tuesday to spur No. 2 Louisville to a 96-61 rout of UT Martin.

This was the second time the teams played each other in less than a month — a replacement for a postponed Louisville-North Carolina game.

The Cardinals (8-0) outscored the Skyhawks (2-3) 28-11 in the second quarter to lead 49-24 at halftime. Evans, who scored a previous season high of 25 against UT Martin last month, made six 3-pointers to finish 10 of 12 from the field. She topped her previous best of 28 against Oklahoma State on Nov. 29, 2019.