(CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.) – Thomas More University senior forward Emily Schultz (Melbourne, Ky./Bishop Brossart) became the 20th Thomas More women's basketball student-athlete to score 1,000 career points and the 20th-ranked Saints defeated the University of the Virgin Islands, 95-36, tonight (Tuesday, December 17, 2019) at the Connor Convocation Center in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
- Schultz scored her 1,000th career point on a lay-up with 8:32 to play in the first quarter.
- The Saints led 27-10 after one quarter and 58-18 at halftime.
- Thomas More shot 51.3 percent (20-of-39) from the field, including 45.5 percent (10-of-22) from behind the three-point arc.
- Senior guard Kaela Saner (Florence, Ky./Boone County) scored 12 points.
- First-year guard Courtney Hurst (Burlington, Ky./Conner) had 12 points and three assists.
- First-year guard Zoie Barth (Fort Thomas, Ky./Highlands) tallied eight points, dished out five assists and had four rebounds.
- The Saints led 72-26 after the third quarter and outscored Virgin Islands 23-10 in the fourth.
- Thomas More shot 37.9 percent (11-of-29) from the field in the second half and made 13-of-17 free throws (76.5 percent).
- Sophomore guard Lucy Carrigan (Rising Sun, Ind./Rising Sun) and junior guard Syarra Sellers (Aurora, Ohio/Aurora) both scored seven points in the fourth quarter.
- Thomas More improved to 9-2, while Virgin Islands fell to 0-11.
- The Saints shot 31-of-68 from the field (45.6 percent) and 12-of-30 from three-point range (40 percent).
- Thomas More shot 29 free throws and made 21 (72.4 percent).
- The Saints outrebounded Virgin Islands 51-27, and hauled in 21 offensive rebounds.
- Thomas More forced 24 turnovers.
- The Saints held a 30-4 edge in the paint and a 22-5 advantage in points off turnovers.
- Saner led all scorers with 15 points.
- Hurst finished with 12 points and three assists.
- Barth scored 10 points and added six rebounds and five assists.
- Schultz finished with six points and seven rebounds.
- Carrigan tallied 10 points off the bench.
- Junior guard Briana McNutt (Maysville, Ky./Mason County) finished with eight points and four rebounds.
- Sellers scored nine points and had five rebounds.
- First-year guard Summer Secrist (Taylor Mill, Ky./Scott) scored nine points.
- The Saints travel to Chandler, Arizona December 19-21 to compete in the Phoenix Frontier Classic.
- Thomas More will open the tournament against the University of Montana Western at 6 p.m. Eastern/4 p.m. Mountain on Thursday (December 19).
