Box Score (CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.) — The Thomas More University men's basketball team fell short, 84-75, against Lindsey Wilson College on Thursday night (January 23, 2020) in a Mid-South Conference game in which the two teams combined to make 32 three-pointers, including a school record-tying nine threes by Saints junior guard Luke Rudy (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills).
- Rudy scored the first eight points for the Saints, knocking down a three-pointer for the first basket of the game and following it with five free throws as Thomas More raced out to an early 8-3 lead in the game's opening minutes.
- Lindsey Wilson took the lead with an 8-0 run, broken up by a Reid Jolly (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) layup with 13:12 remaining in the half to make the score 15-14 in favor of the Blue Raiders.
- Thomas More went on a 16-0 run in the final minutes of the half during which Rudy made three three-pointers and Lindsey Wilson was held scoreless for nearly six minutes as the Saints pulled ahead, 40-26, before going into halftime with a 40-28 lead.
- The Saints shot 14-of-25 (56.0 percent) from the field and 7-of-14 (50.0 percent) from three-point range, and held the Blue Raiders to 9-of-25 (36.0 percent) from the field and 4-of-12 (33.3 percent) from beyond the arc.
- Rudy scored 20 points in the half with five made threes.
- Jolly and Noah Pack (Georgetown, Ohio/Georgetown) each had six points in the first half.
- Lindsey Wilson caught fire early in the second half, making seven consecutive three-pointers in a period of five minutes to erase a 12-point halftime deficit, despite Thomas More making four three-pointers of its own in that span, and take a 53-52 lead with 13:29 remaining.
- A Rudy three brought the Saints back to within one point with 10:13 remaining, but the Blue Raiders launched a 14-2 run to pull ahead 73-60 with 5:52 left.
- After Lindsey Wilson extended the lead to 19 points with 2:21 to go, Thomas More continued to fight and closed the game on a 10-0 run before falling 84-75.
- The Saints shot well in the second half, making 11-of-23 shots (47.8 percent) from the field and 8-of-14 (57.1 percent) from three-point range, but the Blue Raiders shot a red-hot 20-of-28 from the field (71.4 percent) and 13-of-17 (76.5 percent) from long range.
- Rudy had 12 second-half points on four three-pointers.
- Garren Bertsch (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) scored 11 points in the second half.
- Thomas More dropped to 14-5 overall and 2-5 in Mid-South Conference play, and Lindsey Wilson improved to 14-7 overall and 3-4 in the conference
- Both teams shot a higher percentage from three-point range than they did from the field, as the Saints shot 25-of-48 (52.1 percent) from the field and 15-of-28 (53.6 percent) from three-point range while the Blue Raiders were 29-of-53 (54.7 percent) from the field and 17-of-29 (58.6 percent) from beyond the arc.
- Lindsey Wilson converted 13 Thomas More turnovers into 27 points.
- Thomas More's largest lead of the game was 14 points with 1:05 left in the first half, and Lindey Wilson's largest lead was 19 points with 2:21 left in the second half.
- Rudy scored 32 points, joining Jolly and Keegan Saben (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) as the third different Saints player with a game of 30 or more points this season.
- Rudy's nine made three-pointers tied a school record set by Adam Gergen against Earlham College in 1996.
- Bertsch finished with 14 points with four made three-pointers.
- Pack had 12 points, four rebounds, and three blocks.
- Jolly scored eight points off the bench.
- Knisley led the team with five rebounds and seven assists.
- The Saints will remain at home for a Mid-South contest against Campbellsville University on Saturday, January 25, at the Connor Convocation Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m., following the women's game.
