Box Score (CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky.) — The 18th-ranked Thomas More University men's basketball team used a 19-0 first-half run to jump out to a big early lead and never looked back in a dominant 77-49 win at Campbellsville University on Thursday night (February 20, 2020) that extended the Saints' winning-streak to six games.
- Senior Max Knisley (Washington Court House, Ohio/Washington) made a three-pointer with 14:02 remaining in the half to tie the game at 10-10 and kick off a 19-0 Saints run that kept the Tigers off the scoreboard for nearly 10 minutes.
- Sophomore Ryan Batte (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) scored nine points during the run as the Saints jumped out to a 26-10 lead with 6:42 to play in the half.
- The Saints went into the break with a 32-23 lead.
- Thomas More shot 11-of-27 (40.7 percent) from the field and 5-of-12 (41.7 percent) from three-point range in the first half.
- Batte led the team with nine points and four rebounds in the first half.
- Knisley had eight points in the half.
- Batte and first-year Reid Jolly (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) each made layups early in the second half to push the Saints' lead back into double-figures at 36-23 with 18:33 left.
- Thomas More led by 18 points with 9:06 to go before a 17-2 run, which included seven points from junior Keegan Saben (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville), propelled the Saints to a 75-42 lead with 2:14 to play.
- The Saints were 16-of-27 (59.3 percent) from the field and 5-of-12 (41.7 percent) from beyond the arc, and a perfect 8-of-8 from the line in the second half.
- Thomas More out-rebounded Campbellsville 23-10 in the half.
- Saben scored a team-high nine points in the second half.
- Junior Luke Rudy (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) scored eight second-half points.
- Thomas More improved to 21-6 overall and 8-5 in Mid-South Conference play, and Campbellsville fell to 16-12 overall and 6-8 in the conference.
- Overall, the Saints were 27-of-54 (50.0 percent) from the field and 10-of-14 (41.7 percent) from long range, while knocking down 81.3 percent (13-of-16) of their free throws.
- Thomas More out-rebounded Campbellsville 42-25 and held an 11-4 edge in second chance points.
- Batte recorded a double-double with a game-high 15 points and 10 rebounds, adding three assists.
- Rudy finished with 13 points and six rebounds.
- Knisley had 11 points and five rebounds and drained all three of his three-point attempts.
- Jolly scored 11 points and pulled down four rebounds.
- Junior Garren Bertsch (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) and Saben each scored nine points.
- The Saints will remain on the road for a Mid-South matchup with Lindsey Wilson College on Saturday (February 22) at 5 p.m.
