Box Score (Crestview Hills, Ky,)- Thomas More men's basketball team cruise by Lindsey Wilson to secure another Mid-South Conference win. The Saints outscored the Blue Raiders, 79-36 to improve their overall record to 10-4 and conference record to 8-4.
- Redshirt Junior Ryan Batte (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) started things off for the Saints making a 2-pt field goal, to put them in a 2-0 lead.
- With 12:29 on the clock, Junior Logan Swackhammer (Chillicothe, Ohio/Unioto) made a lay-up assisted by Batte, to start the Saints 22-0 run.
- Senior Garren Bertsch (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) made a 3-pointer to top off the Saints lead in the first half.
- Thomas More slid by Lindsey Wilson in the first half, 42-10.
- The Saints were 51.7% (15/29) from the field and 50% (8/16) from the 3-point line. They were 100% (4/4) from the free throw line.
- Their largest lead was by 34 points and the Saints had 23 rebounds.
- Sophomore Reid Jolly (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) led the team in the first half with 12 points. He had four rebounds and one assist.
- Batte followed with 11 points, four rebounds, and two assists.
- Senior Luke Rudy (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) had nine points.
- Leading the team with seven rebounds was Senior Keegan Saban (Centerville, Ohio/ Centerville), he also had two points and two assists.
- Jolly made two free throws to start the Saints off in the second half to continue their strong lead (44-13).
- With 2:19 left to play in the game First Year Elijah Howard (Newport, Ky./ Newport Central Catholic) swished a 3-pointer assisted by First Year Jalen Scott (Hebron, Ky/ Conner) to give the Saints their biggest lead of the game of 48 points (79-31).
- Thomas More outscored Lindsey Wilson 79-36.
- The Saints went 46.7% (14/30) from the field and 35.7% (5/14) from the 3-point line in the second half. They had 14 rebounds and their largest lead was by 48 points in the second half.
- Saben led the team with eight points and tied with four rebounds in the second half.
- Batte had seven points, one rebound, and two assists.
- Jolly followed with six points and two rebounds.
- Swackhammer tied for rebounds with four.
- Jolly and Batte tied for leading the team with 18 points. Jolly had six rebounds and one assist. Batte had five rebounds, four assists, and one block.
- Rudy followed behind with 12 points.
- Saben led the team with 11 rebounds. He had ten points and two assists.
- Swackhammer led the team with five assists and he had four rebounds.
- The Saints went 49.2% (29/59) from the field and 35.7% (13/30) from the 3-pt line and had 40 rebounds.
- Next up, the Saints travel to Marietta, Georgia to take on Life University (January 28) with a 6:00 pm Eastern tip-off.
