Crestview Hills, Ky. - The women's basketball program at Thomas More defeated the Golden Bears of West Virginia Tech by a score of 66-44. With the win the Saints move to 1-0 on the year.
- Thomas More would jump out to an early 3-0 lead as junior Emily Simon (Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Davidson) would make the first basket of the early season for the Saints 19 seconds in.
- Junior Summer Secrist would grow the lead to 8-0 in favor of Thomas More after Simon found her in transition for a layup with 4:47 remaining in the first quarter.
- Secrist would score six of the final eight points in the half to take a 16-11 lead into quarter two.
- Graduate forward Alexah Chrisman (Greendale, Ind./McAuley) opened up the scoring in the second quarter with six straight points to increase the lead to 22-11.
- Junior Mackenzie Schwarber (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) would make a layup with 3:44 remaining in the second quarter to give Thomas More a 29-16 lead.
- Chrisman would end the second quarter the same way it was started with her scoring a basket to give the Saints a 31-18 lead heading into the half.
- Simon scored the first five points of the third quarter to increase the lead to 18 at 36-20 with 8:34 remaining in the third.
- Junior Courtney Hurst (Burlington, Ky./Conner) would score her first two points of the night with a layup at the halfway mark in the third to grow the lead to 22.
- Sophomore Kelly Brenner (Cincinnati, Ohio/Roger Bacon would drain a three-pointer at the end of the third to take the lead to 52-28 heading into the fourth.
- Sophomore Sammi Whiteman (Covington, Ohio/Covington) started the scoring in the fourth for Thomas More eight seconds in to make the score 54-28 in favor of the Saints.
- At the 7:35 mark of the fourth sophomore Maggie Jones (Piner, Ky./Simon Kenton) made a jump shot to make the lead 61-28.
- Simon capped off the night in scoring for Thomas More to bring the final to 66-44 and a Thomas More Saints victory.
The women's basketball team return action on Friday, November 11, when they travel to Mount Vernon, Ohio to take on Round of 16 opponent Mount Vernon Nazarene at 5 p.m. ET.
