Box Score (CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.)- #8 Thomas More University men's basketball team defeated #12 Georgetown (Ky.) on Thursday evening (Feb. 17), 85-59. The Saints overall record improves to 24-3 and 18-2 in the conference.
- Graduate student Luke Rudy (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) drained the Saints first basket of the night with his first of seven 3-point shots he made of the night to put the Saints on the board (3-2).
- Sophomore Noah Pack (Georgetown, Ohio/Georgetown) would make a layup with 10:25 on the clock to extend the saints lead to 24-9.
- With 5:15 on the clock, sophomore Reid Jolly (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) drove to the basket for a layup to make it a 34-15 game.
- Graduate Student Garren Bertsch (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) made the Saints final basket of the first half with one free throw to go into the locker room with a 43-20 lead.
- Jolly led the Saints with 13 points and had two assists and one rebound.
- Rudy followed with 12 points and led the Saints with four rebounds.
- Redshirt junior Ryan Batte (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) led the team with four rebounds and four assists in the first half.
- Pack also recorded four rebounds to lead the Saints and had nine points.
- The Saints wre 66.6% (16-29) from the field, 50% (7-14), and 66.7% (4-6) from the free throw line in the first half.
- Batte made a jump shot to kick off the scoring for the Saints in the second half with 19:45 on the clock (45-20).
- Bertsch made a 3-point shot with 11:35 on the clock to make it a 56-31 game.
- With 5:43 on the clock, Rudy would make a 3-point shot to extend the Saints lead to 76-44.
- Sophomore Riley Haubner (Cincinnati, Ohio/La Salle) would make the teams final basket of the game to secure the Saints win.
- The Saints defeated Georgetown, 85-59.
- First year transfer Jacob Jones (Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville) would lead the Saints with 10 points and three assists in the second half.
- Rudy followed with nine points.
- Jolly led the Saints with three rebounds.
- The Saints were 62.5% (15-24) from the field, 66.7% (8-12) from the 3-point line, and 66.7% (4-6) from the free throw line in the second half.
- Rudy led the Saints with 21 points making seven 3-point shots, and had four rebounds and three assists.
- Pack followed with 15 points and had four rebounds and two assists.
- Jolly tallied 15 points, four rebounds, and three assists,
- Batte recorded six rebounds and five assists to lead the team and had eight points.
- Jones had five assists to lead the Saints and 12 points.
- The Saints were 58.5% (31-53) from the field, 57.7% (15-26) from the 3-point line, and 66.7% (8-12) from the free throw line.
The Saints return to the court for their final regular season game against Campbellsville (Ky.) on Saturday (Feb. 19) at 4:00 pm ET.
