Box Score (WILLIAMSBURG, Ky.)-#7 Thomas More University men's basketball fall to Cumberlands (Ky.) on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 5), 78-73. The Saints overall record falls to 20-3 overall and 14-2 in conference.
- Sophomore Noah Pack (Georgetown, Ohio/Georgetown) drained a 3-point jump shot to start off the scoring for the Saints with 18:35 on the clock to give the team a 3-0 lead.
- Graduate Student Luke Rudy (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) hit a 3-pointer to extend the Saints lead to 16-12 with 12:37 to play in the first half.
- Sophomore Reid Jolly (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) made the final eight points of the half for the Saints to go into the locker roo trailing 29-36.
- Jolly led the Saints with 10 points and had two rebounds in the first half.
- Redshirt junior Ryan Batte (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) followed with nine points and two rebounds.
- Pack led the team defensively with five rebounds and had five points.
- The Saints were 44% (11-25) from the field, 40% (2-5) from the 3-point line, and 83.3% (5-6) from the free throw line in the first half.
- Batte hit a jumper for the first basket of the second half for the Saints to make it a 31-36 game with 19:45 on the clock.
- With 13:13 to play, first year Casey George (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North) drove to the basket for a layup to take the lead for the first time in the second half (48-46).
- With 2:18 to play, Jolly made a layup to put the Saints down by two (66-68).
- Batte led the Saints in the second half with 13 points and had two rebounds and one assist.
- Jolly followed with 10 points and one assist and led the Saints with seven rebounds.
- The Saints were 51.4% (18-35) from the field, 30.8% (4-13) from the 3-point line, and 44.4% (4-9) from the free throw line in the second half.
- Batte tallied 22 points to lead the team and had four rebounds and one assist.
- Jolly followed with 20 points and one assist and led the team with nine rebounds.
- First year transfer Jacob Jones (Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville) tallied four assists to lead the Saints and had six points and two rebounds.
- The Saints were 49.2% (25-59) from the field, 35.3% (6-17) from the 3-point line, and 75% (9-12) from the free throw line.
The Saints return to the Connor Convocation Center on Thursday (Feb. 10) against Freed Hardeman at 8:00 pm ET.
