#10 Men's Basketball Comes up Short to Cumberland (Tenn.) on the Road

(LEBANON, Tenn.)-#10 Thomas More University men's basketball team fell to Cumberland (Tenn.) on Thursday evening (January 12),78-75. The Saints overall record falls to 14-3 and 9-3 in conference.

• Sophomore Wyatt Vieth (Burlington, Ky./St. Henry) kicked off the scoring for the Saints with a layup to make it a 2-0 game with 19:45 on the clock. 
• With 14:44 to play in the first half, redshirt junior Reid Jolly (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) made a jump shot to put the Saints up 10-7.
• Sophomore transfer Kyle Ross (St. John, Ind./Lake Central) hit a jump shot with 6:04 to play to put the Saints within six (24-30).
• Reid Jolly made a layup and one for the Saints final basket of the first half with 41 seconds to make it a 34-41 game.
• The Phoenix would have a 34-43 lead going into the locker room at the half.
• Reid Jolly would lead the Saints with 15 points and one assist and tallied one rebound in the first half.
• Wyatt Vieth followed with seven points and one rebound.
• Kyle Ross led the team defensively with three rebounds and had six points.
• Sophomore Jacob Jones (Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville), redshirt junior Noah Pack (Georgetown, Ohio/Georgetown), and sophomore Casey George (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North) also led the team in assists with one.
• The Saints were 53.3% (16-30) from the field, 16.7% (1-6) from the 3-point line, and 100% (1-1) from the free throw line in the first half.

• Reid Jolly started things off for the Saints in the second half, draining a 3-point shot with 18:25 on clock to make it a 37-47 game. 
• Noah Pack knocked in a 3-point basket with 12:50 to play to put the Saints within six (49-56).
• With 5:55 to play, Wyatt Vieth drove to the rim for a layup to make it a 60-64 game. 
• Noah Pack hit a 3-point shot with 35 seconds left to put the Saints down by five.
• Jacob Jones would make a layup for the Saints final basket of the game with one second to play (75-78) to put the team just short to the Phoenix.
• Jacob Jones led the second half with 12 points and had two rebounds and one assist.
• Noah Pack recorded five rebounds to lead the team and had nine points and two assists.
• Wyatt Vieth had five rebounds and three assists to lead the Saints in the second half and had eight points.
• Reid Jolly had nine points, two rebounds, and two assists.
• The Saints were 48.1% (13-27) from the field, 53.3% (8-15) from the 3-point line, and 70% (7-10) from the free throw line in the second half.

• Reid Jolly led the team with 24 points and three assists and had three rebounds.
• Jacob Jones recorded 16 points, four rebounds, and two assists.
• Wyatt Vieth had three assists to lead the team and had 15 points and six rebounds.
• Noah Pack tallied seven rebounds and three assists to lead the team and had 11 points.
• Kyle Ross had nine points and three rebounds.
• The Saints were 50.9% (29-57) from the field, 42.9% (9-21) from the 3-point line, and 72.7% (8-11) from the free throw line.

The Saints return to action in Pulaski, Tenn. against UT Southern on Saturday (January 14) at 4:00 pm ET.