#10 Men's Basketball Come up Short to UT Southern

(PULASKI, Tenn.)-#10 Thomas More University men's basketball team fell to UT Southern on Saturday (January 14), 80-74. The Saints overall record falls to 14-4 and 9-4 in conference.

• Redshirt junior Reid Jolly (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) hit a jump shot with 19:41 on the clock to kick off the scoring for the Saints (2-0).
• Redshirt junior Noah Pack (Georgetown, Ohio/Georgetown) drained a 3-point basket to put the Saints up by one with 13:07 to play in the first half (14-13).
• Sophomore Kyle Ross (St. John/Ind./Lake Central) drove to the rim for a layup to tie the game up with 3:58 on the clock (31-31).
• Reid Jolly made the final basket of the first half with 1:36 to play and extend the Saints lead to 38-35 going into the locker room at the half.
• Reid Jolly led the Saints with eight points in the first half.
• Noah Pack also tallied eight points to lead the team and recorded three rebounds and one assist.
• Casey George had seven points and two rebounds.
• Kyle Ross led the Saints defensively in the first half, bringing down four rebounds. He also had six points and one assist.
• Sophomore Jacob Jones (Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville) and redshirt first year Derek Eddings (Cincinnati, Ohio/La Salle) both led the team with two assists.
• The Saints were 57.7% (15-26) from the field, 40% (4-10) from the 3-point line, and 100% (1-1) from the free throw line in the first half. 

• Sophomore Casey George (Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington North) made a jump shot to start off the scoring for the Saints in the second half with 18:15 to play (40-39).
• With 11:54 to play, sophomore Wyatt Vieth (Burlington, Ky./St. Henry) knocked in a 3-point shot to help the Saints regain the lead (52-51).
• Reid Jolly made a jump shot with 6:02 to play, to put the Saints within one (60-61).
• Casey George made the Saints final basket of the game with 1:06 to play (74-76).
• The Fire Hawks defeated the Saints 80-74.
• Reid Jolly led the Saints with 10 points and had one rebound and one assist.
• Casey George followed with nine points and led the Saints with three rebounds.
• Wyatt Vieth had eight points and two rebounds.
• Noah Pack had three rebounds and two assists to lead the Saints in the second half and had seven points.
• Kyle Ross also had three rebounds to lead the team.
• The Saints were 46.7% (14-30) from the field, 10% (1-10) from the 3-point line, and 77.8% (7-9) from the free throw line in the second half.

• Reid Jolly led the team with 18 points and had one rebound and one assist.
• Casey George followed with 16 points, five rebounds, and one assist.
• Noah Pack recorded three assists to lead the team and had 15 points and six rebounds.
• Kyle Ross had seven rebounds to lead the team and had six points and one assist.
• Wyatt Vieth had 13 points and two rebounds.
• The Saints were 51.8% (29-56) from the field, 25% (5-20) from the 3-point line, and 84.6% (11-13) from the free throw line.

The Saints return to action on Thursday (January 19) in the Connor Convocation Center against #15 Georgetown at 7:30 pm ET.