#1 Women's Basketball Drains 9 Threes in Victory over Georgetown

(CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.) – The No. 1 ranked Thomas More University women's basketball team defeated the Georgetown (Ky.) Tigers on Thursday evening (January 19th) by a score of 79 to 51. The Saints move to an overall record of 20-0 and a Mid South Conference record of 14-0.

• Senior Emily Simon (Hilliard, Ohio / Hilliard Davidson) got the Saints started with a basket to give them an early lead.
• Junior Rachel Martin (Cincinnati, Ohio / Summit Country Day) knocked down a three pointer to put the Saints back out in front 5 to 2.
• Emily Simon follows that up with a three pointer of her own off an assist from Senior Zoie Barth (Fort Thomas, Ky. / Highlands).
• Zoie Barth then hits a three pointer off an assist from Emily Simon to give the Saints an 11 to 2 lead at the first media timeout.
• A pair of free throws from Emily Simon, and a layup from junior Alex Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio / Mercy McAuley) put the Saints up by 10.
• Alex Smith continues the Saints hot start with a three pointer off a Rachel Martin assist to make the score 18 to 5.
• Rachel Martin follows that up with a layup off an assist from senior Courtney Hurst (Burlington, Ky. / Conner) to make the score 20 to 5 and leading to another Georgetown timeout.
• Zoie Barth scores 4 straight Saint points and then junior Kelly Brenner makes a three pointer (Smith assist) to push the lead to 20.
• The Saints led after the first quarter 27 to 10.
• Emily Simon opened the second quarter with a layup for Thomas More.
• Layups from both Zoie Barth and Rachel Martin made the score 33 to 14 with 6 minutes to go in the opening half.
• Emily Simon ends the 3 minute Saint drought with a layup.
• Free throws from Zoie Barth and Alex Smith push the score to 40 to 21 Saints. 
• A last second steal and basket from junior Maggie Jones (Piner, Ky. / Simon Kenton) made the halftime score 42 to 21 Thomas More.
• Emily Simon and Zoie Barth led the Saints with 11 points each.
• Simon also recorded 5 rebounds.
• First year Rylee Turner (Newport, Ky. / Newport Central Catholic) led the team with 6 first half rebounds.

• Rachel Martin got the Saints rolling in the second half with a layup off an assist from Emily Simon.
• Zoie Barth knocks down back to back three pointers to push the Thomas More lead to 26 mid way thru the third quarter.
• A pair of Emily Simon free throws and a layup from junior Kelly Brenner (Cincinnati, Ohio / Roger Bacon) (Barth assist) make the score 55 to 27 Saints.
• Kelly Brennner makes a layup to push the lead to 30.
• A three pointer from junior Mattison Vickers (Covington, Ky. / Simon Kenton) off an assist from Alex Smith made the score 62 to 33.
• The score after the third quarter was 62 to 34 Thomas More.
• Alex Smith got the Saints going in the fourth with a layup to push the lead back to 30.
• A jumper by Courtney Hurst off a Vickers assist made it 66 to 36.
• Mattison VIckers finds Kelly Brenner for a layup with 6:48 to go.
• A three pointer from first year Natalie Noel (Salem, Ind. / Salem) off an assist from junior Sammi Whiteman (Covington, Ohio / Covington) made the score 73 to 39.
• Natalie Noel and Sammi Whiteman each knock down a shot to make it 77 to 43.
• Junior Hailie Morgan (Cincinnati, Ohio / Seton) makes a layup with 2 minutes to go.
• The Final Score is Thomas More 79, Georgetown 51.
• Thomas More made 9 threes, and shot 27 for 56 from the field.

• Zoie Barth led the Saints with 19 points. Also had 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
• Emily Simon recorded 14 points to go with her team high 9 rebounds.
• Rachel Martin recorded 9 points, 2 rebounds and an assist.
• Alex Smith had 9 points, 2 assists, and a rebound.
• Kelly Brenner had 9 points and 4 rebounds.

 

The #1 ranked Saints are back in action on Saturday (January, 21st) as they travel to Williamsburg, Ky. to face off with the Cumberlands (Ky.) Patriots. Tip-off is set for 1:00pm.