(CRESTVIEW HILLS, KY)-Thomas More University women's basketball beat the Malone Pioneers on Thursday (December, 7th) by a score of 63 to 46. The Saints move to an overall record of 4-3 on the season and a Great Midwest Athletic Conference record of 2-1.
- Senior Alex Smith (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mercy McAuley) makes a layup to get the Saints started off an assist from sophomore Rylee Turner (Newport, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) (2-0).
- Alex Smith puts the Saints back in front with a three pointer off an assist from first year Morgan Hunt (Hollansburg, OH / Tri-Village) (11-10).
- First year Rylee Leonard (Sardinia, Ohio/Eastern Brown) goes on a five point scoring run to extend the Saint lead to six (20-14).Â
- Morgan Hunt drains a three pointer off a Rylee Leonard assist before the end of the quarter (23-16).
- Senior Maggie Jones (Piner, Ky./Simon Kenton) knocks down a three to get the Saints started in the second quarter off an assist from Rylee Turner.
- Senior Kelly Brenner (Cincinnati, Ohio/Roger Bacon) extends the Saint lead to double digits with a three pointer off an assist from senior Rachel Martin (Cincinnati, OH / Summit Country Day) (33-23).
- Sophomore Natalie Noel (Salem, IN / Salem) makes a layup off an assist from Rylee Leonard before the half (36-28).
- Thomas More went to the break up 37Â to 28.
- The Saints shot 41.9% from the field and 30.8% from beyond the three point line.
- Alex Smith led the Saints with 7 points.
- Rylee Turner led the Saints in rebounds with 5 to go with 6 points.
- Rylee Turner kicked off the second half for the Saints with a layup in the paint (39-28).
- Rachel Martin hit a three pointer off a pass from Rylee Turner to extend the Thomas More lead to 13.
- Rylee Leonard makes a driving layup, then converts on two free throws to push the Saint's lead to 17 with a minute to go in the quarter (48-31).
- Rachel Martin scored the first Thomas More points in the fourth quarter on a fast break layup (50-37).
- Rylee Turner scores on back to back trips down the court for the Saints to make it a 15 point game (54-39).
- Rachel Martin makes a three point in the final minute to push the Saint lead to 17 (63-46).
- Rachel Martin led the Saints with 12 second half points.
- Rylee Turner finished with 10 points in the second half.
- Rylee Turner recorded 16 points, and team highs in rebounds with 9, assists with 4, and steals with 5.
- Rachel Martin recorded 16 points to go with 4 steals in the game.
- Alex Smith tallied 7 points and 7 rebounds in the ball game.

The Saints return to action on Saturday (December, 9th) when the host the #1 Ashland University Eagles at the Connor Convocation Center. It will be Alumni Day for the Thomas More Women's Basketball program with a special jersey retirement presentation for former Saint Madison Temple '19 before the game. Tip-off is set for 1:00 PM.