(FINDLAY, OH)- Thomas More University men's basketball team lost to Findlay on Thursday evening (Jan 11), by a score of 63 to 47. The Saints overall record falls to 10-6 and 5-3 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. Graduate Student
Reid Jolly (Alexandria, KY / Campbell County) moved into second on the Thomas More program career scoring list. Jolly now has a total of 2080 career points.
- Reid Jolly put the Saints on the scoreboard first with a jumper off an assist from junior Casey George (Pickerington, OH / Pickerington North) (2-2).
- First year Carson Browne (Cincinnati, OH / Elder) put the Saints in front with a layup at the 17 minute mark (4-2).
- Junior Wyatt Vieth (Hebron, KY / St. Henry) knocked down a three point shot off an assist from junior Jacob Jones (Jeffersonville, IN / Jeffersonville) (9-4).
- Casey George knocks down two jumpers and extends the Saint lead to seven points at 13:35 to go in the half (13-6).
- Reid Jolly knocks down a jumper to give the Saints an 11 point lead midway thru the half (17-6).
- Jacob Jones finds redshirt Sophomore Cody Teten (Florence, KY / St. Henry) for a three pointer to extend the Thomas More lead to 14 (20-6).
- Casey George ends an Oiler run with a jump shot with 6:32 to go in the half (24-15).
- Sophomore Mitchell Rylee (Fort Mitchell, KY / Covington Catholic) scores off an assist from Casey George with 1:20 to go in the half (28-25).
- Thomas More takes a halftime lead of 28 to 25.
- Saints shot 13 fo 31 (41.9%) from the field and 2 for 10 (20%) from beyond the three point line in the first half.
- Reid Jolly gets the Saints started in the second half with basket in the paint (30-25).
- Jacob Jones makes a jump shot to push the Saint lead to 7 with 18:11 to go (32-25).
- Carson Browne knocks down a three pointer off an assist from Wyatt Vieth to make it an eight point game (35-27).
- First year Nathan Dudukovich (West Chester, OH / Lakota West) ends an Oiler run with a three pointer off an assist from Casey George (38-39).
- With 8:53 to go, Reid Jolly makes a free throw to move into second for career points in a Thomas More uniform (39-49).
- Saints shot 19 for 51 (37.3%) from the field and 4 for 20 (20%) from beyond the three point line for the game.
- Thomas More falls to Findlay by a score of 63 to 47.
- Reid Jolly led the Saints with 13 points in the contest to go with 6 rebounds.
- Casey George tallied 10 points, 7 rebounds and a team high 4 assists.
- Jacob Jones recorded a team high 8 rebounds to go with 3 assists and 5 points.
The Saints return to action on Saturday (Jan 13) when they host Hillsdale at the Connor Convocation Center. Tip-off is scheduled for 3:00 PM.
