(HILLSDALE, MI)- Thomas More University men's basketball team defeated Hillsdale on Thursday night (Jan 4), 71-70. Junior
Jacob Jones (Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville) knocked down a free throw in the final second of the game to give the Saints the victory. The Saints overall record improves to 10-4 and 5-1 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
- Junior Casey George (Pickerington, OH / Pickerington North) got the scoring started for the Saints with a layup to tie the game (2-2).
- Casey George continued a hot start with two more jumpers and a three pointer with 17:39 to go in the half to put the Saints in front by two (9-7).
- With 14:25 to go in the half, Jacob Jones scores back to back buckets to retake the lead for the Saints (13-11).
- Casey George and junior Kyle Ross (St. John, Ind./Lake Central) make buckets for the Saints in a back and forth stretch with 12 minutes to go in the half (17-16).
- A layup from first year Carson Browne (Cincinnati, OH / Elder) extends the Saints lead to three (19-16).
- Jacob Jones finds Kyle Ross for a layup with 4:55 to go in the half (23-28).
- First year Nathan Dudukovich (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West) scores off a pass from Kyle Ross to make it a five point game (25-30).
- Thomas More trailed at the half by a score of 32 to 25.
- The Saints shot 11-23 (47.8%) from the field, 1-6 (16.6%) from the three point line in the half.
- Casey George led the Saints at the break with 11 points.
- Kyle Ross has a team high 6 rebounds.
- Kyle Ross got the Saints started in the second half with a layup off a pass from Jacob Jones (27-34).
- Jacob Jones and Nathan Dudukovich make back to back layups to keep it at seven point game (31-38).
- With 15:24 to go, Casey George makes a layup and gets fouled. He made the free throw to make it a four point game (37-41).
- Two layups from Jacob Jones makes it a two point game with 13:34 to go (41-43).
- Nathan Dudukovich knocks down a three pointer to give the Saints the lead with 12:34 to go (44-43).
- Carson Browne drains a three point shot to extend the Saint lead to four (51-47).
- Browne will make his second three pointer with 7:39 to go to put the Saints in front by seven (56-49).
- Jacob Jones passes to Carson Browne for a dunk to keep the lead at seven (60-53).
- With 2:40 to go, Jacob Jones makes a layup to break the tie (66-64).
- Junior Wyatt Vieth (Hebron, KY / St. Henry) ties the game at 70 with a layup with 38 seconds to go.
- With less then a second to go, Jacob Jones got fouled and made a free throw to win the game for Thomas More (71-70).
- Thomas More shot 28-54 (51.9%) from the field and 4-14 (28.6%) from beyond the three point line.
- Casey George led the Saints with a team high 20 points in the contest. He also recorded 4 rebounds, a steal, block and two assists.
- Kyle Ross tallied 9 points, and a team high 10 rebounds in the contest along with 2 assists.
- Jacob Jones finished the game with 17 points and four assists for the Saints to go with the game winning free throw.
- Carson Browne recorded a career high 13 points in the contest behind 4-6 shooting from the field.
The Saints return to action on Saturday (Jan 6) when they travel to Cedarville, Ohio to face off against Cedarville University. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:14 PM.
