Women's Basketball Comes Up Short on the Road

(UNIVERSITY CENTER, MI)- Thomas More University's women's basketball team fell to Saginaw Valley State University on Thursday (December, 19th) night by a score of 57 to 54. Thomas More falls to an overall record of 4-6 on the season.

• Junior Rylee Turner (Newport, KY / Newport Central Catholic) scores the first Saint points of the night off an assist from sophomore Morgan Hunt (Hollansburg, OH / Tri-Village) to make it a one point game. (2-3)
• With 6:31 to go in the opening quarter, sophomore Desiree Tandy (Danville, KY / Danville) makes a bucket to give Thomas More a 6 to 5 lead.
• Junior Alaina Keeney (Wheelersburg, OH / Wheelersburg) ends a SVSU run with a jumper to make it a 13 to 8 game.
• Thomas More gets buckets from first year Anna Drakeford (Harrodsburg, KY / Mercer County) and junior transfer Sereniti Webb (Covington, KY / Simon Kenton) to cut it to a four point game as we conclude the opening quarter. (12-16)
• With 8:01 on the clock in the second quarter, sophomore Laney Baker (West Harrison, OH / East Central) makes a jumper to cut the Cardinal lead down to two. (14-16)
• A layup from Rylee Turner and a bucker from Sereniti Webb give Thomas More an 18 to 16 lead with 5:41 to go in the half.
• Anna Drakeford finds Rylee Turner for a layup with 3:18 to go in the half to make it a 22 to 19 game.
• Thomas More heads to halftime trailing 31 to 23.
• Thomas More shot 45.8% (11-24) from the field, 0% (0-4) from three, and 50% (1-2) from the free throw line in the half.
• Rylee Turner led the Saints in scoring with 6 points in the half to go with 3 rebounds and an assist.
• Sereniti Webb added 4 points and 3 rebounds for the Saints.

• Sereniti Webb gets the Saints going on the second half with a first possession bucket to cut it to a 6 point game.
• Webb hits a jump shot with 5:33 to go in the third quarter to make it a 34 to 27 game.
• With 1:06 to go in the third quarter, Sereniti Webb scores off a pass from Anna Drakeford. (31-43)
• Rylee Turner gets a steal and finds Alaina Keeney for a fast break layup to cut the Cardinal lead down to 9. (34-43).
• Webb makes a pair of free throws and Thomas More trails after three by a score of 44 to 36.
• Rylee Turner scores the first points of the final quarter in transition to make it a six point game (38-44).
• With 4:10 to go, Alaina Keeney makes a transition bucket cut into the Cardinals lead (40-47).
• Rylee Turner makes it a four point game with 3:21 to go as she converts an and-one (45-49).
• Turner scores out of a timeout off an assist from Anna Drakeford to make it a 51 to 47 game with 2:36 to go.
• Rylee Turner continues to work with another driving layup to make it a two point game with 1:50 to go.
• With 49.2 seconds to go, Anna Drakeford drains the first three pointer of the game for Thomas More off an assist from Rylee Turner to make it a one point game.
• Rylee Turner scores a bucket in the final seconds and Thomas More falls by a final score of 57 to 54.
• Thomas More shot 43.1% (22-51) from the field, 14.3% (1-7) from three, and 81.8% (9-11) from the free throw line in the game.

• Rylee Turner led the team in scoring with 18 total points to go with a team high 9 rebounds and 4 assists.
• Sereniti Webb added 14 points for the Saints, along with 5 rebounds.
• Anna Drakeford tallied 7 points and 4 assists in the game.

The Saints return Saturday (December, 21st) when they host Purdue Northwest at the Connor Convocation Center at 1:00 PM.