Women's Basketball Opens up New Year with Conference Win Over Walsh

(CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.)-Thomas More University's women's basketball team defeated Walsh, 64-57. The Saints overall record improves to 6-6 and 3-1 in conference.

• First year Anna Drakeford (Harrodsburg, Ky./Mercer County) drove to the rim for a laup to kick things off for the Saints with 8:28 to play in the first quarter (2-0).
• Sophomore Laney Baker (West Harrison, Ohio/East Central) drained a 3-point shot with 5:24 to play in the quarter to put the Saints up 9-3.
• Anna Drakeford knocked in the final basket of the quarter with a jump to make it a 22-5 game.
• Sophomore Morgan Hunt (Hollansburg, Ohio/Tri-Village) made a layup to start things off for the Saints in the second half with 9:11 to play in the half (24-7).
• With 4:21 to play in the half, junior Natalie Noel (Salem, Ind./Salem) hit a 3-point basket to put the Saints up 31-14.
• Anna Drakeford drove to the rim for a layup for the Saints final basket of the half with 2:17 to play.
• The Saints lead 35-22 going into the locker room at the half.
• Morgan Hunt led the Saints with seven points and five rebounds in the first half.
• Junior Rylee Turner (Newport, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) also tallied five rebounds to lead the team and had four points.
• Senior Callie Hunt (Trenton, Ohio/Edgewood) recorded three assists to lead the team.
• The Saints were 41.9% (13-31) from the field, 42.9% (3-7) from the 3-point line, and 75% (6-8) from the free throw line in the first half.

• Anna Drakeford started off the scoring for the Saints in the third quarter by hitting a jump shot with 6:37 on the clock (37-28).
• Junior transfer Sereniti Webb (Covington, Ky./Simon Kenton) made a layup with 3:31 to play in the quarter to make it a 41-35 game.
• Anna Drakeford knocked in two free throws for the final points of the quarter with 16 seconds to play to give the Saints a 39-37 lead going into the final quarter.
• To start things off in the fourth quarter, Laney Baker made two free throws to extend the Saints lead to 51-37 with 8:59 to play.
• With 7:06 to play in the game, Morgan Hunt hit a 3-point shot to put the Saints up 56-43.
• Morgan Hunt made a free throw for the final point of the game to secure the Saints 64-57 win over the Cavaliers.
• Sereniti Webb led the Saints in the second half with eight points and had two rebounds.
• Anna Drakeford also led with eight points and had one assist.
• Rylee Turner had four rebounds for a team high.
• The Saints were 35% (7-20) from the field, 100% (1-1) from the 3-point line, and 77.8% (14-18) from the free throw line in the second half.

• Sereniti Webb led the team with 14 points and had six rebounds.
• Anna Drakeford also tallied 14 points to lead the team and had one assist.
• Rylee Turner recorded a nine rebounds to lead the Saints and had five points and one assist.
• Callie Hunt had a team high of three assists.
• Morgan Hunt had 13 points and seven rebounds.
• The Saints were 39.2% (20-51) from the field, 50% (4-8) from the 3-point line, and 76.9% (20-26) from the free throw line.

The Saints return to action on Saturday (January 4) at Northwood at 1:00 pm ET.