Women's Basketball Comes up Short to Kentucky Wesleyan in a Thriller

(OWENSBORO, Ky.)-Thomas More University's women's basketball team fell to Kentucky Wesleyan on Wednesday evening (January 29), 66-63. The Saints overall record falls 8-12 and 5-7 in conference.

• Junior Rylee Turner (Newport, KY./Newport Central Catholic) made one free throw to kick off the scoring with 9:38 on the clock (1-0).
• Junior Sereniti Webb (Covington, Ky./Simon Kenton) drove to the rim for a layup to put the Saints up 7-6 with 5:54 left to play in the quarter.
• Junior Alaina Keeney (Wheelersburg, Ohio/Wheelersburg) made a layup for the Saints final basket of the quarter with 46 seconds on the clock to make it a 11-14 game.
• The Saints trailed 19-11 going into the second quarter.
• Sereniti Webb started off the second half with a layup to make it a 13-19 game with 9:46 on the clock.
• First year Kendall Sterling (Seymour, Ind./Seymour) drained a 3-point basket with 7:21 remaining in the half (20-23).
• Sophomore Laney Baker (West Harrison, Ohio/East Central) made a driving layup for the final basket of the half to put the Saints within three going into the locker room. 
• Alaina Keeney led the Saints with 10 points and had three rebounds and one assist.
• Rylee Turner led with seven rebounds and two assists and had five points.
• The Saints were 37.8% (14-27) from the field, 16.7% (2-12) from the 3-point line, and 66.7% (2-3) from the free throw line in the first half.

• Rylee Turner made a layup for the Saints first basket of the third quarter with 9:21 on the clock (31-34).
• Sophomore Desiree Tandy (Danville, Ky./Danville) hit a jump shot with 6:41 remaining in the quarter to make it a one point game (38-39).
• Senior Callie Hunt (Trenton, Ohio/Edgewood) banged in a 3-point basket for the Saints final basket of the quarter with 1:10 left on the clock to give the Saints the go ahead lead (47-46).
• The Saints would trail 47-48 going into the final quarter.
• Sereniti Webb made a free throw for the Saints first point of the fourth quarter with 9:24 remaining (48-51).
• With 5:55 left to play, Rylee Turner drove to the rim for a layup to put the Saints within three (54-57).
• Alaina Keeny hit a 3-point shot for the Saints final basket with five seconds to play to make it a one point game (63-64).
• The Saints would fall 66-63 to the Panthers.
• Sereniti Webb led with 10 points and had two rebounds.
• Rylee Turner recorded six rebounds for a team high and had eight points and one assist.
• Laney Baker tallied three assists to lead the team and had four points.
• The Saints were 37.5% (12-32) from the field, 23.5% (4-17) from the 3-point line, and 85.7% (6-7) from the free throw line.

• Sereniti Webb led the Saints with 16 points and had three rebounds.
• Rylee Turner followed with a double of 13 points and 13 rebounds and led the Saints with three assists.
• Alaina Kenney had 15 points, four rebounds, and one assist.
• Laney Baker also led with three assists and had six points and four rebounds.
• Kendall Sterling tallied three assists to lead the team.
• The Saints were 80% (26-69) from the field, 20.7% (6-29) from the 3-point line, and 80% (8-10) from the free throw line.

The Saints return on Saturday (Feb 1) in Ashland, Ohio against #11 Ashland at 1:00 pm ET.