Men's Basketball Falls in Overtime at Northwood

Box Score (Midland, MI)-Thomas More University's men's basketball team fell the Northwood Timberwolves on the road on Wednesday (December, 17th) afternoon. The Saints lost by a final score of 102 to 100 in overtime. Thomas More falls to 5-4 overall and 1-3 in G-MAC play.

• Redshirt sophomore Kai Simpson (Lexington, KY / Shawnee) got the scoring started for Thomas More with a steal and layup with 18:52 left in the opening half.
• Back to back buckets from senior Mitchell Rylee (Ft. Mitchell, KY / Covington Catholic) ties the game up at 6 a piece with 17:44 left in the half.
• Junior Carson Browne (Cincinnati, OH / Elder) knocks down a triple to give Thomas More their first lead of the day with 15:39 left in the half.
• Redshirt junior Colin McHale (Cincinnati, Ohio/Turpin) puts Thomas More up 15 to 12 with a turn around jumper with 13:24 left in the half.
• Buckets by Mitchell Rylee and Colin McHale keep the Saints in front by a score of 21 to 19 with 8:31 left in the half.
• Kai Simpson knocks down a jump shot with 4:20 left in the half to tie the game at 27.
• With 2:03 left in the half, senior Ryan Paris (Hilliard, OH / Hilliard Davidson) hits a three pointer to tie the game up again at 32.
• Colin McHale closes out the half with five points in the final two minutes as Thomas More trails 40 to 39 at half time.
• Thomas More shot 16-29 (55.2%) from the field, 2-7 (28.6%) from three and 5-5 (100%) from the free throw line for the half.

• Kai Simpson once again got the Saints going with an and-one to make it a one point game. (42-43)
• Mitchell Rylee scores back to back buckets to give Thomas More a one point lead with 17:55 left to play.
• Kai Simpson caps off a quick seven point run for the Saints with another and-one to make it a 53 to 46 game with 15:11 left to play.
• Redshirt first year Daniel Allen (Hodgenville, KY / Larue County) knocks down a triple off an assist from Colin McHale to keep the Saints in front by a score of 56 to 49.
• With 12:19 left to play, Daniel Allen drains another three pointer, this time off an assist from Mitchell Rylee to keep the Saints in front by six.
• Ryan Paris follows with a three pointer at the 11:15 mark to make it a 66 to 60 game.
• Daniel Allen continues his hot hand from deep with his third triple of the half with 10:43 left to play to make it a 69 to 62 game.
• Thomas More forces a turnover and Mitchell Rylee makes a jumper to give the Saints an 8 point lead and forcing a Northwood timeout with 10:00 left to play.
• With 8:15 left to go, Daniel Allen makes a layup off an assist from Mitchell Rylee to give Thomas More a 75 to 69 lead.
• Kai Simpson drives the lane and scores a bucket with 5:08 left to go, putting the Saints up by four.
• Daniel Allen knocks down a pair of free throws after the final media timeout to put the Saints back in front by two with 3:55 to go.
• Mitchell Rylee and Kai Simpson both score buckets as both the Saints and Timberwolves continue to go back and forth with 2:36 to go and the Saints up two.
• Kai Simpson knocks down a pair of free throws and the Saints force a turnover as they lead 85 to 81 with 1:27 left to play.
• Kai Simpson scores on a driving layup with 42 seconds left to put the Saints in front 87 to 84.
• Colin McHale scores off a back door cut and gets fouled to put the Saints back in front with 9 seconds to go by a score of 89 to 87.
• Northwood makes a bucket as time expires to send us to overtime with the score tied at 89.

• Mitchell Rylee scores the first points of the extra period for the Saints to make it a 94 to 91 game in favor of Northwood.
• Kai Simpson makes back to back buckets for the Saints to keep Thomas More within three with 1:38 to go.
• Kai Simpson knocks down a three pointer with 28 seconds left to make it a two point game in overtime. (98-100)
• Mitchell Rylee scores with 15 seconds to go after the Saints forced a turnover to tie the game up at 100.
• Northwood makes a shot at the buzzer to win the game 102 to 100.

• Kai Simpson led the Saints in scoring with 33 points in the contest to go with 3 rebounds, 2 steals and an assist.
• Mitchell Rylee posted a double double with 26 points and 11 rebounds.
• Colin McHale finished the game with 19 points and 4 rebounds.
• Daniel Allen finished the game with 13 points behind three 3-pointers.
• Thomas More shot 40-65 (61.5%) from the field, 7-18 (38.9%) from three, and 13-18 (72.2%) from the free throw line for the game.

The Saints return home to take on Miami University-Hamilton at the CCC on Friday (December, 19th) at 7:00 PM.