{"id":1292,"date":"2021-11-01T19:56:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2021-11-01T20:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T01:00:15","slug":"thomas-more-wins-season-opener-over-west-virginia-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1292","title":{"rendered":"Thomas More wins season opener over West Virginia Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"13c398acb195b4bd84e993cb56669758\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Above Post Ad 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:638px;height:70px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4024319323781499\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8631827568\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Thomas More Athletics\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Skylar Shaffer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CRESTVIEW HILLS &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0The second-ranked Thomas More Saints defeated the Golden Bears of West Virginia Tech by a score of 66-44. With the win the Saints move to 1-0 on the year.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas More would jump out to an early 3-0 lead as junior\u00a0Emily Simon\u00a0(Hilliard, Ohio\/Hilliard Davidson) would make the first basket of the early season for the Saints 19 seconds in.<\/p>\n<p>Junior\u00a0Summer Secrist\u00a0would grow the lead to 8-0 in favor of Thomas More after Simon found her in transition for a layup with 4:47 remaining in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Secrist would score six of the final eight points in the half to take a 16-11 lead into quarter two.<\/p>\n<p>Graduate forward\u00a0Alexah Chrisman\u00a0(Greendale, Ind.\/McAuley) opened the scoring in the second quarter with six straight points to increase the lead to 22-11.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Mackenzie Schwarber (Alexandria, Ky.\/Campbell County) would make a layup with 3:44 remaining in the second quarter to give Thomas More a 29-16 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Chrisman would end the second quarter the same way it was started with her scoring a basket to give the Saints a 31-18 lead heading into the half.<\/p>\n<p>Simon scored the first five points of the third quarter to increase the lead to 18 at 36-20 with 8:34 remaining in the third.<\/p>\n<p>Junior\u00a0Courtney Hurst\u00a0(Burlington, Ky.\/Conner) would score her first two points of the night with a layup at the halfway mark in the third to grow the lead to 22.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore\u00a0Kelly Brenner\u00a0(Cincinnati, Ohio\/Roger Bacon would drain a three-pointer at the end of the third to take the lead to 52-28 heading into the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore\u00a0Sammi Whiteman\u00a0(Covington, Ohio\/Covington) started the scoring in the fourth for Thomas More eight seconds in to make the score 54-28 in favor of the Saints.<\/p>\n<p>At the 7:35 mark of the fourth sophomore\u00a0Maggie Jones\u00a0(Piner, Ky.\/Simon Kenton) made a jump shot to make the lead 61-28.<\/p>\n<p>Simon capped off the night in scoring for Thomas More to bring the final to 66-44 and a Thomas More Saints victory.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s basketball team return action on Friday, Nov. 5 when they travel to Mount Vernon, Ohio to take on Round of 16 opponent Mount Vernon Nazarene at 5 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas More Athletics\u00a0 Skylar Shaffer CRESTVIEW HILLS &#8211;\u00a0The second-ranked Thomas More Saints defeated the Golden Bears of West Virginia Tech by a score of 66-44. 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