{"id":1299,"date":"2021-11-25T09:26:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2021-11-25T09:26:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T14:26:11","slug":"no-4-thomas-more-wins-top-10-thriller-in-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentuckysports.net\/?p=1299","title":{"rendered":"No. 4 Thomas More wins Top-10 thriller in overtime"},"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<br \/>\nSkylar Wayne Shaffer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CRESTVIEW HILLS &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0The women&#8217;s basketball program at Thomas More defeated the sixth-ranked Fighting Saints of Carroll College by a score of 74-73. With the win the Saints improve to 4-1 on the season with two pivotal matchups in the Julie Costello Memorial Classic this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Junior\u00a0Courtney Hurst\u00a0(Burlington, Ky.\/Conner) jump started the scoring for Thomas More with a three-pointer on their first possession of the game to make the score 3-0.\u00a0Sophomore\u00a0Kelly Brenner\u00a0(Cincinnati, Ohio\/Roger Bacon) would make two threes in a span of 90 seconds to give the Saints a commanding 13-4 lead with just over six minutes to go in the first.<\/p>\n<p>Junior\u00a0Zoie Barth\u00a0(Fort Thomas, Ky.\/Highlands) ended the quarter with the way it was started a three-pointer that would see the first quarter end in a 20-17 lead.\u00a0The Saints were held scoreless for the first three minutes of the second quarter until graduate student\u00a0Alexah Chrisman\u00a0(Greendale, Ind.\/McAuley) made a post move that ended a 7-0 run by Carroll to cut the Fighting Saints lead to 24-22.<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore guard\u00a0Rachel Martin\u00a0(Cincinnati, Ohio\/Summitt Country Day) would help the Saints re-take the lead at the 5:37 mark of the second quarter as she drove past the defender and kissed the ball off the backboard to make the score 26-24 TMU.<\/p>\n<p>Barth would once again close out the scoring to end the quarter as the junior guard hit a jumpshot from the elbow to give Thomas More a 33-32 lead going into the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>Junior guard\u00a0Emily Simon\u00a0(Hilliard, Ohio\/Hilliard) would spark the Saints offense in the third quarter as she made six of the first eight points in the quarter to give Thomas More a 41-35 lead heading into the under five media timeout.<\/p>\n<p>Chrisman would continue to be a pressence on the offensive end as the 6-2 forward pulled down a rebound and finished in close to keep the lead at six with 3:45 to go in the third.<\/p>\n<p>Junior forward\u00a0Kenzie Schwarber\u00a0(Alexandria, Ky.\/Campbell County) hit a long two at the end of the third off a feed from sophomore\u00a0Maggie Jones\u00a0(Piner, Ky.\/Simon Kenton) to make the score 49-43 after three.\u00a0Senior guard\u00a0Taylor Clos\u00a0(Alexandria, Ky.\/Campbell County) got things started in the fourth with an and-one and then would make a jumper from the free throw line to give The Saints their biggest lead of the game at 11 with the score at 54-43.<\/p>\n<p>Barth would put a halt to Carroll&#8217;s 6-0 run as she made a layup with 3:06 to go in regulation to make the score 58-55, in favor of Thomas More.\u00a0Clos would make a clutch layup through traffic with 51 seconds to go to give the Saints a 60-58 lead before Carroll tied the game to send it to overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Barth made the first points of overtime sinking two free throws to give Thomas More a 62-60 lead.\u00a0The Fighting Saints would take the lead at 69-66 before Simon made both of her free throws to cut the lead to 69-68.\u00a0Simon and Clos would close out the game with four crucial free throws to give the Saints a 74-74 win.<\/p>\n<p>Barth and Simon led the team in scoring with 14 each as well as two steals each.\u00a0Chrisman nearly posted a double-double with 12 points and eight boards.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s basketball team will return to the court on Friday, Nov. 26, when they faceoff with the receiving votes Science &amp; 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