(CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.) – Four Saints reached double-figure scoring tonight (Saturday, November 29, 2014), but it wasn’t enough as the Thomas More College men’s basketball team fell, 84-75, to 20th-ranked Centre College in a non-conference game at the Connor Convocation Center in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
With the loss, the Saints fall to 2-4 and with the win, the Colonels improve to 5-0.
Thomas More jumped out to an early 4-3 lead when senior guard Eliot Pipes (Nashville, Tenn./Hillsboro) made a jumper with 15:45 to play in the first half. Centre answered with a 15-7 run to take an 18-11 lead with 11:39 to play in the opening half when Josh Karsner made one-of-two free-throws. The Saints closed out the half on a 28-18 run to take a 39-36 lead at halftime when senior guard Drew Mumford (Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy) made a lay-up with 19-seconds to play in the half.
Thomas More opened the second half on a 12-10 run capped by a Mumford lay-up with 15:20 to play in the game to extend the lead to 51-46. The Colonels responded with a 27-8 run to build a 73-59 lead with 3:55 to play in the game when Mike Geegan made a lay-up. The Saints answered with an 11-2 run to cut the lead to 75-70 when sophomore guard Drew Mays (Union, Ky./Ryle) made a lay-up with 1:41 to play in the game. That would be as close as Thomas More would come as the Colonels closed out the game on a 9-5 run for the 84-75 win.
Sophomore guard/forward Nate McGovney (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) led the Saints in scoring with 20 points, while he was joined in double-figure scoring by Mumford with 16 and Mays and senior forward Jalen Clark (Frankfort, Ky./Western Hills) with 10 points each. Mumford led the team on the boards with seven rebounds, while Mays led the team in assists with eight and Pipes led the team in steals with three.
Thomas More opens Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) play on Wednesday (December 3) when it travels to Waynesburg, Pennsylvania to play Waynesburg University. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.
Centre vs Thomas More
11/29/14 7 p.m. at Crestview Hills, Ky. – Connor Center
At Crestview Hills, Ky. – Connor Center
CENTRE 84, THOMAS MORE 75
CENTRE (5-0)
Josh Karsner 12-18 6-7 38; Matt Gump 2-5 8-10 13; Mike Geegan 5-6 0-0 13;
Blake Scinta 3-6 3-4 10; Andrew Steggeman 2-3 0-0 6; Tyler Wesley 1-5 2-4 4;
Drew Burns 0-1 0-0 0; Sam Gruber 0-1 0-0 0; Michael Arnett 0-0 0-0 0; Bryan
Repishti 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-46 19-25 84.
THOMAS MORE (2-4)
Nate McGovney 8-16 2-2 20; Drew Mumford 7-15 0-0 16; Drew Mays 5-11 0-0 10;
Jalen Clark 4-10 0-0 10; Daniel Williams 2-4 2-2 8; Sawyer Pauly 2-2 0-0 6;
Eliot Pipes 2-8 0-1 5; Austin Young 0-0 0-0 0; Louis Maniacci 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 30-67 4-5 75.
Centre…………………… 36 48 – 84
Thomas More………………. 39 36 – 75
3-point goals–Centre 15-26 (Josh Karsner 8-13; Mike Geegan 3-3; Andrew
Steggeman 2-3; Matt Gump 1-2; Blake Scinta 1-3; Sam Gruber 0-1; Bryan
Repishti 0-1), Thomas More 11-27 (Drew Mumford 2-4; Sawyer Pauly 2-2; Nate
McGovney 2-5; Daniel Williams 2-4; Jalen Clark 2-5; Eliot Pipes 1-4; Drew
Mays 0-3). Fouled out–Centre-None, Thomas More-None. Rebounds–Centre 30
(Tyler Wesley 8), Thomas More 29 (Drew Mumford 7). Assists–Centre 17 (Matt
Gump 8), Thomas More 18 (Drew Mays 8). Total fouls–Centre 10, Thomas More
17. Technical fouls–Centre-None, Thomas More-None. A-543
Centre is ranked No. 20 in D3hoops.com Top-25.
