Box Score

CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. (Jan. 3) –.Some white hot shooting from Thomas More allowed them to distance themselves from the Waynesburg men's basketball team on Saturday afternoon and propelled them to a 92-69 victory. 

The loss dropped the Yellow Jackets to 4-7 overall and 1-2 in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) play. The Saints improved to 7-5 overall and 3-1 in conference action.

While the final result certainly didn't show it, the game started very well for the Jackets as they raced out to a 9-0 lead after 3:30 of play thanks to a pair of baskets by senior guard Dan Happe, a three-pointer by junior guard Ryan Courneen and a hoop by senior guard Jason Clark.

After the Saints knocked down a three to stop the run, the Jackets responded with an 10-0 run to build an impressive early lead of 19-3. The lead continued to grow through the first half of the first period as Waynesburg led by as many as 17 (27-10) with 12:22 to go until halftime.

However, the home team proved that they could go on a big run of their own as they ripped off a 17-0 stretch over the next five-plus minutes to tie the game at 27-27. The Saints took their first lead of the game with just 1:21 left in the period when Colt Stafford knocked down a free throw to push his team ahead 43-42.

After that shot from the charity stripe, the Saints never relinquished the lead as they used several runs in the final 20 minutes of play to build a lead as large as 27 points (92-65) with 1:14 left in the game.

Though it came in a losing effort, Clark had a solid game, scoring a game-high 18 points on eight-of-12 shooting. Courneen and Happe added 16 points each on the day. Happe also pulled down a team-best six rebounds and clark dished a Jacket-high four assists.

Senior Matty Owens and sophomore Daniel McKeehan tallied 16 points a-piece to lead Thomas More.

Waynesburg will try to get back to .500 in PAC play on Wednesday, Jan. 7, when they host Westminster for a 7:30 p.m. showdown.