Sophomore guard Madison Temple (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson) recorded a triple-double tonight (Wednesday, February 8, 2017) to lead the No. 2/4-ranked Thomas More College women’s basketball team to a 109-43 victory of Westminster College in a Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) game at the Connor Convocation Center in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
With the win, the Saints improve to 22-0 overall and 15-0 in the PAC. With the loss, the Titans fall to 9-13 overall and 4-11 in the PAC.
Thomas More raced out to a 39-9 lead after one quarter and didn’t look back as it led 60-22 at halftime and 87-38 after three quarters. The Saints out-scored the Titans 50-16 in the paint, 49-2 off turnovers, 18-3 on second chance points and 14-0 on fast break points.
Thomas More shot 53.1 percent (43-of-81) from the field, including 51.7 percent (15-of-29) from behind the three-point arc. The Saints defense forced 31 Titan turnovers and recorded 23 steals.
Temple recorded her triple-double with a game-high 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. She was joined in double-figure scoring by first-year guard Kylie Kramer (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) with 16 points, junior forward Nikki Kiernan (Cold Springs, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) with 14, first-year guard Taylor Jolly (Alexandria, Ky./Campbell County) with 13 points and senior forward Kirsten Paul (Cincinnati, Ohio/Cincinnati Christian) with 10 points. Temple also led the team in steals with five.
Thomas More returns to action on Saturday (February 11) when it travels to Waynesburg, Pennsylvania to play Waynesburg University at 1:30 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score
Westminster vs Thomas More
02/08/17 5:30 p.m. at Crestview Hills, Ky. – Connor Center
At Crestview Hills, Ky. – Connor Center
THOMAS MORE 109, WESTMINSTER 43
WESTMINSTER (9-13, 4-11 PAC)
Rachel Durbin 3-11 3-5 11; Emily Fromknecht 3-9 2-3 8; Aliya Gage 2-3 0-0 6;
Jackie Mathews 1-9 4-4 6; Kayla Bennett 3-6 0-0 6; Maggie Monahan 2-4 0-0 4;
Kylie Cook 1-3 0-0 2; Brooke Lyczek 0-0 0-0 0; Francesca Sicari 0-2 0-0 0;
Casey Spieler 0-1 0-0 0; Sara Morini 0-2 0-0 0; Paige Quinn 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 15-50 9-12 43.
THOMAS MORE (22-0, 15-0 PAC)
Madison Temple 8-12 0-0 18; Kylie Kramer 6-8 0-0 16; Nikki Kiernan 6-13 2-3
14; Taylor Jolly 5-8 0-0 13; Kirsten Paul 4-7 2-3 10; Maggi Bosse 3-5 0-0 7;
Hannah Devine 2-4 1-2 7; Kelly Clapper 2-4 0-0 6; Michaela Ware 2-3 0-0 5;
Emily Schultz 2-2 0-0 4; Shelby Rupp 2-4 0-1 4; Mikkah Hignite 1-3 1-1 3;
Abby Owings 0-4 2-2 2; Kaela Saner 0-3 0-0 0; Sarah Purdy 0-1 0-0 0. Totals
43-81 8-12 109.
Westminster………………. 9 13 16 5 – 43
Thomas More………………. 39 21 27 22 – 109
3-point goals–Westminster 4-18 (Rachel Durbin 2-8; Aliya Gage 2-2; Jackie
Mathews 0-6; Casey Spieler 0-1; Sara Morini 0-1), Thomas More 15-29 (Kylie
Kramer 4-4; Taylor Jolly 3-6; Kelly Clapper 2-3; Hannah Devine 2-4; Madison
Temple 2-3; Maggi Bosse 1-3; Michaela Ware 1-1; Kaela Saner 0-1; Abby Owings
0-3; Mikkah Hignite 0-1). Fouled out–Westminster-None, Thomas More-None.
Rebounds–Westminster 30 (Kylie Cook 6), Thomas More 42 (Madison Temple 11).
Assists–Westminster 11 (Paige Quinn 3), Thomas More 34 (Madison Temple 10).
Total fouls–Westminster 14, Thomas More 12. Technical
fouls–Westminster-None, Thomas More-None. A-745
TMC is ranked No. 2 by WBCA and No. 4 by D3hoops.com.
Cory Blackson
Director of Athletic Communications and Compliance
