Wittenberg Goes Cold In Loss At Thomas More
The Wittenberg Tigers travelled about two hours south on Wednesday. Unfortunately, their shooting touch went even further in the same direction, leading to a 45-36 loss to host Thomas More College.
CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. — The Wittenberg Tigers travelled about two hours south on Wednesday. Unfortunately, their shooting touch went even further in the same direction, leading to a 45-36 loss to host Thomas More College.
The loss dropped Wittenberg to 2-3 on the young season, while the Saints improved to 5-1 overall. The Tigers are back in action Saturday for a key North Coast Athletic Conference match-up with Wooster. Tip time is 2 p.m. in the HPER Center Arena.
This game featured seven lead changes, but the last one came with 9:14 left in the game as Thomas More's Tangie Sellers canned a three-pointer to erase a 28-26 Wittenberg advantage. The Tigers scored just three points in a span of more than nine minutes, allowing Thomas More to slowly open up the lead.
The Tigers made just 28 percent of their shots, including a 1-of-15 performance from three-point range. In addition, Wittenberg was outrebounded 44-33, although the Tigers did force Thomas More into 27 turnovers.
Junior post Katie Gregorevich (Northfield, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) led Wittenberg with 10 points and six rebounds. Senior post Kathy Hittle (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) added a team-highs of three steals and eight boards.
Sellers and Megan Wood each had 10 points to lead Thomas More.