Georgetown repeats as MSC Tournament Champions with 88-72 victory over Thomas More - Mar 10, 2020
Top-seeded Georgetown (Ky.) repeated as the MSC Men's Basketball Tournament Champions with an 88-72 victory over No. 3 seed Thomas More (Ky.) at Bowling Green High School Arena. Georgetown (30-2) has now won 11 MSC Tournament titles in program history. State Farm Insurance of Bowling Green, D C Clement, agent, is sponsoring the 2020 Mid-South Conference Outstanding Player of the Tournament Award. Georgetown's Chris Coffey (6'7''-F) earned the award after averaging 15.3 points and 13 rebounds per game in the tournament. Coffey scored a game-high 24 points while Eljay Cowherd (6'0''-PG) totaled 21 points in the win. Nico Clareth (6'5''-G) scored 15 points while Kyran Jones (6'5''-F) and Jake Ohmer (6'1''-G) each added 11. Ohmer got the Tigers on the board first before Thomas More (26-7) responded with a 6-0 run to lead 6-2. Georgetown then tied the game at 6 scoring the next four points. The Saints would then take another four point lead at 12-8 after going on a 6-2 run. Georgetown would answer right back scoring 14 of the next 16 points to take a 22-14 lead with 9:16 to play in the first half. After Thomas More cut the Tigers lead to 24-18, Georgetown went on a 7-2 run increasing its lead to 31-20. The Saints the cut the lead to 31-26 after a 6-0 run with 3:43 left in the half. The Tigers ended the first half scoring 10 of the final 12 points to lead 41-28 after the first 20 minutes. Georgetown opened the second half scoring the first four points before Thomas More scored six consecutive points to make cut the deficit to 45-34. After the Saints trimmed the Tigers lead to 50-39, Georgetown scored the next five points to take a 55-39 advantage. Thomas More once again cut the deficit to 11 points with a 5-0 run. The Tigers then answered with a 9-3 run to push their lead to 64-47 with 9:12 left. Thomas More cut its deficit to 14 before Georgetown scored seven of the next nine to push its lead to 71-52 with 6:08 left. The two teams exchanged points the rest of the way as Georgetown came away with the 88-72 victory. The Saints are expected to earn an at-large bid into the NAIA National Tournament based on their national ranking. Reid Jolly led the Saints with 18 points while Luke Rudy added 17.
MSC Tournament Final: Georgetown - Thomas More 88-72 MSC Tournament Semifinals: Georgetown - Shawnee State 59-58 Cumberlands - Thomas More 67-77
All-Tournament MVP: Chris Coffey (6'7''-F) of Georgetown, KY Player of the Year: Chris Coffey (6'7''-F) of Georgetown, KY Defensive Player of the Year: EJ Onu (6'11''-F) of Shawnee St. Freshman of the Year: Reid Jolly (6'5''-G/F) of Thomas More Coach of the Year: Justin Ray of Thomas More
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