The Thunder women's basketball team was finally back at home after over a month hiatus from playing in Manhattan. The Thunder would host Grace Christian University on Monday afternoon to try and extend their win streak to three. The Thunder would win their first Midwest Christian College Conference win on December 6th and then their first NCCAA Central Region win on December 9th to put them in position to get their third win in a row. In a close game to start, the Thunder would be behind 16-15 after one quarter, but would use a 13-6 second to take a six point lead into the half. A 42-35 game after three would make it a game headed into the fourth. The Thunder would take control early in the fourth and lead by as much as 13 to close out the Tigers, 54-44. With the victory, the Thunder now improve to 4-8 overall.

The Thunder will play their final home game of 2025 against Hesston College tomorrow at 4:00PM at the Howie's Activity Center.

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The Thunder women's and men's basketball teams traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska to open National Christian College Athletic Association Central Region play against Union Adventist University on Tuesday evening. The women's team would tip-off first and fall behind 9-8 after the first quarter. The Warriors would expand their lead to five before the Lady Thunder would have a strong finish to the second quarter and take a 24-22 lead into the break. The Lady Thunder would increase their lead by four after three quarters and use a 24-point fourth to close out the Warriors to earn a 63-50 victory. Freshman, Tahlia Morris would score 20 points to lead the Thunder, while fellow freshman, Mackenzie Lovett would have another double-double, her third in a row, with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Junior, Elayna Spilker would score in double figures as well with 11 points. The Lady Thunder would shoot 35.3% from the field, 28.1% from the three-point line, and 46.2% from the free throw line. The Lady Thunder have now won two in a row and are 3-8 overall and 1-0 in the Central Region.

The Lady Thunder will play their next game and first home game since November 11th on Monday, December 15th against Grace Christian University at 3:00PM in the Howie's Activity Center.

The #4 ranked men's basketball team would follow the women's game looking to bounce back from a loss over the weekend. The Thunder would come out cold shooting from the field, but would still lead 11-6 early to force a Warrior timeout. As shooting woes continued, the Thunder would defend at a high-level in the half court and expand their lead to double digits with just over five minutes remaining in the half. The Warriors would battle back and go on a 7-2 run to end the half making it 35-28 after 20 minutes. The Thunder would go on a 5-0 to start the second half, but the Warriors would not go away. A single-digit to 10-point game for the majority of the first part of the second half, the Thunder would ballon their lead to 25 with just under eight minutes to play and that would be enough to close out the Warriors, 88-71, to earn their first region win of the season. Junior, Hunter Hill would lead all Thunder scorers with 17 points on 8-10 shooting from the field, while senior, Jaxon Hurla would chip in with 16 points and four assists. Fellow senior, Fred Criqui would have 11 points and seven rebounds and four other Thunder players would score at least eight points. The Thunder would shoot 42.5% from the field, 29.6% from the three-point line, and 81.8% from the free throw line and have 24 assists on 31 made baskets. The Thunder now sit at 7-3 overall and 1-0 in the Central Region.

The Thunder will have a neutral site game against #10 ranked Southwestern Adventist University at the CCCB Classic in Moberly, Missouri on Friday, December 12th at 2:00PM.

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The Thunder women's and men's basketball teams both opened Midwest Christian College Conference play this weekend in Ankeny, Iowa. The women would start conference play on Friday afternoon against Emmaus University. The Lady Thunder would lead 11-10 after one quarter. A back and forth start to the second quarter would see the score tied four different times, but the Eagles would take a 28-23 advantage into halftime. The Lady Thunder would chip into that lead by winning the third quarter 13-10 to cut the deficit to two heading into the fourth. With 4:15 left in the game, the Lady Thunder would take a 43-42 lead, but a 6-0 run by the Eagles would push the lead to five with under three minutes left. The Lady Thunder would cut the lead to two with 1:01 left, but the Eagles would make just enough free throws to close out the game by a final score of 55-51. Freshman, Mackenzie Lovett would have a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds, while junior, Elayna Spliker, who played in her first game of the season, had 12 points. Sophomore, Macayla Hines would have a near double-double for the Lady Thunder with nine points and nine boards. The Lady Thunder would shoot 27.7% from the field, 13.0% from the three-point line, and 80.0% from the free throw line.

On Saturday, the Thunder would face the defending MCCC Tournament Champions in the Faith Baptist Bible College Eagles. In another back and forth game, the Lady Thunder would take a 25-24 lead into halftime. The Faith Eagles would outscore the Lady Thunder 19-13 in the third to take a five point lead into the fourth quarter. The Lady Thunder would play great defense and hold the Faith Eagles to eight points in the fourth to close out the game and win their first conference game of the season, 54-51. Four Lady Thunder players would score in double figures led by a trio of 11 points scorers of Spliker, Hines, and Jasmine Hollloway. Hines would also have four rebounds, five assists, and three steals, while Holloway had seven rebounds to go with her 11 points. Lovett would have another double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Lady Thunder would shoot 32.8% from the field, 26.9% from the three-point line, and 42.9% from the free throw line. As the Lady Thunder split this weekend, they move to 1-1 in MCCC play and 2-8 overall.

The Lady Thunder will open NCCAA Central Region play on Tuesday, December 9th when they travel to Lincoln, Nebraska to play Union Adventist University at 4:00PM.

The #4 ranked Thunder men's basketball team would also play Emmaus University on Friday to open conference play. The Thunder had a slow start falling behind 7-6 two minutes into the game and then be in a back and forth game until the 13:17 mark in the first half. The Thunder would then go on a 10-0 run over roughly the next six minutes to take an 11-point lead. The lead would expand to as much as 16 in the first half and the Thunder would take a 46-31 lead into the half. The Eagles would battle back and take advantage of Thunder turnovers and missed layups to cut the lead to three with 10:26 left in the game. The Thunder would regroup and dominate the game on the defensive end and close out the gam with a 30-13 run to win their first MCCC game, 84-64. Senior, Jaxon Hurla would hit six threes and score 24 points to lead the Thunder, while freshman, Trayden Chambers would have 15 points on 6-7 shooting and four rebounds in 14 minutes. Tatum Pierce and Jordan Carter would also score in double figures with 14 and 12 points, respectively. Pierce would also have six rebounds and three steal, while Carter would have five rebounds and six assists. The Thunder would shoot 45.2% from the field, 42.9% from the three-point line, and 61.3% from the free throw line.

On Saturday, the Thunder would have their first true road game of the season with the Faith Baptist Bible College Eagles, who is receiving vote in this weeks NCCAA Division II Men's Basketball Coaches Poll. The Thunder would score the first basket of the game, but the Faith Eagles would rattle off eight straight to force a timeout. The Thunder would have to battle from behind the whole first half and would get as close as two before the Eagles would hit a three to close out the half to lead 48-43 after 20 minutes. The threes would continue to rain in for the Eagles as they would lead by as much as 14 in the second half. The Thunder would claw its way back into the game tying it at 83 with 3:26 left. A timely stop with 20 seconds would give the Thunder the ball with a chance to tie or take the lead. The Thunder could not convert and a last second heave was no good and the Thunder would fall, 93-91. Eight players would have at least eight points for the Thunder led by junior, Hunter Hill who would have a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. The Thunder could not overcome 19 threes from the Eagles and 20 turnovers, but would still shoot 52.5% from the field, 37.5% from the three-point line, and 77.8% from the free throw line. In splitting two games this weekend, the Thunder are 1-1 in the MCCC and 6-3 overall.

The Thunder will also open NCCAA Central Region play on Tuesday, December 9th when they travel to Lincoln, Nebraska to play Union Adventist University at 6:00PM.

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After a nearly two weeks without games, the Thunder women's basketball team is ready to begin Midwest Christian College Conference play over the weekend. They will travel to Ankeny, Iowa to play the Emmaus University Eagles on a neutral court on Friday at 1:00PM and the host, Faith Baptist Bible College Eagles on Saturday at 2:00PM. The Lady Thunder are coming off their first win of the season on November 22nd against Providence University-College and are looking to continue to build momentum into conference play. The Faith Eagles were MCCC Tournament Champions last season and are looking to repeat. The Lady Thunder finished 6-6 in the MCCC last season and won the fifth place game over the Emmaus Eagles. A 10-game conference slate is scheduled this season on the women's side due to Barclay College not having a team.

Head coach Dalton Miller is ready for conference play this weekend, "We are excited to start conference play. A lot of basketball to be played and this group is still taking it one day at a time figuring things out together. Our goal is to be playing our best basketball come February and we get a chance to continue working towards that this weekend."

After a trio of exhibition games, the Thunder men's basketball team is eager to begin MCCC play. Just like the women's team, the Thunder will be in Iowa to play Emmaus and Faith Baptist Bible. The Emmaus game will be at 3:00PM and the Faith game will be at 4:00PM. The Thunder are looking to repeat as MCCC Tournament Champions and finished as co-regular season champions last season at 11-1. A 12-game conference slate is schedule this season for the Thunder.

Head coach Jordan Strom had this to say about starting conference play, "We are excited to begin conference play this weekend. There are so many talented players and coaches in our league that each night will present a new challenge. It will be fun to see our guys compete."

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The Thunder women's and men's basketball teams both traveled to Ankeny, Iowa to compete in the Faith Classic at Faith Baptist Bible College. Each team would play three games. The women would open up with Trinity Bible College on Thursday morning. The Lady Thunder would take a 19-16 lead after the first quarter forcing eight Lion turnovers and going 6-6 from the free throw line. Trinity Bible would outscore the Lady Thunder by six in the second quarter to take a 34-31 lead into the half. The Lions would have a big third quarter to extend their lead by 14 headed into the fourth. The Lady Thunder would be behind as much as 19 in the fourth, and would battle back to cut the Lion lead to four with 26 seconds left, but end up falling, 73-67. Freshman, Jasmine Holloway would lead the Lady Thunder with 19 points on 5-10 shooting from the three-point line, while Nekayla Williams and Mackenzie Lovett would both have double-doubles. The Lady Thunder would shoot 33.3% from the field, 26.5% from the three-point line, and 63.6% from the free throw line. On Friday morning, the Lady Thunder would play Southwestern Community College (IA). Another strong start to the game for the Lady Thunder would put them ahead 17-14 after 10 minutes. Low scoring second and third quarters would give the Spartans a 30-26 lead after three quarters. A tough shooting day for the Lady Thunder would allow the Spartans to get the win, 45-37. Lovett and Elayna Wegner would each have eight points a piece. The Lady Thunder would shoot 22.6% from the field, 19.4% from the three-point line, and 50.0% from the free throw line. On Saturday, the Lady Thunder would compete against Providence University-College in their final game of the Faith Classic. The Lady Thunder had a back-and-forth battle with the Pilots as the Thunder would take a six point lead to the half. After three quarters, the Pilots cut the Lady Thunder lead to one. The Lady Thunder would dominate the fourth quarter outscoring the Pilots by nine to win their first game of the season, 76-66. Freshman, Tahlia Morris would have 17 points on 6-12 shooting from the field and 3-4 from three, to go along with five rebounds. Holloway and Cortnea Wagner would each chip in with 14 points each. Sophomore, Macayla Hines would have a near triple-double with nine points, eight rebounds, and nine assists. The Lady Thunder would shoot 36.6% from the field, 40.0% from the three-point line, and 63.2% from the free throw line. After a 1-2 weekend for the Lady Thunder, their record is now 1-7.

The Lady Thunder will have their Midwest Christian College Conference opener on Friday, December 5th when they play Emmaus University at 1:00PM back at Faith Baptist Bible College.

The Thunder men's basketball team was also at the Faith Classic this weekend and like the women, they would play Trinity Bible College on Thursday. The Thunder would be a back-and-forth game, but would lead at halftime 37-31. It would be much of the same in the second half as the Thunder lead for most of the half until a three by the Lions gave them a 64-63 lead with 5:47 left in the game. The Thunder would end the game on a 14-7 run to close out the Lions, 77-71. The Thunder would have four player score in double figures led by freshman, Colby Frehe would have 18 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore, Tatum Pierce would record a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, while Jaxon Hurla and Hunter Hill would each have 13 points. The Thunder would shoot 41.4% from the field, 38.9% from the three-point line, and 48.0% from the free throw line. On Friday, the Thunder would play Kuyper College. The Thunder would take control of this game from the start and would win, 90-79. Hill would have a dominant 28 point and eight rebound performance on 10-17 shooting from the field. Hurla would have 17 points while knocking down five three-pointers. The Thunder would have a great shooting day by shooting 49.2% from the field, 54.2% from the three-point line, and 72.2% from the free throw line. On Saturday, the Thunder would play their final game of the Faith Classic against Providence University-College, a first in program history. In this game, every player that would get in the game would score. Frehe would have a perfect shooting game going 7-7 from the field to score 16 points and grab nine rebounds. Sophomore, Marcus Bauman would have 11 points, while senior, Fred Criqui would have 10. The Thunder would hold the Pilots to 26.8% shooting from the field and 16.1% from the three-point line, while they would shoot 56.7% from the field, 35.7% from the three-point line, and 57.1% from the free throw line. With the three wins, the Thunder now improve to 5-2 overall.

The Thunder will play their next game on Tuesday, November 25th. This contest will be an exhibition against Newman University at 10:30AM in Wichita, Kansas.

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The Thunder women's basketball team traveled south to Hesston, Kansas to take on Hesston College on Monday night. The Thunder would come out and hit three three-pointers take a 17-15 advantage after one quarter. A fourth three by redshirt-junior, Cortnea Wagner would increase the Thunder lead to five early in the second quarter. Unfortunately, the Larks would go on to outscore the Thunder 28-6 after that three and would take a 43-26 lead into the half. A slow start out of the half by the Thunder would give the Larks a 27-point lead headed to the fourth quarter. A valiant fourth quarter effort would come up short as the Thunder would win the quarter 24-15, but would ultimately fall to the Larks, 77-59. Redshirt-senior, Nekayla Williams would lead the Thunder with 22 points on 10-17 shooting from the field, while sophomore, Macayla Hines would have 14 points and five rebounds. Freshman, Jasmine Holloway would chip in with seven points and five rebounds for the Thunder. The Thunder would shoot 34.4% from the field, 18.5% from the three-point line, and 83.3% from the free throw line. The Thunder are still seeking their first win on the season dropping to 0-5 after the loss.

The Lady Thunder will also play three games this weekend at the Faith Classic opening with Trinity Bible College on Thursday, November 20th at 10:15AM at the Nettleton Center in Ankeny, Iowa.

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The Thunder women's and men's basketball teams hosted Central Christian College (KS) on Tuesday night for their first double-header of the season. The Lady Thunder would play first against the visiting Lady Tigers and the Thunder would have some scoring woes this evening. The Lady Thunder would score single-digits in all four quarters. After 20 minutes of action, the Lady Thunder would find themselves down, 29-16. They would win the third quarter to trail 36-24 going into the fourth. The Lady Thunder would cut the lead to 10, but the Lady Tigers would pull away in the end to win game one of the double-header, 49-32. Sophomore, Macayla Hines would lead the Lady Thunder with 11 points, while redshirt-senior, Nekayla Williams would chip in with seven. The Lady Thunder shot 17.7% from the field, 12.5% from the three-point line, and 50.0% from the free throw line. The Lady Thunder are now 0-4 on the young season.

The Lady Thunder will play their next game on the road at Hesston College on Monday, November 17th at 7:00PM.

In the second game of the double-header, the Thunder and the Tigers were both coming off of losses in their previous games. The Tigers would strike first jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the early going and would extend their lead to as much as 12 late in the first half. The Thunder would answer with an 8-0 run to cut the Tiger lead to four. A 10-0 run to end the half for the Tiger would give them a 41-27 lead after 20 minutes. A back-and-forth start to the second half would keep the Thunder deficit around double digits. A late push would cut the lead down to five, but with under 30 seconds left, the Thunder could not make any magic happen and they would drop their second straight, 74-68. Sophomore, Tatum Pierce would lead a trio of double digit scorers with 15 points and five rebounds, junior, James Braddy would have 12 points, while junior counterpart, Hunter Hill would have 11 points and four rebounds. The Thunder shot 44.1% from the field, 37.5% from the three-point line, and 53.8% from the free throw line. The Thunder drop to 2-2 early in the season.

The Thunder will play an exhibition game at Wayne State College (NE) on Monday, November 17th at 6:00PM.

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The Thunder women's basketball team traveled to Hot Springs, Arkansas to compete in the Champion Classic over the weekend. The Thunder would face two more NCCAA Southwest Region opponents facing three of the six teams to open up the season. On Friday evening, the Thunder would play Dallas Christian College. After one quarter, the Thunder would have trouble scoring as they would trail 10-3 after 10 minutes. The second quarter was better as they would score 15 points, but would find themselves behind 31-18 at the break. A lack of scoring in the third and fourth quarters would prove enough for the Crusaders to close out the Thunder by a score of 57-33. The Thunder would have 32 turnovers on the night, but would force 29 on the defensive end and out-rebound the Crusaders, 41-35. It proved to be that the Thunder had trouble converting on the offensive end. Redshirt-senior, Nekayla Williams would have 10 points and nine rebounds to lead the Thunder. The Thunder would shoot 23.0% from the field, 4.5% from the three point line, and 33.3% from the free throw line.

With a quick turnaround, the Thunder would play the host, Champion Christian, on Saturday afternoon. The Thunder could not find their groove and would fall to the Tigers, 92-50. With the two losses, the Thunder fall to 0-3.

The Thunder will be back at home to play Central Christian College (KS) on Tuesday, November 11th at 5:00PM at the Howie's Activity Center.

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The Thunder women's basketball team had the opportunity to tip it up in their first countable contest of the season. They played host to Randall University on Tuesday night in also their first National Christian College Athletic Association game of the year. The Thunder would find themselves down nine early, but would battle back to make it a 20-18 game at the end of one quarter. In the second quarter, the Saints would catch fire and outscore the Thunder 31-10 to take a 51-28 lead into the break. The Thunder would play a much better second half as they would outscore the Saints 34-26. The difference in the second quarter proved to be too much overcome and the Thunder would drop this one, 77-62.

The Thunder were lead in scoring by Nekayla Williams and Macayla Hines who each had 16 points a piece. Williams would also notch a double-double with 16 rebounds as well. Atira Davis would chip in with 11 points, while Elayna Wegner would have a near double-double with 10 points and seven rebounds. The Thunder would shoot 30.6% from the field, 30.8% from the three-point line, and 47.6% from the free throw line. With the loss, the Thunder open their season 0-1.

The Thunder will have their next game in Hot Springs, Arkansas at the Champion Classic hosted by Champion Christian College. They will play on Friday, November 7th at 5:00PM against another NCCAA Southwest Region team in the Dallas Christian College Crusaders.

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